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Contents

  1. Addressed Outward

    About 9 minutes

Volume One. Foundations and the Near Horizon

  1. Introduction

    About 15 minutes

Part I. Before the Beginning

  1. 1

    What Is a Reality?

    About 55 minutes

    The Third TableThe Senses of a WordNear-RealitiesWhat a Reality IsThe Medium and the PhysicsObjectionsThe First of Its KindWords for the WorkThe Keeping of a World

  2. 2

    What Carries a World?

    About 1 hour

    The Physics of ComputationThe Depth of a WorldCeilings and CostsLimits and SeamsThe FloorEconomiesMany Machines, Two ClocksFaultsThe Sky Above the MachineAnother Stone

  3. 3

    The Designer’s Starting Position

    About 30 minutes

    The Empty RoomWho Will Write a WorldMany HandsWhat a Designer BringsMotivesVirtues and Their Stand-InsDesign from AboveArtificial DesignersThe Limit CaseThe Part Owed

Part II. The Moral Foundations

  1. 4

    The Primacy of the Subject

    About 45 minutes

    The Beautiful WorldTwo ReadingsThe Machine and the Status QuoGoods Beyond ExperienceThe Good of a WeedRanking WorldsElegance, Parsimony, and GrandeurThe Reach of StandingEqual ClaimsWhat a Being Has DoneThe Heap and the Stars

  2. 5

    Who Might Be Home

    About 50 minutes

    Eight CriteriaThe Working HypothesisWhat Remains UnexplainedRooms and NationsRivalsThe Precautionary RuleThe Line of ProtectionArchitecture and GrainIf the Hypothesis FailsProvisional CriteriaFirst Light

  1. Commitments

    About 20 minutes

    What Makes a World RealWhat the Machine May SpareWho May Write a WorldWho Has StandingHow Lives Are JudgedWhen New Beings May Be Brought into ExistenceHow a World Is Kept

  2. Glossary

    54 terms, each in the words that define it

  3. Bibliography

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