Archive - Ben Landau-Taylor

Alignment Research and Intelligence Enhancement: Discussion on The Failed Strategy of Artificial Intelligence Doomers

The people I critiqued in my Palladium article The Failed Strategy of Artificial Intelligence Doomers have responded, and I’ll reply to some of that…

Mar 19 •

Ben Landau-Taylor

February 2025

December 2024

The Christmas Truce

On Christmas Day, 1914, in the middle of World War I, the guns fell silent.

Dec 25, 2024 •

Ben Landau-Taylor

November 2024

October 2024

On Rational Economic Behavior

The biggest error holding back many economic thinkers is the idea that rational profit-maximization is the way that people make economic decisions…

Oct 2, 2024 •

Ben Landau-Taylor

August 2024

July 2024

America And The Future

Americans are notorious idealists, but our ideals haven’t stayed within this country. The American conceptions of virtues— democracy, freedom of speech…

Jul 4, 2024 •

Ben Landau-Taylor

June 2024

The Fourth Form Of Government

Traditionally we think of government as coming in three forms.

Jun 12, 2024 •

Ben Landau-Taylor

May 2024

Looking Beyond the Veil

In A Study of History, Arnold Toynbee the Younger says that every big religion or ideology starts as esoteric mysticism with profound, transformative…

May 1, 2024 •

Ben Landau-Taylor

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