Long-term thoughts from Anders Sandberg.
Category Archives: Philosophy
Environmentalism
…is a fundamentalist religion.
Yup.
Thoughts On Human Progress
Yes, Malthus was always wrong.
Bob doesn’t say it, but the principle applies throughout the solar system. Humans will continue to take raw materials and create new resources.
The Space Cultural War
There is one, but it is not Moon versus Mars.
The Moral Norms Of Tomorrow
How can society prepare?
Reversing “Death”
This does seem promising for organ preservation, but it raises the issue (as cryonicists do) of when is someone dead? If it’s not information death, declarations are intrinsically premature, if the person can be put in an ambulance to the future.
Artificial Intelligence
Thoughts on the coming age. A first of two essays.
James Lovelock
RIP.
To the degree that one agrees with the Gaia hypothesis, space settlers would be helping it reproduce.
Apollo And Space Tourism
On the 53rd anniversary, thoughts from Rick Tumlinson.
Also, it’s still not too late to do the space seder.
Paul McCartney
Reflections from Elizabeth Scalia on his 80th birthday.
[Update late afternoon]
Sorry, missing link added.