[ExI] Man’s Greatest Achievement – Nikola Tesla on Akashic engineering and the future of humanity

[Giulio Prisco]

Anders: " But what the good is, and how to justify it, is more divergent."

That's not a bug, but a feature! What is good for me, is good for me,
and what is good for you, is good for you. No need to justify.

Of course this doesn't mean that we can't discuss what is good and
perhaps come to a common definition, but it does mean that you are (or
should be) the ultimate arbiter of what you want to consider as good,
and meaningful. Value and meaning are subjective experiences, and I am
happy with that, makes teh world more interesting.

On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 12:51 PM, BillK <pharos at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3 December 2015 at 11:16, Anders Sandberg  wrote:
>> I take that as a compliment. But I understand what you are saying: why care?
>> Because we are talking about ultimate, important things. If we are not as
>> careful with them as we are with mere medicines, explosives or stock
>> markets, should we not expect mistakes to lead to devastating losses of
>> value?
>>
>
> Errrrrr???  But medicines explosives and stock markets are human disaster areas!
> Humans may pretend (or make feeble attempts) to be careful with such
> as these but fail miserably.
> It is the human good PR intentions versus actual terrible collateral damage.
>
>
> <snip>
>> Can you fail at destiny? The traditional idea is that destiny must happen.
>> But that does not imply a good ultimate outcome. If destiny is something we
>> are aiming at, then at most it is something to hope for, not something we
>> can put our faith in.
>>
>
> Yes, Destiny and Fate are usually thought of as predetermined. But as
> that may lead lazy humans to stop working and say 'Well, what will be,
> will be' philosophers tend to reason that humans still have to work to
> achieve their destiny.  i.e. work ethic.
>
> Predestination leads to rather convoluted reasoning.  :)
>
> BillK
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