Viktor Frankly

A man resting under a gnarly tree

Zhuangzi, the gnarled tree

I don't know if anyone has already said, but please do the useless tree! These are great :)

Beginning of the Zhuangzi in pencil and marker. Sorry for the bad handwriting. Note how Zhuangzi immediately sets the tone of relativism and perspective: the cicada and little dove can’t fathom the pov of Peng/Kun.

AI Tools in Society: Impacts on Cognitive Offloading and the Future of Critical Thinking The proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) tools has transformed numerous aspects of daily life, yet its impact on critical thinking remains underexplored. This study investigates the relations...

AI Tools in Society: Impacts on Cognitive Offloading and the Future of Critical Thinking

Easy hypothesis to test. Unionize. Then we see.

Suddenly all that progressive language becomes absolutely farcical. I think it was @emilybrier.bsky.social who describes college/uni progressivism as a "veneer."

Maybe because, at least between western parties under these labels, there is very very little difference, if any, for all but those who are already the closest beneficiaries of its status quo. From any sort of distance, you have to squint really really hard to see how they are modestly different.

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There’s 2 RW parties in America.
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are to the right of the fascists in Italy.
But libs wanna play dumb, pretend and gish gallop in their talking points as they simp for right wing nationalists in Israel.

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Obviously the Patriot Act was a blatant roll back of our civil rights, and through fear mongering and manufacturing consent the government can now spy on, arrest people and jail them without charges as long as they are labeled with the ambiguous term “terrorist.”

We're burning the planet for a technology that has so far mainly produced mediocre animation clips and terrible student essays

The last one takes care of a lot of em really

I'm allowed to punch people in the face in the boxing ring, so why is my teacher so mad when I punch him in the face in the classroom?

Democrats ran a prosecutor for president. They have given more money to LEO than republicans ever have. Most want to involuntarily incarcerate the mentally ill. Dem politicians love police and prisons; they just add “and test rape kits” to their agenda items.

Health Insurance Trolley
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If you can’t look at your woman after sex it sounds like you might be gay. Not that there’s anything wrong in that, but stop wasting that woman’s time

Good morning!

Keep your identity politics bullshit out of our class war

ChatGPT Gives Moral Advice. Here’s Why You Probably Shouldn’t Take It Before turning to a large language model for ethical counsel, consider what makes for good advice

“When it comes to LLMs, proceed with caution. People are not the best at gauging good advisers and good advice, especially in the moral domain, and we often need true social connection, validation and even challenges more than we need an ‘expert’ response.“

My friends have more friends than I do *BECAUSE" they're my friend.

NOW WHAT HUH??

Believe it or not telling people they are dumb doesn't usually sway them. Maybe there is a different way to build coalition with people around basic common interests?

Haven't used the we word for a while for this reason

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Omg it's my fav critical AI ethicist I didn't realize you were here yet! <3

They're coming for STEM now too. Health professions students at my uni asking why they need chemistry. My advice: build solidarity across arts and sciences against the pre-professional grift

Amen 🙏

Believe it or not, the world does not need any more undergrad essays

I think the third time you draw the analogy it's all going to click into place for me. Sorry I'm a bit slow 😔

Still?

Gilens & Page (2014), "Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens"