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Core Beliefs
Theses that roughly capture how I see the world. Expand each section to see related tweets.
These are starting points, not final words. I reserve the right to be wrong about any of them.
I
Extreme Suffering Cannot Be "Offset"
II
The Medical Permission Slip Regime Causes Massive Suffering
III
EA Is Basically Right, but Its Institutions Are Misallocating
IV
High Decoupling Is a Master Virtue
V
Modern Technology Is an Ongoing, Underappreciated Miracle
VI
Polite Honesty Beats Comfortable Silence
VII
A Competent State That Stays Out of Personal Choices
VIII
Psychology Is Largely Downstream of Biochemistry
IX
AGI Is the Most Important Thing Happening, and We're Handling It Poorly
X
Animal Suffering Is the Main Story
XI
Mechanistic Reasoning Should Outweigh Naive Empiricism
XII
Consciousness Is Real, and Denying It Undermines All of Ethics
XIII
Value Is Objectively Real; Duties Are Not
XIV
Decision Theory Is Just Ethics in a Trench Coat
XV
The Moral Map Is Not the Moral Territory
XVI
Our Ignorance About Consciousness Should Terrify Us