I agree this is a problem. In retrospect, reading Yudkowsky's Sequences was far more valuable to me than reading various pre-1900 philosophers' works firsthand.

I agree this is a problem. In retrospect, reading Yudkowsky's Sequences was far more valuable to me than reading various pre-1900 philosophers' works firsthand.

https://twitter.com/PradyuPrasad/status/1757745612072894477

science is almost always cumulative, philosophy is not (at least not necessarily).

phd student, struggling artist, illiterate

Think as to how this will not be cumulative of you for the rest of your life.