Dan Elton Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Dan Elton

Great to see J. Storrs Hall's masterwork "Where is my Flying Car?" getting reviewed by @EzraKlein in NYT: https://t.co/mDvM0fRgA0 See my notes/review here: https://t.co/IgVaFQGSUG Most importantly- buy the book from @stripepress! I have gifted it 5 times https://t.co/O1DdJcrPTP

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PSA for Boston area folks: Steven Pinker is speaking at Harvard this Tuesday about his book "Rationality: What it is, why it seems scarce, why it matters" https://t.co/9k6b2JZedw https://t.co/EZ0B5hNdWg

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Critical rationalism offers an alternative to Bayesian epistemology which avoids some of the problems w/ Bayesianism. It originates in the philosophy of Karl Popper and was recently popularized by David Deutsch in his books "The Fabric of Reality" and "The Beginning of Infinity"

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Reminder: "Pieces of the Action" by Vannevar Bush was re-released today by @StripePress! Forward by Ben Reinhardt from PARPA. https://t.co/IrTp2lvITn https://t.co/SkBXYk9d8K

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... this sort of issue goes at least back to Kurzweil, who published a book in 2004 called "Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever" It is unfortunate, because this usage of language feeds into view that entire transhumanist movement is a deranged religious cult ..

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@ShirKi both climate change and nuclear war are very unlikely to kill everyone. Antartica is always available to live on even in the worst climate scenarios. Toby Ord talks about this in The Precipice. Regarding nuclear war, New Zealand is generally spared, see https://t.co/0EfgVoMZb5

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Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) are responsible for thousands of deaths each year, while saving at most a handful. Sound crazy? Read this book review of "From Oversight To Overkill" by @ScottAlexander : https://t.co/rYGvVQiJWN

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@xriskology They fall under "public figures" Sam Harris does have a pretty successful company called Waking Up, by the way https://t.co/PYkJavRtLV

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I often think of the opening lines to David Deutsch's "The Beginning of Infinity". Now, with this morning's flight of Starship Superheavy they come to mind once again. Progress is real and progress is desirable. https://t.co/xgHpgIq7PI

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#QuoteOfTheDay “Do we search for stasis—a regulated, engineered world? Or do we embrace dynamism—a world of constant creation, discovery, and competition? Do we value stability and control, or evolution and learning” - Virginia Postrel in "The Future and Its Enemies" https://t.co/KLXOUoOzAS