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World Optimization Core Tag Last edit: 19 Aug 2020 19:30 UTC by Ruby World Optimization is the full use of our agency. It is extending the reach of human civilization. It is building cities and democracies and economic systems and computers and flight and science and space rockets and the internet. World optimization is about adding to that list. But it’s not just about growth, it’s also about preservation. We are still in the dawn of civilization, with most of civilization in the billions of years ahead. We mustn’t let this light go out.
World Optimization Sub-Topics Content which describes how the world is that directly bears upon choices one makes to optimize the world fall under this tag. Examples include discussion of the moral patienthood of different animals, the potential of human civilization, and the most effective interventions against a global health threat.
Some material has both immediate relevance to world optimization decisions but also can inform broader world models. This material might be included under both World Modeling tag and this tag.
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eukaryote 10 Oct 2018 2:46 UTC 80 points
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jefftk 18 Aug 2020 1:40 UTC 12 points
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Zvi 31 Mar 2018 12:30 UTC 14 points
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Gentzel 11 Dec 2020 3:50 UTC 52 points
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KatjaGrace 12 Dec 2020 21:50 UTC 101 points
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oge 15 Dec 2020 1:26 UTC 6 points
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jefftk 20 Dec 2020 23:20 UTC 79 points
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Zvi 20 Dec 2020 22:20 UTC 32 points
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George 25 Jan 2021 12:26 UTC 5 points
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jefftk 26 Jan 2021 3:00 UTC 26 points
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Zvi 2 Dec 2017 13:10 UTC 104 points
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Zvi 20 Nov 2018 19:30 UTC 66 points
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Zvi 19 Oct 2018 14:00 UTC 53 points
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Zvi 13 Sep 2018 21:50 UTC 40 points
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