Meditations on Moloch

• an [[essay]].
  • [[go]] https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/
  • by [[slate star codex]]

• [[essay]]
  • [[author]] [[scott alexander]]
  • [[go]] https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/
  • [[misperceptions on moloch]] https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/08/01/misperceptions-on-moloch/
  • [[transhumanism]]
  • [[multipolar trap]]
  • [[malthusian trap]]
  • [[moloch]] [[gnon]] [[cthulhu]]
  • [[nick land]]
  • [[pull]] [[howl]]
  • [[pull]] [[superintelligence]]

Meditations on Moloch

slaying moloch

• an [[intent]]
  • #pull I often say that I want to [[slay moloch]], but I mean it with [[loving kindness]] -- if they don't resist or turn violent, I'd rather [[disentangle]] them.
  • despite the gruesome picture it may evoke, it is actually about [[building bridges]] -- a constructive path to [[disentangling moloch]]
  • recently [[reread]] [[meditations on moloch]]
    • it left an impression on me, but I was unsure about how representative the impression I currently have of it, mutated by time and experience, matched what's there
    • I couldn't say comfortably I knew it unless I reread it, and making Moloch a part of the [[Flancia]] narrative would be irresponsible without revisiting this source.
    • It holds up quite well, actually. See node.
  • [[some days I feel like slaying moloch]]
    • might trigger [[cringe]]
    • I mean to [[write]] a proper [[essay]]
    • I hope to write a draft of it in [[2021]]
    • [[default instance]]

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