Sandberg: Haldane's determinism isn't inevitable — openness requires eternal vigilance

anderssandberg · x · 2026-11-07

Responding to Haldane's suspicions and C.S. Lewis's fears, Sandberg argues the feedback loop of ideas→beliefs→technologies isn't as deterministic as feared. But openness doesn't mean a happy ending — it demands eternal vigilance combined with exploration.

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