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Posted onDecember 20, 2024December 25, 2024Mind Bubbles

The Sweet Simplicity of Good and Evil

by zariuq

In my study of ethics and developmental models, I realized that the notions of ‘good’ and ‘evil’ can be very simply grounded in character traits,…

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Posted onDecember 16, 2024December 20, 2024Mind Bubbles

The High Intentionsality, Principled Stage of Development

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One of the next stages of development after the formal operational stage is the development of a high intentionality quotient, defined as the degree of…

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Posted onNovember 14, 2024February 11, 2025Mind Bubbles

The Way of the Dotts

by zariuq

Richard Dotts is an author who writes on the meditative (non-)mindset aspect of manifestation. His books went viral in the Finders Community, mostly made up…

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Posted onOctober 24, 2024April 7, 2025Mind Bubbles

White Mirror: A Progressive Eutopian Optimist’s Take on Black Mirror

by zariuq

I’ve seen a few Black Mirror episodes, and while they were cinematically good, I felt disappointed by the tendency to focus on “obvious failure modes”…

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Posted onJune 5, 2024June 5, 2024Mind Bubbles

Relational Sweet Spots

by zariuq

The zone where a connection feels just right as it is. Have you ever experienced this sweet spot where you’re both as satisfied as you…

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Posted onFebruary 28, 2024September 11, 2024Mind Bubbles

Beneficial AGI Viewed from the Ethical Paradigms

by zariuq

With the advent of proto-AGI systems and accelerating progress, many a folk appear to be freaking out at the lack of guarantees AGI will roll…

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Posted onAugust 22, 2023November 5, 2024Mind Bubbles

Formal Ethics Ontology Worklog 2

by zariuq

The first edition was quite long, so this time, I’m going to write as I go. It turns out that writing as I go becomes…

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Posted onJune 13, 2023November 5, 2024Mind Bubbles

Formal Ethics Ontology Worklog 1

by zariuq

Preamble In Virtue Ethics Qua Learning Theory, I fleshed out the basic ethical principles, paradigms, and considerations in connection with (reinforcement) learning theory. My definition…

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Posted onJanuary 11, 2023January 11, 2023Mind Bubbles

New Year’s 2023:
Purpose, Themes, and Reflection

by zariuq

Happy New Year :- ). Some years have passed since a New Year’s Themes post. This year I redid Steve Pavlina’s Submersion course from Nov…

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Posted onOctober 11, 2021October 11, 2021Mind Bubbles

Virtue Ethics Qua Learning Theory

by zariuq

tl;dr – I have converted to virtue ethics because it is tractable and can embed consequentialism and deontology. Moreover, I have realized that ethics is…

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