I like the fact that despite not being (relatively) young when they died, the LW banner states that Kahneman & Vinge have died “FAR TOO YOUNG”, pointing to the fact that death is always bad and/or it is bad when people die when they were still making positive contributions to the world (Kahneman published “Noise” in 2021!).
Oh, it seemed like the kind of thing you would only keep up around the time of death, and we kept it up for a bit more than a day. Somehow it seemed inappropriate to keep it up for longer.
This reminds me of when Charlie Munger died at 99, and many said of him “he was just a child”. Less of a nod to transhumanist aspirations, and more to how he retained his sparkling energy and curiosity up until death. There are quite a few good reasons to write “dead far too young”.
I like the fact that despite not being (relatively) young when they died, the LW banner states that Kahneman & Vinge have died “FAR TOO YOUNG”, pointing to the fact that death is always bad and/or it is bad when people die when they were still making positive contributions to the world (Kahneman published “Noise” in 2021!).
I like it too, and because your comment made me think about it, I now kind of wish it said “orders of magnitude too young”
What banner?
They took it down real quick for some reason.
it’s still there for me
gone now
Oh, it seemed like the kind of thing you would only keep up around the time of death, and we kept it up for a bit more than a day. Somehow it seemed inappropriate to keep it up for longer.
This reminds me of when Charlie Munger died at 99, and many said of him “he was just a child”. Less of a nod to transhumanist aspirations, and more to how he retained his sparkling energy and curiosity up until death. There are quite a few good reasons to write “dead far too young”.