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adj. Aiming for a time or place in which involuntary suffering no longer exists

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Replying to @webmasterdave @l_u_n_a13 @nearcyan @slatestarcodex
Here’s an excerpt from the New Yorker
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Kevin Esvelt: “I want to live in a world where we’ve obviated material scarcity, where no one has to suffer unless they want to, where no one has to wither away and cease to exist involuntarily.” 80000hours.org/podcast/episo…
Kevin Esvelt: And in the long run, you can imagine using gene drive for a series of more elegant tweaks. So got problems with pests eating your crops? Program them to not like the taste and otherwise go about their normal ecological business. Got a problem with predators devouring their prey in ways that cause suffering? Program them to secrete anaesthetic from their fangs. Luisa Rodriguez: Sounds amazing to me.

ALT Kevin Esvelt: And in the long run, you can imagine using gene drive for a series of more elegant tweaks. So got problems with pests eating your crops? Program them to not like the taste and otherwise go about their normal ecological business. Got a problem with predators devouring their prey in ways that cause suffering? Program them to secrete anaesthetic from their fangs. Luisa Rodriguez: Sounds amazing to me.

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Replying to @danfaggella @algekalipso @webmasterdave
Here they are: hedonium.art
Black T-shirt labelled “Hedonium” and “The Hedonistic Imperative”

ALT Black T-shirt labelled “Hedonium” and “The Hedonistic Imperative”

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Replying to @daniel_271828 @robinhanson
We will be those humane designers if we choose to. David Pearce (@webmasterdave):
The abolitionist project is hugely ambitious but technically feasible. It is also instrumentally rational and morally urgent. The metabolic pathways of pain and malaise evolved because they served the fitness of our genes in the ancestral environment. They will be replaced by a different sort of neural architecture - a motivational system based on heritable gradients of bliss. States of sublime well-being are destined to become the genetically pre-programmed norm of mental health. It is predicted that the world's last unpleasant experience will be a precisely dateable event.

ALT The abolitionist project is hugely ambitious but technically feasible. It is also instrumentally rational and morally urgent. The metabolic pathways of pain and malaise evolved because they served the fitness of our genes in the ancestral environment. They will be replaced by a different sort of neural architecture - a motivational system based on heritable gradients of bliss. States of sublime well-being are destined to become the genetically pre-programmed norm of mental health. It is predicted that the world's last unpleasant experience will be a precisely dateable event.

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David Pearce @webmasterdave is in the top 10! Among philosophers, he has the 9th highest follower count on Twitter ✨ Source: Kelly Truelove @TrueSciPhi truesciphi.org/phi_fol.html
9. David Pearce @webmasterdave 112,437* I am interested in the use of biotechnology to abolish suffering throughout the living world: abolitionist.com Brighton UK hedweb.com 13 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 0% new, 97% replies, 2% retweets, 0% quotes On 608 user lists 172 followers on this list *Follows 0.97 accounts per follower

ALT 9. David Pearce @webmasterdave 112,437* I am interested in the use of biotechnology to abolish suffering throughout the living world: abolitionist.com Brighton UK hedweb.com 13 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 0% new, 97% replies, 2% retweets, 0% quotes On 608 user lists 172 followers on this list *Follows 0.97 accounts per follower

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en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/pos…
Adjective postsuffering (not comparable) After the eradication of involuntary suffering; in a time when there is full control of suffering in biological systems.

ALT Adjective postsuffering (not comparable) After the eradication of involuntary suffering; in a time when there is full control of suffering in biological systems.

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