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Subscribe here to my upcoming newsletter, The Rational Optimist.
This newsletter is mainly inspired by the wide-ranging work of David Deutsch. I will write about: epistemology (I know it sounds boring but it's not), progress (personal and societal), optimism (the world is actually going great), creativity (humans' superpower in the age of AI).
But wait, that's not it! Did I say wide-ranging already? There is also rationality, morality, politics, physics, culture, memes, evolution, AI, wealth creation, decision-making, sustainability.
Now you might be wondering: Can someone talk about so many different things and still say interesting things?
It turns out that yes. One man can. But it's not me. It's David Deutsch. And I'm here to help spread his ideas.
Because, to paraphrase Popper, we have a duty to be optimistic. Because the future is open, not predetermined and therefore cannot just be 'accepted': we are all responsible for what it holds. Thus it is our duty to fight for a better world.
— David Deutsch (@DavidDeutschOxf) July 29, 2023