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“Omelas Is Perfectly Misread” by Tobias H
Manage episode 510386839 series 3364760
محتوای ارائه شده توسط LessWrong. تمام محتوای پادکست شامل قسمتها، گرافیکها و توضیحات پادکست مستقیماً توسط LessWrong یا شریک پلتفرم پادکست آنها آپلود و ارائه میشوند. اگر فکر میکنید شخصی بدون اجازه شما از اثر دارای حق نسخهبرداری شما استفاده میکند، میتوانید روندی که در اینجا شرح داده شده است را دنبال کنید.https://fa.player.fm/legal
The Standard Reading
If you've heard of Le Guin's ‘The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas’, you probably know the basic idea. It's a go-to story for discussions of utilitarianism and its downsides. A paper calls it “the infamous objection brought up by Ursula Le Guin”. It shows up in university ‘Criticism of Utilitarianism' syllabi, and is used for classroom material alongside the Trolley Problem. The story is often also more broadly read as a parable about global inequality, the comfortable rich countries built on the suffering of the poor, and our decision to not walk away from our own complicity.If you haven't read ‘Omelas’, I suggest you stop here and read it now[1]. It's a short 5-page read, and I find it beautifully written and worth reading.
The rest of this post will contain spoilers.
The popular reading goes something like: Omelas is a perfect city whose [...]
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Outline:
(00:10) The Standard Reading
(01:14) The Correct (?) Reading
(02:29) The First Question
(03:51) The Second Question
(04:34) The Misreading Is Perfect
(06:27) Le Guin Disagrees
The original text contained 2 footnotes which were omitted from this narration.
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First published:
October 2nd, 2025
Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/n83HssLfFicx3JnKT/omelas-is-perfectly-misread
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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.
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Manage episode 510386839 series 3364760
محتوای ارائه شده توسط LessWrong. تمام محتوای پادکست شامل قسمتها، گرافیکها و توضیحات پادکست مستقیماً توسط LessWrong یا شریک پلتفرم پادکست آنها آپلود و ارائه میشوند. اگر فکر میکنید شخصی بدون اجازه شما از اثر دارای حق نسخهبرداری شما استفاده میکند، میتوانید روندی که در اینجا شرح داده شده است را دنبال کنید.https://fa.player.fm/legal
The Standard Reading
If you've heard of Le Guin's ‘The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas’, you probably know the basic idea. It's a go-to story for discussions of utilitarianism and its downsides. A paper calls it “the infamous objection brought up by Ursula Le Guin”. It shows up in university ‘Criticism of Utilitarianism' syllabi, and is used for classroom material alongside the Trolley Problem. The story is often also more broadly read as a parable about global inequality, the comfortable rich countries built on the suffering of the poor, and our decision to not walk away from our own complicity.If you haven't read ‘Omelas’, I suggest you stop here and read it now[1]. It's a short 5-page read, and I find it beautifully written and worth reading.
The rest of this post will contain spoilers.
The popular reading goes something like: Omelas is a perfect city whose [...]
---
Outline:
(00:10) The Standard Reading
(01:14) The Correct (?) Reading
(02:29) The First Question
(03:51) The Second Question
(04:34) The Misreading Is Perfect
(06:27) Le Guin Disagrees
The original text contained 2 footnotes which were omitted from this narration.
---
First published:
October 2nd, 2025
Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/n83HssLfFicx3JnKT/omelas-is-perfectly-misread
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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.
636 قسمت
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