THE MILLENNIUM CROSSWORD

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Across
  1. 2. What will happen to liberalism if scientific discoveries and technological developments spilt humankind into a mass of useless humans and a small elite of upgraded superhumans, or if authority shifts altogether away from human beings and into the hands of highly intelligent algorithms?
  2. 5. What algorithm could theoretically know me much better than I could ever know myself?
  3. 9. It follows that an __ algorithm could theoretically know me much better than I can ever know myself. An algorithm that monitors each of the systems that comprises my body and my brain could know exactly who I am, how I feel and what I want.
  4. 11. In relation to armies and corporations, what is mandatory?
  5. 13. Related to liberalism, the decision of voters and customers are neither deterministic nor __.
  6. 14. The term used to describe how humans are in danger of losing there value.
  7. 17. Who will enjoy unheard-of-abilities and unprecedented creativity, which will allow them to go on making many of the most important decisions in the world?
  8. 18. The life sciences undermine liberalism, arguing that the free individual is just a fictional tale concocted by an assembly of __ algorithms.
  9. 19. According to __, humans must draw from their inner experiences not only the meaning of their own lives, but also the meaning of the entire universe.
  10. 20. A word to describe that If you look really deep within yourself, the seeming unity we take for granted dissolves into a cacophony of conflicting voices, none of which is ‘my true self’.
  11. 21. The __ constituting a human are not free. They are shaped by genes and environment pressures, and take decisions either deterministically or randomly-but not freely.
Down
  1. 1. Which self retrieves memories, tells stories and makes big decisions.
  2. 3. To achieve __ , each person should prioritize the needs and experiences of others over their own desires.
  3. 4. What exists only in the imaginary stories we humans have invented?
  4. 6. The central religious revolution of modernity was not losing faith in God, rather, it was gaining faith in _.
  5. 7. The sacred word ‘freedom’ turns out to be, just like ‘soul’, an empty term that carries no discernible meaning. __ exists only in the imaginary stories we humans have invented.
  6. 8. There are two different selves within us, one is the narrating self and the other is __.
  7. 10. In the coming millennium, Liberalism is threatened not only by the philosophical idea that there are no free individuals but rather by concrete __.
  8. 12. The experiencing self is our moment-to-moment __.
  9. 15. Who believe that we have a single individual self.
  10. 16. As far as we know, computers in 2016 are no more conscious than their prototypes in the 1950’s. However, we are on the brink of a momentous revolution. Humans are in danger of losing their value because of _ ?