The EA mindset is often technocratic. The progress community tends to be much more Hayekian: let lots of people try things and see what works.
Two tribes that both worship technology can't agree on whether it's steered by experts or by markets. That tension is more useful than the consensus it blocks.
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Shane Parrish on the conversations we have with ourselves — and how the quality of those internal dialogues quietly shapes the quality of everything we do.
Scientists and philosophers have made consciousness far more mysterious than it needs to be.
Seth's quiet move: the 'hard problem' is itself the problem. Apply Kelvin's principle — measure something — and the mystery becomes a thermometer problem.
A philosophical essay arguing that the famous 'hard problem' has sidetracked consciousness research, and that the 'easy problem' is where the real work is.