David Boree
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Some people brought up that they felt like they were only as morally valuable as half a person. This irked me. I said they were whole persons, and don't be stupid like that. Like, if they wanted to sacrifice themselves, they could weigh one versus seven billion. They didn't have to falsely denigrate themselves as less than one person. They didn't listen.
Some people brought up that they felt like they were only as morally valuable as half a person. This irked me. I said they were whole persons, and don't be stupid like that. Like, if they wanted to sacrifice themselves, they could weigh one versus seven billion. They didn't have to falsely denigrate themselves as less than one person. They didn't listen.
Some people brought up that they felt like they were only as morally valuable as half a person. This irked me. I said they were whole persons, and don't be stupid like that. Like, if they wanted to sacrifice themselves, they could weigh one versus seven billion. They didn't have to falsely denigrate themselves as less than one person. They didn't listen.
When it was my turn concerning myself, I said my doom was that I could succeed at the things I tried, succeed exceptionally well, like I bet I could in ten years have earned to give like ten million dollars through startups, and it would still be too little too late, like I came into this game too late. The world would still burn."
When it was my turn concerning myself, I said my doom was that I could succeed at the things I tried, succeed exceptionally well, like I bet I could in ten years have earned to give like ten million dollars through startups, and it would still be too little too late, like I came into this game too late. The world would still burn."
When it was my turn concerning myself, I said my doom was that I could succeed at the things I tried, succeed exceptionally well, like I bet I could in ten years have earned to give like ten million dollars through startups, and it would still be too little too late, like I came into this game too late. The world would still burn."
And first off, like this is, you know, it's a variant of the synonym thing. You're going and you're telling people why they're doomed, right? Like why they won't succeed in life, you know? But it's also one of the things here, these people are saying they feel like less than a person.
And first off, like this is, you know, it's a variant of the synonym thing. You're going and you're telling people why they're doomed, right? Like why they won't succeed in life, you know? But it's also one of the things here, these people are saying they feel like less than a person.
And first off, like this is, you know, it's a variant of the synonym thing. You're going and you're telling people why they're doomed, right? Like why they won't succeed in life, you know? But it's also one of the things here, these people are saying they feel like less than a person.
A major topic of discussion in the community at the time is if you don't think you can succeed in business and make money, is the best thing with the highest net value you can do
A major topic of discussion in the community at the time is if you don't think you can succeed in business and make money, is the best thing with the highest net value you can do
A major topic of discussion in the community at the time is if you don't think you can succeed in business and make money, is the best thing with the highest net value you can do
taking out an insurance policy on yourself and committing suicide oh my god and then having the money donated to a rationalist organization that's a major topic of discussion that like like ziz grapples with a lot of these people grapple with right because they are obsessed with the idea of like oh my god i might be net negative value right if i can't do this or can't do this i could be a net negative value individual and that means like i'm not contributing to the solution and there's nothing worse than not contributing to the solution
taking out an insurance policy on yourself and committing suicide oh my god and then having the money donated to a rationalist organization that's a major topic of discussion that like like ziz grapples with a lot of these people grapple with right because they are obsessed with the idea of like oh my god i might be net negative value right if i can't do this or can't do this i could be a net negative value individual and that means like i'm not contributing to the solution and there's nothing worse than not contributing to the solution
taking out an insurance policy on yourself and committing suicide oh my god and then having the money donated to a rationalist organization that's a major topic of discussion that like like ziz grapples with a lot of these people grapple with right because they are obsessed with the idea of like oh my god i might be net negative value right if i can't do this or can't do this i could be a net negative value individual and that means like i'm not contributing to the solution and there's nothing worse than not contributing to the solution
I am not aware. There are people who commit suicide in this community. I will say that. There are a number of suicides tied to this community. I don't know if the actual insurance con thing happened, but it's like a seriously discussed thing. And it's seriously discussed because...
I am not aware. There are people who commit suicide in this community. I will say that. There are a number of suicides tied to this community. I don't know if the actual insurance con thing happened, but it's like a seriously discussed thing. And it's seriously discussed because...
I am not aware. There are people who commit suicide in this community. I will say that. There are a number of suicides tied to this community. I don't know if the actual insurance con thing happened, but it's like a seriously discussed thing. And it's seriously discussed because...
All of these people talk about the value of their own lives in purely mechanistic, how much money or expected value can I produce? That is a person and that's why a person matters. The term they use is morally valuable. That's what means you're a worthwhile human being if you're creating a net positive benefit to the world in the way they define it.
All of these people talk about the value of their own lives in purely mechanistic, how much money or expected value can I produce? That is a person and that's why a person matters. The term they use is morally valuable. That's what means you're a worthwhile human being if you're creating a net positive benefit to the world in the way they define it.