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Rhys Lindmark

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Popper Criterion for Politics

The Popper Criterion states that the long-term health of any system is based on its ability to remove bad instances from it. Let's look at politics. In politics, the Popper Criterion is known as "democratic accountability." People should be able to remove bad leaders through a

Popper Criterion

The Popper Criterion states that the long-term health of any system is based on its ability to remove bad instances from it. In politics for example, people should be able to remove bad leaders through a democratic election. Without this ability, authoritarians like Putin stay in power even if the

3D Fitness Landscapes

A fitness landscape [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitness_landscape] is a helpful tool for thinking about biological and memetic evolution—which information will be successful in a given environment. Unfortunately, most fitness landscapes neglect the environmental dimension. This stops us from thinking clearly about how information flows. We should