niplav @niplav@schelling.pt

The first two things that people usually say when they step out of the plane at the central niplavistan airport are “Why is everyone dressed the same way” and “Why does everything look like it's built to withstand a nuclear—no, wait, let me rephrase, why *is* everything here built to as if to withstand a nuclear strike?”

pathological selfer

heaventen thousandbooks

Following vrorgia was a very good decision

Yudkowsky pushed alignment research forward by 5 years, but he also accelerated timelines, so it's impossible to tell if he's good or not,,,

Soft (rigidity) vs. soft (texture)

I always try to cultivate a diverse feed

Maximization by combat (the duel of an optimization problem)