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listening to while falling asleep makes it so much more bearable!

it hurts...

Wednesday is giving me flashbacks to grad school BS philosophy sessions. And once again, could have explored the ideas in as much depth in 20% of the words.

better, but could have been a blog post

"if there is no inequality, everyone is at subsistence income" And apparently it is an overall good to have people who "enjoy the finer things in life" and not just live on "muzak and potatoes". I think I get why he's the philosopher of billionaires... got a little better but then annoying with extraneous bathing male students and extraneous correspondance

For someone so ready to imagine AGI and robots that can do anything a human can, he holds very little imagination for a non-money-based society or motivations other than accumulation and competition.

Also, vaguely sexist. So far the only woman who has made an appearance was a theorized upside-down nun (you get to see her butt, not her face!) I'll try to give it a chance till at least 30% but I dunno...