The Post-Partisan Emporium

How to prevent the coming inhuman future On stopping the worst excesses of AI, genetic engineering, and brain-tampering Erik Hoel Art for  The Intrinsic Perspective  is by Alexander Naughton “Of present dues: the future comes apace What shall defend the interim? and at length How goes our reckoning?” —Flavius,  Timon of Athens  by William Shakespeare There are a handful of obvious goals we should have for humanity’s longterm future, but the most ignored is simply making sure that humanity remains  human . It’s what the average person on the street would care about, for sure. And yet it is missed by many of those working on longtermism, who are often effective altruists or rationalists or futurists (or some other label nearby to these), and who instead usually focus on ensuring economic progress, avoiding existential risk, and accelerating technologies like biotechnology and artificial intelligence—ironically, the very technologies that may make us unrecognizably...

Why just have FUN during the weekend?  Payback TIME! Biden Hikes Medicare Prices And Funnels Profits to  Private Insurers The largest-ever Medicare premium increase will pad the pockets of insurance executives who donated millions to the president’s election campaign. Last week, the Biden administration quietly reaffirmed its decision to enact the  highest  Medicare premium hikes in history right before this year’s midterm elections.  At the same time, President Joe Biden is endorsing a plan to funnel significantly more Medicare money to insurance companies and further privatize the government insurance program for older Americans and those with disabilities. In effect, the higher premium increases will subsidize the larger payments to — and profits for — private insurance corporations. This comes after Biden raked in roughly  $47 million  from health care industry executives during his 2020 campaign. The Biden administration  announced  on ...