There was never a long history of failed attempts at eudaemonia — ASI is a new problem
jd_pressman · x · 2026-11-11
Continuing his thread on governance and philosophy, jdpressman argues people were premature to declare eudaemonia an intractable philosophical problem based on a long history of failed attempts — no such history exists, because ASI is a new problem.
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