July 29, 2026 Preamble Communists want society to build communism. But what for? Different communists can have different objectives for this, and in this article we'll try to show the most common ones. 1. Utilitarian Communist For the utilitarian communist, the main point of communism is that it's the most...
Translation from Russian. Original text available here. The first part available here. This Is a Fraud, Gentlemen! Last time we ended with a look at games where everything is fair. Well, "fair" in the sense that the chances of winning in a basic game are equal — although perhaps the...
Translation from Russian. Original text available here. When I was about thirteen, a question occurred to me. Suppose we have a point at coordinates (0, 0). We flip a coin, and if it comes up heads, we move the point one unit to the right. If it's tails, we move...
Artificial Programming of Human Needs: A Path to Degradation or a New Impetus for Development? Viktor Argonov // Problems of Philosophy. 2008. No. 12. P. 22-37 // Translation from Russian. Original text available here. Translator's Introduction What if we could not just satisfy our desires, but rewrite their source code?...