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* [[Jewish and Nerdy]]
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: His explanation of [http://lesswrong.com/lw/up/shut_up_and_do_the_impossible/nxw how he could "win" the AI-Box experiment].
{{quote| Part of the ''real'' reason that I wanted to run the original AI-Box Experiment, is that I thought I had an ability that I could never test in real life. Was I really making a sacrifice for my ethics, or just overestimating my own ability? The AI-Box Experiment let me test that.}}
* [[Measuring the Marigolds]]: Criticized and averted; he wants people to be able to see [http://lesswrong.com/lw/or/joy_in_the_merely_real/ joy in the 'merely' real world].
* [[Old Shame]]: The document [http://lesswrong.com/lw/yd/the_thing_that_i_protect/qze Creating Friendly AI], along with much of what he wrote before fully [http://lesswrong.com/lw/ue/the_magnitude_of_his_own_folly/ recognizing the dangers of AI].
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* [[Transhumanism]]: He is a transhumanist.
* [[True Art Is Angsty]]: [http://lesswrong.com/lw/xi/serious_stories/ Discussed/invoked]:
{{quote| ''In one sense, it's clear that we do not want to live the sort of lives that are depicted in most stories that human authors have written so far. Think of the truly great stories, the ones that have become legendary for being the very best of the best of their genre: ''[[The Iliad]]'', ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', ''[[The Godfather]]'', ''[[Watchmen]]'', ''[[Planescape: Torment]]'', the second season of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', or '''that''' ending in ''[[Tsukihime]]''. Is there a single story on the list that isn't tragic? Ordinarily, we prefer pleasure to pain, joy to sadness, and life to death. Yet it seems we prefer to empathize with hurting, sad, dead characters. Or stories about happier people aren't serious, aren't artistically great enough to be worthy of praise - but then why selectively praise stories containing unhappy people? Is there some hidden benefit to us in it? [...] You simply don't optimize a story the way you optimize a real life. The best story and the best life will be produced by different criteria.''}}
* [[We Do the Impossible]]: [http://lesswrong.com/lw/65/money_the_unit_of_caring/ "I specialize...in the impossible questions business."]. See also [http://lesswrong.com/lw/un/on_doing_the_impossible/ On Doing the Impossible].
* [[The World Is Just Awesome]]
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* [[Disobey This Message]]: Discussed in a number of posts.
{{quote| ...if you think you would ''totally'' wear that [http://lesswrong.com/lw/mb/lonely_dissent/ clown suit], then don't be too proud of that either! It just means that you need to make an effort in the ''opposite'' direction to avoid dissenting too easily.}}
* [[Drugs Are Bad]]: Averted -- Although Yudkowsky apparently [http://lesswrong.com/lw/1ww/undiscriminating_skepticism/1r80?c=1 doesn't want] to try mind-altering drugs, he is [http://lesswrong.com/lw/66/rationality_common_interest_of_many_causes/ in favor] of drug legalization.
* [[Holding Out for a Hero]]: [http://lesswrong.com/lw/mc/to_lead_you_must_stand_up/ To Lead, You Must Stand Up], [http://lesswrong.com/lw/un/on_doing_the_impossible/ On Doing the Impossible].
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