Patrick Lin

@patricklin1.bsky.social

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Cal Poly philosophy professor, former US National Space Council advisor, other affiliations. Frontier ethics (e.g., outer space, Arctic) and technology ethics (e.g., AI, security & defense, etc.). Bio: https://philosophy.calpoly.edu/faculty/patrick-lin

"The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters." — Antonio Gramsci

"In the end, the whole of life becomes an act of letting go, but what always hurts the most is not taking a moment to say goodbye." — Yann Martel

"We do not have to invade the United States, we will destroy you from within." ~ Nikita Khrushchev

"To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears.

To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool.

To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen.

To be led by a liar is to ask to be lied to.

To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery."

- Octavia Butler, Parable of the Talents, 1998

If you torture chatbots long enough, it will confess to anything.

"You meet saints everywhere. They can be anywhere. They are people behaving decently in an indecent society." — Kurt Vonnegut

"Competition is the law of the jungle, but cooperation is the law of civilization.” — Pyotr Kropotkin