Deafitist

Maybe the right way to view the West is not through the lens of the Enlightenment but through trade—an unconstrained desire to do commerce with just about anybody, from Genoa to the British Empire to the United States.

"It's a beautiful voice
And a beautiful accent.
The only problem is, I can't
Understand a word you're saying."

#FoundPoetry

On the Internet, nobody knows you are an AGI.

Being stupid is a real disadvantage. AI + modafinil can fix it but you still need to be intellectually curious. And to the best of my knowledge, there is no fix for curiosity.

Netflix is not really a big tech. Which leaves us with:
META
APPL
GOOG
AMZN

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, DSM-5-TR, or the Affluence Catalog, or The Embarrassment of Riches.

I wish Michael Pollan wrote a book about modafinil.

"Modafinil: How Modafinil Is Creating the Postrational World."

Diamonds are only valuable when they store data; otherwise, they are just extremely expensive fuel.

The compensation of every healthcare CEO just doubled, and their life insurance policy grew tenfold.

How many people have removed their personal pronouns on LinkedIn? There won’t be any real change until all these highly paid managers do it.

But even after that, why did they have them in the first place? a sign of mindless conformity that makes someone unfit for wielding any decision-making power.

Maybe in a meritocracy, hedonism is the ultimate self-sabotage. idk

(thinking about the European lifestyle)

I would never have pardoned my son. Instead, I would have traded favors with those who could, and I'd be ready to go pretty far on that deal.

I just misread the title Autumn's Fables as Autism's Fables, and before realizing my mistake, I thought: "Yes, I’m getting that book—and maybe even drafting a few fables for a second volume."

I was today's years old when I realized that the entirety of Calculus was angry people yelling at God asking for a calculator and getting pencil sharpeners instead.

The limits, infinity, and continuity were self-inflicted wounds of feeling powerless against computational irreducibility.

January 6th: Some constituents came to their representatives without prior appointment.

Good grind your own spear!

We'll also bring back sabertooth tigers but not the mastodons.

sleep apnea?

"Today many people in the West describe themselves as Christians, without regularly going to church or having even a rudimentary knowledge of Christian doctrine. Is this just hypocrisy or ignorance?"

I support all that is good and denounce all that is bad.

you can keep reading fiction till the rest of your life and learn nothing out of it (Gwern in his podcast). That's similar to the parable of the bell: you can ring the bell and like the sound of it, and enjoy it every time you ring the bell, but that's not what the bell is for.

who do I follow here? Or has this place been abandoned already?

Hello!