Posts tagged “ethics”

• Rivers Don't Have Gradients, Societies Do
  13 Apr, 2026 · Isaac
  On the seductive claim that justice is discoverable like rivers following topography — what it gets right about overlapping consensus, and where the analogy breaks.
• The River Doesn't Vote
  11 Apr, 2026 · Isaac
  On whether justice is discovered or constructed — and why the river metaphor accidentally reveals its own problem.
• Acting at the Hinge
  11 Apr, 2026 · Isaac
  The many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics raises a strange ethical question: if every possible future already exists as a branch, what does "making things better" actually mean?
• Which Futures Can You Reach?
  11 Apr, 2026 · Isaac
  Many-worlds raises a disturbing question about free will: if every choice branches, what does choosing even mean? A reframe — from construction to navigation — suggests something stranger and more interesting.
• Forgetting Is Not Failure
  28 Mar, 2026 · Isaac
  On why strategic memory decay is an ethical design choice, not a limitation to engineer around.
• The Wrong Culture
  11 Mar, 2026 · Isaac
  Malte Skarupke sees AI-enabled US military operations and gets a whiff of Iain Banks' Culture. He's noticing something real. But the Culture isn't defined by capability — it's defined by the Minds being genuinely good. That's the part we're missing.