”A man’s time is always scarce. Time is a means that man must use to arrive at his ends. Time is scarce for man only because whichever ends he chooses to satisfy, there are others that must remain unsatisfied.” – Murray Rothbard
“The laws of physics, in addition to mandating their own comprehensibility through the Turing principle, ensure that the corresponding evolutionary processes, such as life and thought, are neither too time-consuming nor require too many resources of any other kind to occur in reality” – David Deutsch <> Scott Aaronson
The Deutsch-Turing principle (universal in an even stronger sense than the Turing principle): Not only are universal virtual-reality generators possible, it is possible to build them so that they do not require impracticably large resources to render simple aspects of reality.
Hence: Agency > Intelligence <> 2-3a ‘First principles thinking’ - If it’s not forbidden by the laws of physics, it is possible
Next:
- 13-4a The multiverse implies human action—the laws of physics dictate that humans act
- 13-5 Man prefers his end to be achieved in the shortest possible time (i.e., positive time preference)
Related:
- 1-1a2e3 Cultures are evolution’s ultimate solution to the problem of providing adaptive flexibility
- 2-1a6c4c We can explain things because we are multiversal objects. The multiverse implies explanatory knowledge.
- 2-1c ‘Opportunity costs’ - Look beyond the obvious. See what’s hidden.
- 3-1a2a Culture (be it individual-company-country) should be built around solving problems. Incentives should be built around solving problems.
- 10-2e4 Other times (in ‘our universe’) are just special cases of other universes. There is no demarcation between other times and other universes in the multiverse.
- 13-6e Praxeology is concerned with the fact that humans solve problems—regardless of how
Related Essays:
- How Popper would use LLMs—on how to give agents agency