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Third Attractor @ThirdAttractor

🌞 solar 🌚 lunar 🌍 terra punks imagining harmonious futures free from catastrophes and dystopias.

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Third Attractor@ThirdAttractor
2 Feb 2024
What is the Third Attractor? Growing civilizational risks like climate change, bioweapons & AI push us towards catastrophe & dystopia. The Third Attractor means collaborating as a global society to live in harmony with our ecosystems and technologies. That future is up to us.
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Ever wondered why, in our quest for growth, the air we breathe becomes polluted? This is a direct result of externalities. Negative externalities, like air pollution, impose costs on society that are not paid by those who cause them. But what can we do about them?
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HARMONY: Licenses to operate demand businesses account for their impact, integrating data & community feedback into every decision. Wellbeing is prioritized, with tech, culture & policy evolving together to ensure clean air is not an afterthought but a principle guiding progress.
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Externalities like air pollution challenge us to reconsider the true costs of our actions on society and ecosystems. By acknowledging these costs & working to address them, we can navigate towards a future where meeting human needs doesn’t come at the expense of planetary health.
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Ever wondered why, despite knowing the harm it causes, we continue to overfish, pushing marine ecosystems to the brink of collapse? It's a complex dilemma with deep roots in human behavior and economic incentives.
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HARMONY: Economist Elinor Ostrom identified key principles indigenous societies have been using to manage common resources for generations. Applying these time-tested principles, we create systems to steward our shared resources, like fish, at the local & global scales.
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Overfishing presents a clear choice: continue down the path of destruction, impose draconian controls, or collaborate for sustainable solutions. Through collective action, we can turn the tide, ensuring that marine ecosystems thrive for generations to come.
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Have you ever stopped to wonder how AI went from a science fiction dream to being part of our daily lives? From smartphones to home assistants, AI's growth has been explosive. But what does it mean when technology grows faster than our ability to understand its impact?
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As we navigate AI, it's crucial to interrogate not just the technology itself, but the power structures that shape its development. The talk of 'aligned AI' overlooks a fundamental question: How aligned are the motives of AI builders with the broader wellbeing of humanity?
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To truly forge AI that benefits everyone, we must challenge and rethink the systems of power that prioritize profit over people.
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