the porous city

Hey look, finally an effective altruist arguing for epistemic humility
Why computational complexity means longtermism isn't action-guiding

Someone makes a brilliant point in the comments: "Loved this post - reminds me a lot of intractability critiques of central economic planning, except now applied to consequentialism writ large."

from this thread on philosophical critiques of EA/longtermism


last modified: 11:50:03 06-Sep-2022
in categories:Philosophy

Comment

name*

email

homepage

No html.

what's the second letter of your name?

This is Lukas Bergstrom's weblog. You can also find me on Twitter and LinkedIn.

Tech
Audio, AI, Business, Hardware, Web analytics, PIM, Social, WRX, Storage, Wearables, Visual, Medical, Security, OS, Shopping, a11y, s60, Javascript, Open, Automobile, barcamp, Collaboration, Data, Product Management, Development, Net, Crowdsourcing, MacOS, Web, RSS, Mobile, Energy, Android

Other
Quizzes, CrowdFlower, Surfing, Minnesota, History, Housing, Travel, Feminism, Sports, Geography, Friday, Toys, Personal care, Life hacks, Berlin, Food & Drink, Bicycling, San Francisco, NYC, California, Clothes, Politik, Statistics, Law, Podcasts, Boston, Video, Agriculture, Transportation, Activism, Games, L.A.

Music
Reviews, Videos, Mixes, History, Shopping, Making, Mailing lists, Streams, Labels, Musicians, Boston, House, Booking, Mp3s, Hip-hop, L.A., Events, Lyrics, Business, Good tracks

People
MOTAS, Buddhism, Subcultures, ADD, Exercise, Weblogs, Gossip, Family, Enemies, Working with, Health, Languages, Vocations, Heroes, Friends, Life hacks, Me, Stories, Meditation

Commerce
Non-profit, Macroeconomics, Insurance, IP Law, Taxes, Microfinance, International Development, Shopping, Web, Personal finance, Marketing and CRM, Real Estate, Management consulting, Personal services, Investing

Arts
iPad bait, Poetry, Comix, Desktop wallpaper bait, Humor, Events, Sculpture, Outlets, Visual, Movies, Burning Man, Spoken Word, Rhetoric, Animation, Literature

Design
Presentations, Cool, Tools, Algorithmic, User experience, Architecture, Process, Furniture, IA, Type, Web, Data visualization

Science
Physics, Statistics and Data, Cognition, Networks, Psychology, Zoology, Environment

Travel
Kenya, Kingdom of Siam, Vagabond '08, Uganda

Photos
Moblog, Photos I Wish I'd Taken, Friends

Philosophy
Mind

Mathematics

One Acre Fund

Internet classic

Subscribe to this site's rss feed