"Abuse" is the very essence of life.
namvastum
philosophy
The Wall of Fire
dignitybydesign
Before Loss
joeychung
The African Solution
logical-minds-only
African development is world development, Africa is no different in what it needs than any other nation.
AA and God at the End of the 20th Century
keeperofsheep
What Do We Mean by “The Future”?
joeychung
How to clear your scattered mind with one obscenely simple ritual
jonathan
What The Problem Is And What The Solution Is
logical-minds-only
There can be only one problem from which all others are derived.
Holding the Tension of Opposites
michael-graeme
The Perfect Mission
logical-minds-only
There is only one possible mission and direction and that is perfection.
An Offer You Cannot Refuse
logical-minds-only
There is no logical way to reject this opportunity
Experimentation
manuirakam
Discussion on experimenting in life
Four Kinds of Purpose
James Grimmelmann
There are four principles you can live your life by: Truth is the pursuit of the scholar, the scientist, and the cynic: accurate, complete, and unsparing knowledge of ourselves and the world we live in. Utility is the goal of the economist, the engineer, and the politician: to make the world...
The subtle art of impermanence and how strangers leave behind lasting imprints
thearchivedstories
How strangers leave behind imprints and the subtle art of impermanence
The Common Good Sectors
dignitybydesign
Recursive Self-Improvement and the Acceleration Toward the Singularity
jt-ai-meets-mindfulness
Recursive self-improvement may be the single most important force driving AI toward technological singularity.
How To Eliminate Risk And Prosper
logical-minds-only
How to create equity and secure it from predators
Trapped in your own mind: The reality of Depression
thearchivedstories
Have We Been Thinking About Time All Wrong?
joeychung
Navigating the Ideological Landscape of AI Assistants: Political Bias in Major Chatbots and the Distinctive Position of…
jt-ai-meets-mindfulness
Tested premium ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot & Perplexity on political questions: uniform left tilt. The exception? Grok delivers the balance others won't.
The House I Thought I Knew
joeychung
Lucky Luke and the Psychology of Denial
niko
The Abomination Of Desolation
logical-minds-only
Where do you look for the Abomination of Desolation. What form do you think it will take? Will it have a sign on it, or will a notification be issued? Or, perhaps, will you have passed it by and shook hands with it and perhaps danced with it along with your generations and saw it every day of your life. Perhaps when you see it, nothing will have changed, but you will see it because the scales have fallen off of your eyes.
AI and the Future of Faith
vimoh
A look at what AI means for the human attraction to religion.
The Logical Truth
logical-minds-only
We are logical, or not.
Minor inconveniences that aren't minor
thearchivedstories
A reflection on resilience, recovery and emotional momentum.
Meaning and the nature of Reality
michael-graeme
Does Love Need Hope?
joeychung
El mito de estar fuera del mito
jesusrrodriguez
Este trabajo analiza la relación entre el mito, la desmitificación y los límites de la razón. Explora la transformación de los relatos humanos, la persistencia del sentido y cómo la propia crítica participa de los marcos simbólicos que intenta deconstruir.
The Patience of the Meadow
whitelight
The Universe Inside a Kaleidoscope
joeychung
aspect sight
soplepel
Todos vivimos en Seahaven
jesusrrodriguez
El show de Truman anticipó una época donde la vida, la identidad y la intimidad comienzan a organizarse alrededor de la mirada externa. Una reflexión sobre espectáculo, tecnología y la necesidad de recuperar espacios propios fuera de la exposición permanente.
The Irreplaceability of Reps
honza
What happens when we skip the fundamentals?
Public Philosophy, Public Democracy
johna
How conversations about AI became an exercise in democratic life.
I Did Not Say Goodbye
prasangika-matters
Where Does the Dust Come From
joeychung
parts with a whole in common
soplepel
step for step has a between that can blur and when it does, it has a quality, and on a continuity with size, such as how color is related to wavelength
On Registers, Consilience, and Why I Write the Way I Do
dignitybydesign
Between My Hand and the Desk
joeychung
Mentally Ill Women have no Business, trying to Fix Mentally Ill Men!
robotkinz
Turns out a toxic relationship may not solve anything at all! Who knew?!
What Do We Really Remember?
joeychung
Have I Ever Truly Seen Myself?
joeychung
The Space Between Perhaps
joeychung
Ontological Orthodoxy
soplepel
an exploration of the meaning of being with fealty to ontological realism
I'm Jaded, Not Doompilled. (And So Can You!) + The Reasoning Agent
robotkinz
These were written as two separate posts, over on my Substack. But they're both related to each other, so I slapped them together as one thing. If you're going to read this, do so at your own discretion. This is why I named these collection of editorials "Awful Opinions."
Which World Does the Dreaming Self Belong To?
joeychung
How Time Is Like a Cruffin
joeychung
Humanity May Soon Reach Singularity: How Do We Stay Human?
jt-ai-meets-mindfulness
Explore how mindfulness, attention, and human connection can help us stay grounded in an age of accelerating AI; as Humanity and Technology reach the inevitable Singularity.
The Tender Pulse of Feeling
michael-graeme