David Boree
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So she gets hired by a startup very quickly because, again, very gifted computer engineer. Yeah, with a resume. Right? Yes. It's some sort of gaming company. But at this point, she's made another change in her ethics system based on Eliezer Yudkowsky's writings. One of Yudkowsky's writings argues that โ it's talking about the difference between consequentialists โ and virtue ethics, right?
So she gets hired by a startup very quickly because, again, very gifted computer engineer. Yeah, with a resume. Right? Yes. It's some sort of gaming company. But at this point, she's made another change in her ethics system based on Eliezer Yudkowsky's writings. One of Yudkowsky's writings argues that โ it's talking about the difference between consequentialists โ and virtue ethics, right?
So she gets hired by a startup very quickly because, again, very gifted computer engineer. Yeah, with a resume. Right? Yes. It's some sort of gaming company. But at this point, she's made another change in her ethics system based on Eliezer Yudkowsky's writings. One of Yudkowsky's writings argues that โ it's talking about the difference between consequentialists โ and virtue ethics, right?
Consequentialists are people who focus entirely on what will the outcome of my actions be. And it kind of doesn't matter what I'm doing, or even if it's sometimes a little fucked up, if the end result is good. Virtue ethics people have a code and stick to it, right? And
Consequentialists are people who focus entirely on what will the outcome of my actions be. And it kind of doesn't matter what I'm doing, or even if it's sometimes a little fucked up, if the end result is good. Virtue ethics people have a code and stick to it, right? And
Consequentialists are people who focus entirely on what will the outcome of my actions be. And it kind of doesn't matter what I'm doing, or even if it's sometimes a little fucked up, if the end result is good. Virtue ethics people have a code and stick to it, right? And
Actually, and I kind of am surprised that he came to this, Yudkowsky's conclusion is that like while logically you're more likely to succeed โ like on paper you're more likely to succeed as a consequentialist. His opinion is that virtue ethics has the best outcome. People tend to do well when they stick to a code and they try to โ rather than like anything goes as long as I succeed, right?
Actually, and I kind of am surprised that he came to this, Yudkowsky's conclusion is that like while logically you're more likely to succeed โ like on paper you're more likely to succeed as a consequentialist. His opinion is that virtue ethics has the best outcome. People tend to do well when they stick to a code and they try to โ rather than like anything goes as long as I succeed, right?
Actually, and I kind of am surprised that he came to this, Yudkowsky's conclusion is that like while logically you're more likely to succeed โ like on paper you're more likely to succeed as a consequentialist. His opinion is that virtue ethics has the best outcome. People tend to do well when they stick to a code and they try to โ rather than like anything goes as long as I succeed, right?
And I think that's actually a pretty decent way to live your life.
And I think that's actually a pretty decent way to live your life.
And I think that's actually a pretty decent way to live your life.
Yeah. It's a reasonable conclusion for him, so I don't blame him on this part. But here's the problem. Ziz is trying to break into and succeed in the tech industry. And you are very unlikely to succeed at a high level in the tech industry if you are unwilling to do things and have things done to you that are unethical and fucked up. I'm not saying this is good.
Yeah. It's a reasonable conclusion for him, so I don't blame him on this part. But here's the problem. Ziz is trying to break into and succeed in the tech industry. And you are very unlikely to succeed at a high level in the tech industry if you are unwilling to do things and have things done to you that are unethical and fucked up. I'm not saying this is good.
Yeah. It's a reasonable conclusion for him, so I don't blame him on this part. But here's the problem. Ziz is trying to break into and succeed in the tech industry. And you are very unlikely to succeed at a high level in the tech industry if you are unwilling to do things and have things done to you that are unethical and fucked up. I'm not saying this is good.
And this is the reality of the entertainment industry too, right? When I started, I started with an unpaid internship. Unpaid internships are bad, right? It's bad that those exist. They inherently favor people who have money and people who have family connections. You know, I had like a small savings account for my job in special ed. But that was the standard.
And this is the reality of the entertainment industry too, right? When I started, I started with an unpaid internship. Unpaid internships are bad, right? It's bad that those exist. They inherently favor people who have money and people who have family connections. You know, I had like a small savings account for my job in special ed. But that was the standard.
And this is the reality of the entertainment industry too, right? When I started, I started with an unpaid internship. Unpaid internships are bad, right? It's bad that those exist. They inherently favor people who have money and people who have family connections. You know, I had like a small savings account for my job in special ed. But that was the standard.
It's like there were a lot of unpaid internships. It got me my foot in the door. It worked for me. I also worked a lot of overtime that I didn't get paid for. I did a lot of shit that wasn't a part of my job to impress my bosses, to make myself indispensable so that they would decide like we have to keep this guy on and pay him. And it worked for me.
It's like there were a lot of unpaid internships. It got me my foot in the door. It worked for me. I also worked a lot of overtime that I didn't get paid for. I did a lot of shit that wasn't a part of my job to impress my bosses, to make myself indispensable so that they would decide like we have to keep this guy on and pay him. And it worked for me.