Disasterly Sad On Thu, Dec 5, 2024, 3:54 PM Russell Standish <[email protected]> wrote:
> > https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/19/oxford-future-of-humanity-institute-closes > > Probably a number of you people are already aware of this, but I just > learnt of this through a review of Bostrom's latest book "Deep > Utopia". > > I had heard of the FHI closure, because a close friend of mine who had > contracted with them, tried to visit the on his recent trip to the > UK. But I hadn't heard about Bostrom effectively being cancelled for a > stupid comment he made on a mailing list back in 1996 at the tender > age of 22, one that he has publicly apologised for and > repudiated. Jeez! It was a stupid comment then, but who hasn't made > stupid comments, particularly when young. > > We know now that you should never put anything in email that you don't > want to appear on the front page of a national newspaper - in 1996, > that wasn't so obvious though. > > Cheers > > -- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Dr Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) > Principal, High Performance Coders [email protected] > http://www.hpcoders.com.au > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/Z1I9RcGenvABSnXx%40zen. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAN3PQpH7akVAzg5TU_L3cS6c_Fd%2BUjGmMVXHUSrbBwuzH3URAQ%40mail.gmail.com.
