Deep Utopia: Life and Meaning in a Solved World
Ideapress Publishing
First published 2024
Philosophy
Futurism
AI
Ethics
Existential risk
An exploration of what happens when technology solves all practical problems — what remains for humans to do, and what gives life meaning in a world of radical abundance.
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Civilization as a powder keg
For the past few hundred years, with many more humans around than ever before — woven together by commerce and communication into an interconnected world tapestry — inventions have been coming at b...
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Hardly virtuous to be a sucker
It’s hardly virtuous to be a sucker.
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Knots of coordination
It is possible that humanity’s destiny is knotty.
We can liken some coordination problems to knots, and technological progress as being akin to pulling a string. Tugging at the ends of the str...