Civilisational Mechanics
Philosophical musings on the megamachine, the metacrisis and meta-modern mythos
by Max Ramsahoye
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❝ No one can say how far it is possible for man to advance toward an understanding of the laws of history; but it is evident that only along that path does the possibility of discovering the laws of history lie❞
— Leo Tolstoy War and Peace
❝ To study the laws of history we must completely change the subject of our observation, must leave aside kings, ministers, and generals, and study the common, infinitesimally small elements by which the masses are moved. No one can say in how far it is possible for man to advance in this way toward an understanding of the laws of history; but it is evident that only along that path does the possibility of discovering the laws of history lie, and that as yet not a millionth part as much mental effort has been applied in this direction by historians as has been devoted to describing the actions of various kings, commanders, and ministers and propounding the historians’ own reflections concerning these actions. ❞
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Advancing a holistic, historical and heterodox understanding of how civilisation functions and dysfunctions
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Modernising a classical thought experiment for the integration of AI agents into sociotechnical systems
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Max Ramsahoye
Max Ramsahoye
self-characterisation: I am an interdisciplinary social philosopher principally concerned with the metacrisis, metamodernism, the megamachine and macrostrategy. Broadly speaking, I situate myself on the periphery of the Effective Altruism, Existential Risk (studies), AI alignment and Progress (studies) space — with a heterodox perspective, informed by critical theory (post-capitalism, left-accelerationism), systems theory (neo-cybernetics, AI theory) and meta-theory (integral theory, conceptual engineering).
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