what is the ideal transition *to* posthuman life, and the ideal traits *of* posthuman life - in the mind of someone who's been thinking about this topic for 30 years? it wouldn't be a complete Worthy Successor series without @bengoertzel, and his episode is now live there's a TON to get into in this episode, here were two parts of the discussion that seemed insightful 1. The importance of an "ecology" of AGI agents [00:35:00] Ben discusses the necessity of "letting a thousand blossoms bloom," and the fact that we aren't so much defining the totality of AGI's traits or abilities. Rather, we have to consider the best types of "primordial soups" for AGI's to develop (in the direction of coordination with humans, and with the flourishing of the greater living system of which humans are merely part) - and in this episode he gets into a lot of how he thinks we should build a "soup." 2. What makes people open to thinking seriously about posthuman life [00:02:30] Over time I've found 4 main traits that have led people to think "cosmically" (not anthropocentrically) about life itself: -- high trait openness -- psychedelic experiences -- study of origin of life / bio/neuro engineering (studies that see intelligence as a process) -- leaving a religious tradition early in life Ben has all of those in spades, and he explains some of his early "ah-ha" moments in considering where life might go beyond us (and its inevitable constant evolution). There are some fun ideas that crop up in this part of the discussion that might help to get new people to think more seriously beyond the anthropocentric frame, I'll be using some of these ideas in future blog posts. Long-time followers of Ben should get a lot of new insight from the lineage of his cosmic thought. ... I've followed Ben's thinking for around 15 years - and it was a lot of fun to dive into his thoughts about Worthy Successor / the direction we should be taking now - I hope you you enjoy this episode with Ben