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Morality is personal and tribal, always

Good and evil represent idiosyncratic, subjective preferences

13 min readDec 31, 2023

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There Are No Fair Fights

All peer groups are arbitrary, and all advantage is unearned.

8 min readMar 26, 2023

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4 things all good citizens believe implicitly

Beyond what we believe “in this house“

13 min readMay 16, 2023

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Image of the author’s 4 suggested beliefs, in the style of the lawn sign shown earlier

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Will Humans Ever Settle On One Religion?

Because we really need to.

16 min readAug 18, 2022

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Will Humans Ever Settle On One Religion?

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Why can’t Israelis just pay for Gaza?

Why capitalism can’t solve a tribal problem

6 min readNov 27, 2023

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Why can’t Israelis just pay for Gaza?

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Freedom of religion was a bad idea all along

Societal well-being depends on intolerance done well.

6 min readJun 19, 2023

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Statue of Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom and military victory

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The “Church” of Pragmatic Forgiveness

A philosophy for the modern world

1 min readOct 28, 2022

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The “Church” of Pragmatic Forgiveness

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Trans-affirming definitions for ‘woman’ and ‘man’ are not hard to find

Can we stop acting like it's a trick question?

5 min readJul 20, 2022

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We’re Using the Wrong Analogies to Think About AI and Sentience

If you follow the field of AI, you’ve probably heard about the Google engineer who claimed that one of Google’s latest AIs, called “LaMDA”…

4 min readJun 22, 2022

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Toy space boy, robot, and monkeys

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Hi Von,

I tend to agree with many of Elliot's main conclusions, but I often disagree with how he talks to people, such as how he responded to you…

2 min readJun 13, 2022

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I think most people argue for what they want to believe, rather than for what best describes reality. And I think that is very detrimental to us getting along.

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