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LIVE AT DEMOCRACY JOURNAL: Reviewing John Cassidy's "Capitalism & Its Critics"

Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality • 107 implied HN points • 02 Jul 25
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Critiques
  1. Capitalism has a strong ability to adapt and change, even in tough times. It constantly finds new ways to survive and reinvent itself.
  2. Critics of capitalism present many ideas, but they often lack a clear, unified plan. Their concerns are important and reflect deep societal issues.
  3. The main way capitalism communicates is through pricing, but this system can fail. It doesn't always provide the information needed for effective decision-making.

True Transhumanism, Part 1

Extropic Thoughts • 176 implied HN points • 11 Oct 23
📖 Philosophy Critiques
  1. Transhumanism is a philosophy that embraces transformative technologies for improving the human condition.
  2. Critics of transhumanism have shifted from questioning its feasibility to pondering how to control its impact.
  3. Transhumanism values continual improvement and critical rationalism, and seeks to shape better futures through science and technology.
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A challenge for AI sceptics

Philosophy bear • 1 HN point • 14 Feb 24
📖 Philosophy Critiques
  1. Being an AI skeptic involves questioning the significance of current machine learning research compared to its hype.
  2. Critiques of contemporary machine learning models often involve concerns about their lack of explicit processing, grounding of symbols, and theoretical basis.
  3. The challenge presented is to define a task that current large language models cannot perform, with specific criteria to avoid loopholes or biased assessments.