Anthropic Bias (2020)

This is a link to a 240 page book without any further context. Hard to have a discussion on something like that, since most people not already familiar with this book would have a hard time writing a meaningful comment about it.<p>For things like this, it would be neat to institute a “HN Book Club,” where readers informally schedule a (bi)weekly discussion on each chapter. I think that would help keep the discussion focused and easier to approach.

I am not convinced the universe actually is that well tuned for intelligent life. There are quite a few problems I experience on a daily basis.<p>Speed of light is too slow, making communication difficult.<p>Reactionless thrusters seem to be impossible, making travel slow and noisy.<p>Over unity power generation impossible, making power expensive.

Not (2020), (2002):<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Anthropic_Bias_(book)" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Anthropic_Bias_(book)</a>

Nick Bostrom, the author, also wrote &quot;Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies&quot; [1], which HN readers may be more familiar with. If you enjoyed that book, I would highly recommend this one as well.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Superintelligence:_Paths,_Dangers,_Strategies" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Superintelligence:_Paths,_Dang...</a>

Another related view on this, especially Chapter 6, is Chapter 18 of Scott Aaronson&#x27;s &quot;Quantum Computing since Democritus&quot; [1], that discusses some interesting stuff you can do with SSA.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Quantum_Computing_Since_Democritus" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Quantum_Computing_Since_Democr...</a>