How to Have Cascading ImpactIf we want to solve the “big” problems (climate, poverty, pandemics, etc.), we need to solve some “smaller” problems first. By getting a…May 11, 2022May 11, 2022
Chameleon vs. ContrarianSome people blend in to whatever culture they land in. do the opposite.May 10, 2022May 10, 2022
Intrinsic Reward, Biological Utility, and Saving the PlanetI have long believed that the best things to do are the things that drive you internally, rather than solely by external rewards (e.g…Mar 1, 2021Mar 1, 2021
Pandemics: Preparation for International Climate CooperationWe need ways of making collective decisions as a society and building consensus, if we’re going to solve our large challenges. We need it…Jan 11, 2021Jan 11, 2021
COVID-19 is Exploiting Our Divided-nessIf COVID-19 were 10 times as deadly, we would have eliminated it by now. It would have been so clearly dangerous, that we would be…Nov 1, 2020Nov 1, 2020
Open-Endedness, Multi-Agent Learning and Existential RiskIf we want to understand general intelligence, with life-long open-ended learning, we have to address the ability of an agent to adapt to…Oct 10, 2020Oct 10, 2020
