I agree with Alex, loved this post too. It makes me think about Heidegger's ideas on technological thinking (technological being?) and whether creating metrics and maximizing them is in a sense the same thing he was talking about.
I loved this...I'm not sure if I fully grasp the Aristotle quote tho - why is it *clear* that such a good can't be produced or acquired? Honestly the whole thing went over my head but that part in particular i was like wait how did u prove that hah
This is reminiscent of your article on the Dragon. Variable-maximization is probably one of the aspects of the Dragon.
I have felt the best outcome for mankind is to become a fusion of the Culture with Dostoyevsky's The Dream of a Ridiculous Man. Both of those are certainly maximizing variables (not the same ones), and we certainly have to maximize something or we just get stuck in the boring status quo.
I agree with Alex, loved this post too. It makes me think about Heidegger's ideas on technological thinking (technological being?) and whether creating metrics and maximizing them is in a sense the same thing he was talking about.
I loved this...I'm not sure if I fully grasp the Aristotle quote tho - why is it *clear* that such a good can't be produced or acquired? Honestly the whole thing went over my head but that part in particular i was like wait how did u prove that hah
This is reminiscent of your article on the Dragon. Variable-maximization is probably one of the aspects of the Dragon.
I have felt the best outcome for mankind is to become a fusion of the Culture with Dostoyevsky's The Dream of a Ridiculous Man. Both of those are certainly maximizing variables (not the same ones), and we certainly have to maximize something or we just get stuck in the boring status quo.