Albert Wenger

Resurfacing this from early December ...

Blog post: What Now? https://continuations.com/what-now-slow-down-the-worst-and-build-the-new

The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. - George Orwell, 1984

European Federation Manifesto (A Provocation) https://continuations.com/european-federation-manifesto

Philosophy Mondays blog post: Resource mobilization as part of the universal moral core https://continuations.com/philosophy-mondays-from-is-to-ought-toward-a-universal-moral-core-contd

Software margins going to zero (at least for tools without network effects)

Blog post for your weekend reading: More Lazy Employment Thinking (Jevons Paradox Edition) https://continuations.com/more-lazy-employment-thinking-jevons-paradox-edition

Blog post: Intent-based Collaboration Environments https://continuations.com/intent-based-collaboration-environments

Philosophy Mondays is back: From Is to Ought - Toward a Universal Moral Core https://continuations.com/philosophy-mondays-from-is-to-ought-toward-a-universal-moral-core

Blog post: The Imperative for Moral Progress in the Face of Technological Acceleration https://continuations.com/the-imperative-for-moral-progress-in-the-face-of-technological-acceleration

For your weekend reading pleasure: blog post on Abundance https://continuations.com/abundance

Blog post: The Magic Employment Fallacy (aka friends don't let friends invoke the Lump of Labor Fallacy) https://continuations.com/the-magic-employment-fallacy

Blog post: Now is the Time to Take a Stand Against Trump https://continuations.com/now-is-the-time-to-take-a-stand-against-trump

Thiel's antichrist bit is top grade attention bait

Fantastic history of Cloudflare with lots of nuggets for founders

Another great Edge Cases episode

The present state of so much ...

Less AC and more DC in our future!

Updated version of Pascal's wager: treat emergent artificial intelligences as humans. Limited downside and potentially infinite upside if it gets future super intelligences to care about human thriving.

Blog post for your weekend reading pleasure: Machina deus https://continuations.com/machina-deus