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New comment by jmoggr in "The dead economy theory"

jmoggr — Fri, 29 May 2026 19:30:38 +0000

China will experience the same problems described in the article, even if that war happens and even if they win. They are possibly better equipped to deal with the problems, but I don't think that nicely-asking-companies-to-keep-humans is a viable long term strategy. And given Chinas history, I'm not sure most humans would enjoy a China shaped solution.

New comment by jmoggr in "The dead economy theory"

jmoggr — Fri, 29 May 2026 19:23:09 +0000

but, like, what if they weren't lying?

Regardless, their actions seem to indicate that they are trying their hardest to make this true; given that they have the resources of a developed nation behind them, it seems reasonable to seriously consider what they are saying.

Also we generally don't give the same latitude to people who lie about things as destructive as what they are proposing.

New comment by jmoggr in "The dead economy theory"

jmoggr — Fri, 29 May 2026 19:16:06 +0000

Don't forget that humans require inputs (land, water). It's not obvious that there is a happy equilibrium where the majority of humans are able to meaningfully compete for those inputs.

New comment by jmoggr in "AI CEO – Replace your boss before they replace you"

jmoggr — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 22:48:33 +0000

All they have to do is not reproduce. This is already happening.

New comment by jmoggr in "Show HN: SyncKit – Offline-first sync engine (Rust/WASM and TypeScript)"

jmoggr — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 21:34:42 +0000

> Automerge/Yjs require learning CRDTs

I've been using Automerge for a while and haven't had to look at any CRDTs. To me this looks very similar to Automerge.

Neat project!

New comment by jmoggr in "Why are there so many rationalist cults?"

jmoggr — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 01:17:43 +0000

I think the comments here have been overly harsh. I have friends in the community and have visited the LessWrong "campus" several times. They seemed very welcoming, sincere, and were kind and patient even when I was basically asserting that several of their beliefs were dumb (in hopefully somewhat respectful manner).

As for the AI doomerism, many in the community have more immediate and practical concerns about AI, however the most extreme voices are often the most prominent. I also know that there has been internal disagreement on the kind of messaging they should be using to raise concern.

I think rationalists get plenty of things wrong, but I suspect that many people would benefit from understanding their perspective and reasoning.

New comment by jmoggr in "Can an email go 500 miles in 2025?"

jmoggr — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 17:22:17 +0000

Neat! Thank you!

New comment by jmoggr in "Can an email go 500 miles in 2025?"

jmoggr — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 16:41:32 +0000

> How much would a 10cm sphere of gold be worth in GBP?

Is there some trick to this? Or do you have to input it like:

You have: 4/3pi(10 cm)^319320 kg/m^345000 GBP/kg

(What ChatGPT gave me)