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lexfridman
May 5, 2025
Janna Levin on Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, and the Human Story of Physics
ScienceBlack holesGravitational wavesSpacetime curvatureEvent horizon
PredictiveHistory
Oct 24, 2024
Philip II of Macedon: The Architect of Greek Conquest and the Macedonian Military Machine
HistoryCultural diffusionMilitary conquestThought experimentInnovation vs. Expansion
lexfridman
Aug 16, 2022
Duncan Trussell on AI Sentience, Simulation Theory, Eternal Recurrence, and the Future of Human Experience
TechnologyEternal RecurrenceThought ExperimentAmnesia (psychological/mythological)River Lethe
psychacks
Oct 23, 2021
Suffering is Expensive: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Delaying Therapy
PsychologyPsychotherapyCost-benefit analysisOpportunity costPsychological suffering
psychacks
Aug 30, 2021
The Nature of Identity: Defining the Self and Achieving Invulnerability to Suffering
PsychologyIdentity definitionSelf-conceptEgo (Buddhist perspective)Essential being
NewEconomicThinking
Oct 1, 2020
The Shifting Balance of Control: Human and Machine Agency in the Modern World
Technologythought experimentmachine agencyhuman controltechnological influence
lexfridman
Sep 15, 2019
HAL 9000, AI Ethics, and the Design of Objective Functions for Autonomous Systems
TechnologyValue misalignmentObjective functionCost functionEthical codes
psychacks
The Unprovable Self and the Concept of God: Finding Order in Chaos for Non-Believers
PhilosophyAgnosticismAtheismEmpirical evidenceExperiential relationship

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