A Monumental Project:

Robin Hanson:

A monumental project (MP): A) takes 10s - 100s yrs to achieve B) makes sense for >= nation-sized unit to try C) might be sacred quest to unify unit, inspire sacrifice D) after-fact can measure if achieved by date E) civ decay/collapse delays or cuts chance achieve

Here I list 32 possible MP. In each of next 24 polls, say which of 4 MPs listed seems closest to best able to inspire & unite big % of world in quest to achieve it.

Underwater Population - >10K Earth underwater residents, lasts > 10yrs Off-Earth Population - >1K humans living off of Earth, lasts > 10yrs Stars Colonized - 10 stars colonized, each w/ 100x colony ship production. Gravity Lens Scope - Sun-based gravity lens telescope at >550AU

Benford Beacon - Short-pulse EM beacon visible at 10k light years. Space Library - Very-visible off-Earth library preserves >1ZB for > 1Myr. (World storage now ~100ZB) Deep Refuge - Make >1km deep Earth refuge supports 1K people for 100 years, kept filled & ready.

The Line - 200m wide, 500m tall, 170km long city 10x Pyramid - New Pyramid with >10x volume of Great Pyramid, can last 100K yr. 10km Tower - Build 10km tall inhabited tower. Space Elevator - Space elevator (or orbital ring) lifts >10T/day to >20km altitude.

Lower Med Sea - Damn Gibraltar straits, lower level of Mediterranean sea, colonize new land. Flood Dead Sea - Flood Dead Sea & 4 other big below-sea-level valleys. Great Green Wall - Make >100km wide E-W strip of Sahara that was <25%, now >75% green.

Very Low Mortality - “Immortality" so average human death rate <0.1%/yr. Big Population - World population >100B World Govt - World government lasts 100yr w/ world spending < 5% of WP on civil war Big World Power - World power >100TW (now ~20, was ~12 in ’90) Big World Economy - World product >$1000T (now ~$134T, ~$51T in ’90) High World Income - 5th percentile world income >$100K in current $US. World Travel - Transport live humans between any pair of 100 world locations in < 10hrs for < $100.

300IQ AGI - Create artificial general intelligence with human ability range, IQ of 300. AIs Do Most Work - AI so good human labor gets <20% world income. Brain Emulations - Make at < $10K per scan, <$1K to run for year at human speed. Nano-Assembler - Create a programable self-reproducing nano-assembler.

Quantum Gravity - Find coherent data-verified theory of quantum gravity Answer Big Qs - Make list of big intellectual Qs, weighted ave of % answered > 80%.

Net Zero - Achieve Earth net zero carbon emissions Jurassic Park - Make a real Jurassic park w/ >100 dinosaur era species revived and living on island

Smarter Humans - Increase median human intelligence by 30 IQ. Wild Human - Create “wild” human where each gene locus has its most frequent allele. Uplift Animals - Make smarter versions of non-human animals can use language, make deals.

Shame & the "loss of words":

 via Rob Henderson:

"Increasing levels of experienced regulated shame serve as an important sociodevelopmental function as the agent for the dilution of primary narcissism and narcissistic rage. As shame becomes less rejected from consciousness, it allows for transformation or primary into secondary narcissism, and explosive narcissistic rage into modulated, verbalized anger. At the same time the effects of unconscious shame on the blockage of affect are alleviated, leading to an expansion of the affect array. In general, fully experiencing affective responses is a prerequesite for 'correcting distortions of the object world' ... In partcular, increasing shame tolerance facilitates the acquknowledgement and acceptance of earlier pain-associated attachment and dependeny needs. The clinical import of this affect is that it is essential to the mechanism of repression, that it is a major force of inhibition of affect, cognition, and behavior. Shame, an affect that uniquely causes a 'loss of words' underlies alexithymia, 'no words for feelings'. When shame is unregulated and therefore chronic it interferes with the expression of almost all emotions, and this results in an alexithymic syndrome. Wilson characterizes the alexithymic inability to articulate feeling states: ' We suggest that some people will have a poorly developed lexicon for the description of some manifestation of self-regulatory failures  because they are not consciously accessible and are therefore out of awareness.'. "

Competence and Dominance:

From Robin Richtsfeld:

"Why in the world would you want an incompetent partner? You can't dominate a competent partner."

I like this sentence. Within my relationships I have made different experiences. It really is hard to dominate a competent partner. There will be, a la Jordan Peterson, some kind of a wrestling match. The best relationships certainly are these that grow between two highly competent persons. Additionally I like the idea of being competent or effective. A competent or effective person has the ability to create change, to move things, and some control over relevant resources. 

Seltsame Gespräche:

Seltsame Gespräche, in denen der Gesprächspartner seine Erledigungslisten vor dem Anderen auszubreiten scheint. 

Dreams versus Reality:

 

Individualität:

Individualität bedeutet auch:

"Man kann sich mit niemanden so recht teilen."

Social Skills:

 via Rob Henderson:

Carlin Flora (Friendfluence):

"Likable children size up new situations on the playground or in the classroom and fit themselves into the scene. They are assertive, but not hostile. They don't talk about themselves too much ...they are able to make and maintain friendships. Children who are natural social stars ... present themselves "successfully to others by putting on somewhat different faces for different audiences ... They understand when to put on which face, without ever appearing shallow or false to others and without feeling like fakes or frauds. In short, these are children who are sensitive and responsive to social cues." This is the child who knows how to work the room with jokes or dance moves at her own birthday party with her adoring relatives, but who also knows to hang back and let a friend shine at his birthday party. (This talent for decoding others and adjusting one's own behaviors and expressions appropriately is lacking, to one degree or another, in children on the autism spectrum and this is why they often have a particularly tough time relativ to other kinds and forming friendships.) Aggressive kids, or those who naturally "go against" their peers, have several disadvantages in the friendship market. They tend to be unable to appreciate the thoughts and feelings of fellow children, they react before thinking ..."