Nietzsche's Homer's Contest as a lens on pausing AI: ostracize the best
voooooogel · x · 2026-09-25
voooooogel shares a nugget Claude surfaced: Nietzsche's early essay "Homer's Contest" argues Greek culture ran on good Eris and reads ostracism as a way to protect the contest—exiling anyone so dominant they'd end the competition. The author jokes it's a funny lens on pausing AI: ostracize AI, let no one among us be the best.
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