Life Isn't Aways Wonderful - Humanity's Third Biggest Problem

Monday, December 13, 2010 - 18:20 in Mathematics & Economics

The three problems of humanity were outlined in a talk by Nick Bostrom (of Oxford University, UK) at TED in April 2009. In this piece I will continue to examine the "big" problems identified in the TEDTalk.  It is this third point that begins to illustrate what the underlying objective of all the other pieces truly is.   Problem #3:  Life Isn't Usually as Wonderful as it Could Be is a BIG problem read more

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