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@zdch (post published 2026-08-06) endorses Daniel Yudkin (@dyudkin) and urges…

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zdch endorses Daniel Yudkin’s Beacon Project series 'potentialism' (post linked via nitter) and says Yudkin is developing an ideologically robust supplement or alternative to liberalism. Yudkin questions the Golden Rule of living 'your own life in your own way,' argues people may owe sharing their talents, and challenges freedom-as-maximal-constraint-removal.

Why it matters

@zdch (post published 2026-08-06) endorses Daniel Yudkin (@dyudkin) and urges reading his Beacon Project series 'potentialism' as an ideologically robust supplement/alternative to liberalism.

Key details

  • Yudkin argues the liberal Golden Rule — that people should live "their own life in their own way" — is questionable, claiming we may have an obligation to share our talents and that removing constraints may not maximize happiness (link: nitter.net/dyudkin/status/2085383852822868414).
Source evidence

Daniel has been doing something pretty important for the last little bit now, which is looking seriously at liberalism and trying to sculpt an ideologically robust supplement/alternative. It’s worth reading his whole series on ‘potentialism’.

Daniel Yudkin (@dyudkin)

It's the Golden Rule of the modern world: people should be able live their "own life in their own way."

But is it really true? If each of us has something to offer the world, don't we have an obligation to share it? And if we take this obligation seriously, what does this mean for our freedom? Is it possible that removing all constraints is not the recipe for happiness that we once thought it was?

In my latest post for the Beacon Project, I break down these questions.

Whether you're a political philosophy nerd or just a Settlers of Catan buff, there's something in here for you.

— https://nitter.net/dyudkin/status/2085383852822868414#m