Boston 2013

Light

• The Story of Winter by Raymond Arnold
• The Sun Is A Guy Who Travels Through The Sky by Raymond Arnold and They Might Be Giants ◦ An antiquated-style ode to the sun
• Litany of Tarski by Alfred Tarski (?) -- If the sky is blue...
• Mindspace is Deep and Wide by Raymond Arnold ◦ A warning against anthropromophizing optimizers
• Time Wrote the Rocks by Cat Faber ◦ Truth is found in the world
• The Sun Is A Mass Of Incandescent Gas by They Might Be Giants (Or Glazer & Evans) ◦ A mostly accurate ode to the sun

Twilight

• Baby Genie by Raymond Arnold ◦ A simple AI metaphor
• Still Alive by Jonathan Coulton ◦ A smug, sociopathic celebration of survival and science
• The Contract Drafting Em by Zack Davis ◦ The special horror when your employer has root on your brain
• Litany of Tarski by Alfred Tarski (?) -- If I'm going to be outcompeted...
• X Days of X Risk by Raymond Arnold ◦ Six (or more) ways the world could end
• Litany of Tarski by Alfred Tarski (?) -- If humanity will be wiped out...
• X Days of X Risk by Raymond Arnold ◦ Six (or more) ways the world could end
• When I Die by Glen Raphael ◦ A light-hearted song about death
• Not Today by G.R.R. Martin

Into Darkness

• Beyond the Reach of God by Eliezer Yudkowsky and Raymond Arnold
• Mal's Song aka Ballad of Serenity by Sonny Rhodes ◦ The Absolute Freedom of Space
• No One Is Alone by Stephen Sondheim (from Into the Woods) ◦ An anthem of communal support
• Serenity Meditation
• The Gift We Give Tomorrow by Eliezer Yudkowsky and Raymond Arnold

Darkness

• Moment_of_Darkness [Not Available]

Dawm

• Brighter Than Today by Raymond Arnold ◦ Our central anthem of hope, starting from the invention of fire
• Jewel in the Night by Chris Hadfield ◦ The beuaty of Earth from above, and a re-affirmation of Christmas
• Lean on Me by Bill Withers ◦ A pledge of support

Light

• Nothing is Mere by John Keats and Richard Feynman
• Move the World by Raymond Arnold ◦ A song of ambition, of gathering leverage and allies
• The Sun Is A Miasma of Incandescent Plasma by They Might Be Giants ◦ An truly modern ode to the sun
• Gonna Be A Cyborg by Raymond Arnold ◦ Transhumanism through the ages
• Uplift by Andrew Eigel ◦ Human progress, from stone tools to space colonies
• Litany of Tarski by Alfred Tarski (?) -- If human values will survive...
• Five Thousand Years by Raymond Arnold ◦ Looking to the far future
• The Road to Wisdom by Piet Hein