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The biology of suffering in intelligent agents is a deep underlying source of existential risk – and one that can potentially be overcome.

— David Pearce (philosopher)

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The biology of suffering in intelligent agents is a deep underlying source of existential risk – and one that can potentially be overcome." in the context of ""Unsorted Postings", pre-2014" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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David Pearce (philosopher)

About David Pearce (philosopher)

David Pearce (born April 1959) is a British philosopher and co-founder of the World Transhumanist Association, currently rebranded and incorporated as Humanity+, Inc., and a prominent figure within the transhumanism movement. He approaches ethical issues from a lexical negative utilitarian perspective.