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content/changelog.mkd

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 =============================
 
 {:#changelog}
+- 2011/12/17: Wrote an [Antinatalism Overview][]. Covers many arguments for and
+  against bringing life into existence. It's hopefully more approachable than
+  scattered philosophy, but also less scientifically illiterate than your
+  typical writing about ethics. I tried to refrain from pushing my own view too
+  much, but I'm not treating silly arguments as respectable either.
+
+  Also improved the site's design somewhat. Larger articles have tables of
+  contents, navigation is more visible, contact features are more prominent and
+  comments were added for easier feedback.
+  
 - 2011/09/04: Converted whole site to [nanoc][]. Most of the content got
   re-organized, but not widely changed. A few things have disappeared, but will
   probably come back in a better form later. The design is reasonably the same,

content/references.mkd

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 [Source]: http://github.com/muflax/muflax.com
 [Twitter]: http://twitter.com/muflax
 [Config]: http://github.com/muflax/config
-
+[whatiswrongwith.me]: htpp://whatiswrongwith.me/muflax
 
 <!-- external links -->
 [Berryz工房 - Dschinghis Khan]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7pui9Q6Vbo
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ is_hidden: true
 [Find the Bug]: http://www.findthebug.com
 [Fyfe Purpose]: http://atheistethicist.blogspot.com/2009/07/purpose-to-life-choosing-purpose.html
 [How Dawkins got pwned]: http://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com/2007/10/how-dawkins-got-pwned-part-5.html
-[Kerghan Speechr]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkBrIrQikWY
+[Kerghan Speech]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkBrIrQikWY
 [Look, Ma; No Hands!]: http://www.semanticrestructuring.com/lookma.php
 [PhilPapers Survey]: http://philpapers.org/surveys/
 [Price Purpose]: http://www.robertmprice.mindvendor.com/zara/april__2007.htm
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ is_hidden: true
 [Hedonic Threadmill]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedonic_Threadmill
 [Repugnant Conclusion]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repugnant_Conclusion
 [Scope Insensitivity]: http://lesswrong.com/lw/hw/scope_insensitivity/
-
+[Crocker's Rules]: http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Crocker%27s_rules
 
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content/reflections/antinatalism.mkd

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: Antinatalism Overview
+alt_titles: [Antinatalism]
 date: 2011-11-16
 techne: :incomplete
 episteme: :believed
@@ -90,11 +91,11 @@ alive. Even [Manabi][].
 
 One thing this overview won't address is any argument for the particular size of
 the ethical circle, i.e. the set of all morally relevant beings. It doesn't
-really matter for antinatalism whether you think [only you][Egoism] or
-[all animals][Animal Rights] matter, or if the circle is
-[expanding][Expanding Circle] or [narrowing][Narrowing Circle]. For simplicity's
-    sake, I will assume the circle encompasses all humans, but most arguments can be
-trivially modified for any size.
+really matter for antinatalism whether you think [only you][Egoism] or [all
+animals][Animal Rights] matter, or if the circle is [expanding][Expanding
+Circle] or [narrowing][Narrowing Circle]. For simplicity's sake, I will assume
+the circle encompasses all humans, but most arguments can be trivially modified
+for any size.
 
 Arguments for Antinatalism
 ==========================
@@ -313,9 +314,9 @@ them. And if you have a transhumanist bend, you might even think that [modifying
 the set point][Wireheading] is not too far off.
 
 [^setpoint]: All you depressed people hopefully realize how devastating this is.
-    Life sucks and it will *keep on sucking*. Under
-    [normal circumstances][Happiness Stochastic], happiness is largely constant.
-    Happy endings are for other people.
+    Life sucks and it will *keep on sucking*. Under [normal
+    circumstances][Happiness Stochastic], happiness is largely constant. Happy
+    endings are for other people.
 
 TODO rebuttal from desire fulfillment