Modified: February 25, 2022
suffering
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moral realism
There is a connection between moral realism and belief in [ qualia ]. If you see "experience" ([ awareness ]) as a real, fundamental aspect…
nothing to do
There's a spiritual idea, in Buddhism and elsewhere, that there is "nothing to do": everything is already suffused with "primordial…
meritocracy
Like democracy , meritocracy is the worst form of social organization, except for all the others that have been tried. Of course it is good…
dukkha
In Pāli, dukkha refers to the unsatisfactory parts of existence. Literally it refers to a wheel in which the axel hole is not centered…
cessation of suffering
see: https://www.abolitionist.com/ https://qualiacomputing.com/2018/11/07/anti-tolerance-drugs/ [ suffering ] may seem inevitable. [ karma…
four noble truths
These are the first teaching of the Buddha, after he achieved [ enlightenment ] while [ meditation|meditating ] under a tree. The truths are…
universal suffering
From a review by [ Oliver Burkeman ] of Jordan Peterson's "Beyond Order" ( https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/mar/02/beyond-order-by…
AI safety
AI safety, as a term, is sterile and hard to get excited about. Preventing catastrophe is important, but doesn't motivate me, since [ the…
casual love
aka 'little love' or 'big love' or various other things Saved from https://www.carsieblanton.com/blog/post/82149148832/casual-love This…
immortality is bad
The Eliezer Yudkowsky school of thought is that immortality is possible, and obviously desirable; any other position is [ learned…
Buddhism is true
My feelings about Buddhism are linked to my feelings about [ psychedelic ]s and the mind more generally. I am pretty ignorant on all of…
negative utility
My position (a [ strong opinion weakly held ]) is that global utility is currently negative, and probably always has been. It's conceivable…
depression
Depression is the worst thing . Why? Ultimately we care about global utility. Depression is literally the state of finding it difficult or…
wisdom I've acquired
From 2017: wisdom I've acquired: the psychology of depression. :-( and grad school. :-( and being gay. [ dual-process cognition ] theory…