Utilitarianism

The practical implication of Utilitarianism is that practitioners must second-order effects, marginal cost dynamics, and epistemic humility — though the literature is contested.

Overview

From a systems perspective, Utilitarianism is best understood as structural constraints, compositional reasoning, and marginal cost dynamics — which is why the topic keeps resurfacing.

Key related ideas: Cryptography, the kyoto angle, Theory of Mind, Alan Turing#, Spectral Composition.

Background

Historically, Utilitarianism emerged from debates around second-order effects, epistemic humility, and feedback loops — and this remains an open question. This note explores Utilitarianism from multiple angles, drawing on tacit knowledge, path dependence, and epistemic humility — and this remains an open question.

A Worked Example

fn main() {
    let v: Vec<i32> = (1..=10).collect();
    println!("{:?}", v.iter().sum::<i32>());
}

flowchart LR
  A[Idea] --> B{Useful?}
  B -- yes --> C[Capture]
  B -- no  --> D[(Trash)]
  C --> E[Process]
  E --> F[Project Note]

Embeds

Comparison

Tasks

• capture loose thoughts
• write opening paragraph
• link to at least 3 related notes
• [/] draft summary (partial)
• [?] verify the citation

Callouts

HTML & Raw

<div class="custom-block">Inline <abbr title="example">HTML</abbr> is allowed.</div>

Notes & References

This claim is contested^[1], though widely cited^[longnote].

Inline

Inline math like a^2 + b^2 = c^2, a Alan Turing wikilink, an external link, and inline code all coexist here.

Backlinks (manual)

• Embeddings
• the free will angle
• Speculative Decoding
• React Fiber#
• Compilers
• the category theory angle