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Do we live in an adequate world? Eliezer Yudkowsky's Inadequate Equilibria is a new exploration of systemic failure and uncommon success.
Nov 15, 2017 · The story only ends there, however, if you're fortunate enough to live in an adequate civilization. Eliezer Yudkowsky's Inadequate Equilibria is a sharp and lively guidebook for anyone questioning when and how they can know better, and do better, than the status quo.
Jan 12, 2023 · Eliezer Yudkowsky's Inadequate Equilibria is a sharp and lively guidebook for anyone questioning when and how they can know better, and do better, than the status quo. Freely mixing debates on the foundations of rational decision-making with tips for everyday life, Yudkowsky explores the central question of when we can (and can'') expect to ...
Jan 1, 2017 · The author points out, through concrete examples, how certain systems are badly broken, stuck in an inadequate equilibrium, sometimes with dire consequences (like in the case of feeding a bad source of protein to babies in the US that still causes several thousand deaths) and explains in details how this is possible.
Jan 1, 2017 · This short and incredibly astute book explains why things can get so messed up, even by seemingly reasonable people. It is all available for free online but at this price it's hard to resist getting the physical copy and makes a great spontaneous gift to anyone interested in humans, society, civilization, science, healthcare, etc.
Title:: Inadequate Equilibria: Where and How Civilizations Get Stuck: Author:: Yudkowsky, Eliezer, 1979-Note: ca. 2017 : Link: HTML with commentary at equilibriabook.com
civilization.Inadequate Equilibria is a sharp and lively guidebook for anyone questioning when and how they can know better, and do better, than the status quo. Freely mixing debates on the foundations of rational decision-making with tips for
