𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔: 𝑶𝒕𝒊𝒖𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝑷𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒓 - 𝑾𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒎 𝑱𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔 -
Le Guin leans on an essay by William James, but what does that have to do with all our garden talk? It's about our blind spots and our privilege. We dig into the key question in James's essay and worry a bit.
https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/otium-and-the-moral-philosopher-william-james/
Spinoza, the Dialectic of Reason, and the Critique of Instrumental Rationality
#Spinoza is not a #critic of #reason, but its greatest defender: he anticipates the #DialecticOfReason (#Adorno & #Horkheimer) by advocating for an immanent, liberating, and joyful #rationality. Unlike Ayn #Rand’s view, he does not reject reason, but seeks to save it from #domination and #utilitarianism. #philosophy The critique of reason by Adorno and Horkheimer in the Dialectic of …
The key to enjoying Finnish summer is taking advantage of the moments of sunshine between the rain.
On a purely objective level, Finnish summer is shit. But nevertheless, Finns consistently score top 5 in metrics of happiest people in the world.
That’s where #utilitarianism goes wrong: It assumes external conditions as sole keys of #happiness.
There is a threshold of material needs of course, but beyond that it has more to do with applying your wits & humanity to whatever your context is!
Technique, Utilitarian Rationality, and Emancipation: From Radical Critique to the Hope of Reappropriation
From #Nietzsche to #Stiegler, from #Adorno to #Illich: the critique of #UtilitarianTechnique runs through modern #philosophy. Can we reintegrate #technology into the social and democratic fabric, or must we see it as an irreformable #system of #domination? #Technique #Critique #Utilitarianism #Emancipation #Modernity @philosophy@a.gup.pe @philosophy@newsmast.community …
Existential Comics is great.
#economics #liberty #utilitarianism #liberalism
The Upbringing of John Stuart Mill - Existential Comics https://existentialcomics.com/comic/570
-- If God exists, is everything permitted? | Dr. Justin Mooney & Dr. Luis Oliveira --
(at Majesty of Reason)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i3Yk6qod3A
I read that as a critique of Benthaminist #Utilitarianism.
As a sci-fi/fantasy, economics, and philosophy fan, today's Existential Comics hits in all the right ways.
#economics #comics #philosophy #utilitarianism #funny
Sauron the Economist - Existential Comics https://existentialcomics.com/comic/556
The #rational case for giving half of Elon Musk's wealth to two people.
https://doctorow.medium.com/rich-peoples-gain-is-worth-less-than-poor-people-s-pain-6c3631292841
A simple litmus test for self-described utilitarians: would you trade places with someone much worse off if it increased the net supply of human happiness?
https://doctorow.medium.com/rich-peoples-gain-is-worth-less-than-poor-people-s-pain-6c3631292841
Rich People's Gain is Worth Less than Poor People's Pain: A new way to think about utilitarianism, courtesy of the #OfficeOfManagementAndBudget
https://doctorow.medium.com/rich-peoples-gain-is-worth-less-than-poor-people-s-pain-6c3631292841
https://aeon.co/essays/why-longtermism-is-the-worlds-most-dangerous-secular-credo
> « Technological maturity is the linchpin here because controlling nature and increasing #economic #productivity to the absolute physical limits are ostensibly necessary for creating the maximum quantity of ‘value’ within our future light cone. »
#Longtermism is just unhinged Baconian capitalistic #utilitarianism wrapped up in pseudo-#altruism in order to ensure the perpetuation of present day #HighTech #corporate CEO's priviledges!
John Stuart Mill, Jeremy Bentham, and William MacAskill cut a birthday cake.
Beyond the applied ML context, I see a lot of connections to the limitations of #utilitarianism, utilitarian aggregation / #populationEthics, #rationality, #longtermism, subjective #Bayesianism, etc. But would anyone read any of that?
I wake, exhausted from all the end of year work, and quietly read a brilliant critique of long-termism by Emile P Torres.
https://aeon.co/essays/why-longtermism-is-the-worlds-most-dangerous-
Against longtermism
It started as a fringe philosophical theory about humanity’s future. It’s now richly funded and increasingly dangerous
Wow, I just read this article about #billionaire #space #cult #longtermism and #utilitarianism #philosophy, I had heard about it before but didn't know it was THAT bonkers. And to think that people with money and influence support this sh*t...WTF!
https://www.salon.com/2022/11/20/what-the-sam-bankman-fried-debacle-can-teach-us-about-longtermism/
Highly recommend this long thoughtful 
by @drvolts on the
“SBF/FTX/EA mishegas.”
In some ways it’s the old lesson that ends (saving future humanity) won’t justify the means (making shitloads of $ regardless of cost). The capacity to reason our way to self-justificatory BS is usually the fatal flaw. Most people don’t want to think they’re the villain.
#utilitarianism #EA #longtermism #billionaires #CognitiveBias #rationality
#philanthropy #crypto #SBF #FTX
Supplementary #introduction tags:
rk & Friendship! 
#woke 
