#moral

The moral of "Whiplash" | Daniel Thomason

I just watched Whiplash last night (writing this in October 2026). I enjoyed it. The moral is one I've pondered a few times: we collectively celebrate greatness, but prefer to avert our eyes from the process of becoming great.

Daniel Thomason essays · EN

P(doom) is under-specified: EV(moral flourishing) & EV(utopia)

It always bugs me when people use “P(doom)” instead of something more clearly specified like “P(AI takeover)”. But “P(AI takeover)” doesn’t feel great to me either, because we could avoid takeover and have a future that is extremely mediocre or even actively bad if S risks occur. Holden Karnofsky famously held a P(misaligned AI) of between 10% and 90% [1] . Depending on definition of P(doom), I could see myself anywhere in that range, partly because I’m indecisive, but partly because I don’t really know what P(doom) means. Ambiguous Scenarios: Doom or Not-Doom? Here are a few examples illustra

LessWrong · EN

History of 20 Sources of Moral Authority

Though three weeks ago I outlined a story of the long-term history of changes to moral authority, I decided to study this in a bit more detail.

Overcoming Bias · EN