Tyler Cowen earlier this year wrote about the intellectual demise of libertarianism (Cowen 2020). I'm here wondering: aside from its normative status, is libertarianism unsustainable for reasons intrinsic to itself? Said differently, is it true that there are mechanisms intrinsic to libertarianism that forestall its ability to exist? To stimulate...
Whereas companies often undergo a friendly merger or acquisition, why don't countries more often do this? Set aside colonialism because I'd like to focus on the case where the threat of violence is not paramount. I suppose the right incentives aren't in place but is this an intrinsic fact of...
Question. In the world in which multiple AGIs obtain (i.e., not a singleton), is it likely these AGIs will be parents/mentors/guardians of younger AGIs? Context. I was wondering whether parenthood (or, more minimally, guardianship) is an intrinsic property of the evolution of sufficiently intelligent agents. The answer seems to depend,...