Yudkowsky on mixed feelings over IABIED's bestseller success
ESYudkowsky · x · 2026-09-24
In a follow-up tweet, Yudkowsky says congratulations on If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies always leave him with mixed feelings: the book was written under exceptionally grim circumstances, and while he's proud of HPMOR, 'I wish my planet weren't dying' whenever IABIED is praised.
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