Crazy Wisdom

Ivan Vendrov is AI researcher, ML engineer interested in speculation of future systems Twitter: https://twitter.com/IvanVendrov Website: https://www.vendrov.ai/ Questions discussed or for further discussions What do you think is the great X-risks humans face today? What are some weaknesses in terms of technology in general? How do you steer technology to make sure it's not developing in ways that are harmful? What is your take on spirituality? What is the intersection between the Russian Orthodox religion and meditation? What do Russian orthodox people do for lent? Go vegan for the entire month emphasis on spirituality What happened to the soviet union and orthodox Christianity? What is the word “mir”? What is the difference between a time of troubles and a dark age? Were the dark ages really dark? What is the relationship between centralization and golden ages? Who are the cypher phunks? What are heterogenous networks? What is cyborgism? What is your take on rationalism? superintelligence At its best, its a community that has the best truth orientation Where do rationalism and dogma meet? What is post-rationalism? Can you be dogmatic and rationalist at the same time? Who were the original rationalists? What is bayesian reasoning? How can you establish all the events that could happen? Naive bayesian reasoning What does rationalism say about trusting others? What are the other sources of truth for rationalists? How do you convert or create knowledge? The book “The social history of truth” Truth or knowledge depends on a bedrock of trust and punishes liars In 18th century only gentlemen could speak truth because they had “F-U” money Why does knowledge follow a cyclical pattern of openness and dogma and how do they interact? Can a bureaucracy last longer than 300 years old? Can knowledge paradigms last long? Will technology allow us to establish non-bureaucratic systems that can stay flexible? Is cultural knowledge dying? How do you preserve cultural knowledge? How do you preserve knowledge that is implicit and hard to make explicit?

Show Notes

Ivan Vendrov is AI researcher, ML engineer interested in speculation of future systems

Questions discussed or for further discussions

  • What do you think is the great X-risks humans face today?
  • What are some weaknesses in terms of technology in general?
  • How do you steer technology to make sure it's not developing in ways that are harmful?
  • What is your take on spirituality?
  • What is the intersection between the Russian Orthodox religion and meditation?
  • What do Russian orthodox people do for lent?
    • Go vegan for the entire month
    • emphasis on spirituality
  • What happened to the soviet union and orthodox Christianity?
  • What is the word “mir”?
  • What is the difference between a time of troubles and a dark age?
  • Were the dark ages really dark?
  • What is the relationship between centralization and golden ages?
  • Who are the cypher phunks?
  • What are heterogenous networks?
  • What is cyborgism?
  • What is your take on rationalism?
    • superintelligence
    • At its best, its a community that has the best truth orientation
    • Where do rationalism and dogma meet?
  • What is post-rationalism?
  • Can you be dogmatic and rationalist at the same time?
  • Who were the original rationalists?
  • What is bayesian reasoning?
    • How can you establish all the events that could happen?
    • Naive bayesian reasoning
  • What does rationalism say about trusting others?
  • What are the other sources of truth for rationalists?
  • How do you convert or create knowledge?
    • The book “The social history of truth”
    • Truth or knowledge depends on a bedrock of trust and punishes liars
    • In 18th century only gentlemen could speak truth because they had “F-U” money
  • Why does knowledge follow a cyclical pattern of openness and dogma and how do they interact?
  • Can a bureaucracy last longer than 300 years old?
  • Can knowledge paradigms last long?
  • Will technology allow us to establish non-bureaucratic systems that can stay flexible?
  • Is cultural knowledge dying?
  • How do you preserve cultural knowledge?
  • How do you preserve knowledge that is implicit and hard to make explicit?

What is Crazy Wisdom?

In his series "Crazy Wisdom," Stewart Alsop explores cutting-edge topics, particularly in the realm of technology, such as Urbit and artificial intelligence. Alsop embarks on a quest for meaning, engaging with others to expand his own understanding of reality and that of his audience. The topics covered in "Crazy Wisdom" are diverse, ranging from emerging technologies to spirituality, philosophy, and general life experiences. Alsop's unique approach aims to make connections between seemingly unrelated subjects, tying together ideas in unconventional ways.