The Dangers of Abruptly Destroying Meaning Structures
https://danielmiessler.com/blog/the-dangers-of-abruptly-destroying-meaning-structures/Posted: July 10, 2019
I recently watched an older debate between Sam Harris and Jordan Peterson in which…
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The Bottom of the Meaning Well is Race
https://danielmiessler.com/blog/the-bottom-of-the-meaning-well-is-race/Posted: April 27, 2019
I think what’s happening to America right now can best be captured as a…
Two Kinds of Human Meaning and Enjoyment
https://danielmiessler.com/blog/two-kinds-human-meaning-enjoyment/Posted: December 23, 2017
The idea is that there are two ways for humans to derive happiness: This will…
Beware of Alternate Meaning Loops
https://danielmiessler.com/blog/beware-alternate-meaning-loops/Posted: October 22, 2017
As I write about in the philosophy of Westworld, life is really about meaning…
On the Meaning of School and Company
https://danielmiessler.com/blog/meaning-school-company/Posted: October 12, 2017
I recently learned the origin of the world “school”, and was reminded…
Meaning Anchors
https://danielmiessler.com/blog/meaning-anchors/Posted: May 20, 2017
It’s pretty obvious that people need meaning in their lives, but I wonder…
Evolution, Hormones, Meaning, Story, and Music
https://danielmiessler.com/blog/evolution-hormones-meaning-story-and-music/Posted: September 11, 2016
This is a half-formed idea. Walk with me. Meaning for humans is all centered around…
Hormones, Narratives, and Meaning
https://danielmiessler.com/blog/hormones-narratives-meaning/Posted: May 29, 2016
I realized something a few months ago about youth and meaning. I think the reason…
Evolution as Our Source of Meaning
https://danielmiessler.com/blog/evolution-source-meaning/Posted: December 24, 2014
Evolution is a clever thing. We all know it made us what we are by blindly selecting…
The Meaning Stack
https://danielmiessler.com/blog/meaning-stack/Posted: December 9, 2014
In IT we talk about something called a stack, which is basically the set of technologies…
The Poor Have More Meaning in Their Lives
https://danielmiessler.com/blog/the-poor-have-more-meaning-in-their-lives/Posted: December 22, 2013
Waiting for Meaning, by Marlene Dumas While residents of wealthy nations tend…
Work and Meaning
https://danielmiessler.com/blog/work-meaning/Posted: October 23, 2013
I go to war that my son may be a politician, that his son may be a merchant, that…
Children Are Not a Rescue from a Lack of Meaning in Your Life
https://danielmiessler.com/blog/children-are-not-a-rescue-from-a-lack-of-meaning-in-your-life/Posted: April 12, 2013
I often challenge people to describe why their lives have meaning. In most cases,…
The Difference Between Pursuing Happiness and Pursuing Meaning
https://danielmiessler.com/blog/the-difference-between-pursuing-happiness-and-pursuing-meaning/Posted: January 28, 2013
This is a brilliant piece about the difference between happiness and meaning,…
Parent to Child Propagation of False Meaning
https://danielmiessler.com/blog/parent-to-child-propagation-of-false-meaning/Posted: December 4, 2010
I have many smart conservative friends who take pride in two things in their lives:…
The Alien Social Scientist Test for Meaning
https://danielmiessler.com/blog/the-alien-social-scientist-test-for-meaning/Posted: November 11, 2010
I have a basic test I put myself through when I think about whether my work and/or…
Extracting Meaning from Emptiness
https://danielmiessler.com/blog/extracting-meaning-from-emptiness/Posted: August 20, 2009
It is only as an aesthetic phenomenon that life and existence are eternally justified.…
Meaning is an Illusion
https://danielmiessler.com/blog/meaning-is-an-illusion/Posted: December 26, 2008
[ Published: Dec 26, 2008 ] A and B are exactly the same shade of gray. This essay…
My Vote For the Meaning of Life is the Simulation Model
https://danielmiessler.com/blog/my-vote-for-the-meaning-of-life-is-the-simulation-model/Posted: December 21, 2008
I think if I were to have to guess, I would say that the reason we exist–or,…
So You Want to Start a Blogā¦
https://danielmiessler.com/blog/so-you-want-to-start-a-blog/Posted: November 7, 2019
I am often asked the best way to start a blog. My answer hasn’t varied much…
Corporate Incentives Are Diverging From Employee and National Incentives
https://danielmiessler.com/blog/corporate-incentives-are-diverging-from-employee-and-national-incentives/Posted: October 12, 2019
The 1950s were not as perfect as people with red hats like to think they were,…
Job Losses from Automation Are Being Actively Engineered and Funded
https://danielmiessler.com/blog/job-losses-automation-active-passive/Posted: October 12, 2019
Many people seem to believe that there’s some sort of gentle pressure towards…
Finding the Knobs Within Stochastic Determinism
https://danielmiessler.com/blog/finding-the-knobs-within-stochastic-determinism/Posted: October 5, 2019
Normally when I write I have a specific thought and I try to lay it out in a structured…
Reaction Videos Show the Best of Humanity
https://danielmiessler.com/blog/reaction-videos-show-the-best-of-humanity/Posted: September 15, 2019
I honestly think Reaction Videos are one of the most beautifully human things…
The Definition of a Green Team
https://danielmiessler.com/blog/the-definition-green-team-how-different-red-team/Posted: August 29, 2019
As I talk about in my article on Red, Blue, and Purple Teams, there are many advocating…
Humans Are Genebots
https://danielmiessler.com/blog/humans-genebots/Posted: July 24, 2019
Somewhere in my 20’s or 30’s I became enamored with the idea of prep…
YouTube’s Ban of Hacking Videos Moves Us Closer to an Entertainment-only Public Sphere
https://danielmiessler.com/blog/youtubes-ban-of-hacking-videos-moves-us-closer-to-an-entertainment-only-world/Posted: July 4, 2019
Marcus Hutchins wrote a great essay recently about YouTube’s new ban on…
Unsupervised Learning: No. 180 (Member Edition)
https://danielmiessler.com/blog/unsupervised-learning-no-180-member-edition/Posted: June 3, 2019
This is a Member-only episode. Members get the newsletter every week, and have…
The Intellectual Dark Web (IDW) and Dark Forest Theory
https://danielmiessler.com/blog/the-intellectual-dark-web-is-a-clear-case-of-dark-forest-theory/Posted: June 2, 2019
A sci-fi trilogy called The Three Body Problem included a powerful concept called…
Unsupervised Learning: No. 173
https://danielmiessler.com/blog/unsupervised-learning-no-173/Posted: April 13, 2019
Unsupervised Learning is my weekly show that provides collection, summarization,…
The Difference Between Classical Liberalism and Libertarianism
https://danielmiessler.com/blog/the-difference-between-classical-liberalism-and-libertarianism/Posted: April 11, 2019
I recently wrote a well-received piece about the political positions of the Intellectual…
Unsupervised Learning: No. 172 (Member Edition)
https://danielmiessler.com/blog/unsupervised-learning-no-172-member-edition/Posted: April 9, 2019
This is a Member-only episode. Members get the newsletter every week, and have…
The Need for Post-Capitalism
https://danielmiessler.com/blog/the-need-for-post-capitalism/Posted: March 14, 2019
When I saw Yuval Harari live with Sam Harris in San Francisco, I heard a lot of…
My RSA 2019 Summary
https://danielmiessler.com/blog/rsa-2019-summary/Posted: March 6, 2019
RSA was good this year, but I didn’t really notice any major new trends.…
Unsupervised Learning: No. 166 (Member Edition)
https://danielmiessler.com/blog/unsupervised-learning-no-166-member-edition/Posted: February 25, 2019
This is a Member-only episode. Members get the newsletter every week, and have…
Unsupervised Learning: No. 165
https://danielmiessler.com/blog/unsupervised-learning-no-165/Posted: February 21, 2019
Unsupervised Learning is my weekly show that provides collection, summarization,…
The Rise of the Corporate Technology Ecosystem (CTE)
https://danielmiessler.com/blog/rise-corporate-technology-ecosystem/Posted: February 17, 2019
I love thinking about how technological advancement will intersect with our desires…
AI-powered Visual Sensors Will be Wielded By Digital Assistants to Build us Custom UIs
https://danielmiessler.com/blog/ai-powered-visual-sensors-will-be-wielded-by-digital-assistants-to-build-us-custom-uis/Posted: February 10, 2019
Benedict Evans is one of my favorite tech analysts. His content is usually great,…
Lifestyle
https://danielmiessler.com/lifestyle/Posted: February 10, 2019
This page is where I collect all my lifestyle-oriented items, meaning material…
Happiness
https://danielmiessler.com/happiness/Posted: February 6, 2019
I’m in cybersecurity, so when I write about topics like health and psychology,…
The Definition of a Purple Team
https://danielmiessler.com/study/purple-team/Posted: February 2, 2019
People debate constantly about the the different kinds of security assessment…
The Difference Between a Penetration Test and a Red Team Engagement
https://danielmiessler.com/blog/the-difference-between-a-penetration-test-and-a-red-team-engagement/Posted: December 18, 2018
One of the most frustrating things to me as a security person is having sales…
The Strange Game of Shared, For-profit Cybersecurity Risk Scores
https://danielmiessler.com/blog/the-strange-game-of-shared-for-profit-cybersecurity-risk-scores/Posted: December 15, 2018
Brian Krebs ran a story recently about how FICO has a new service for rating the…
Why I Believe Postmodernism is Causing Depression
https://danielmiessler.com/blog/why-i-believe-postmodernism-is-causing-depression/Posted: December 9, 2018
There’s a lot of confusion about the term Postmodernism. To people on the…
Unsupervised Learning: No. 154 (Member Edition)
https://danielmiessler.com/blog/unsupervised-learning-no-154/Posted: December 4, 2018
This is a member-only even episode. Members get the newsletter every week, as…
Falling Testosterone, Poverty, and Violence, and How That Will Combine With Rising Inequality
https://danielmiessler.com/blog/falling-testosterone-poverty-and-violence-and-how-that-will-combine-with-rising-inequality/Posted: October 20, 2018
It’s interesting to think about all the different trends happening at the…
On the History of Watches
https://danielmiessler.com/blog/on-the-history-of-watches/Posted: October 6, 2018
Some friends just commented about a video on Twitter where a watch guy basically…
My Analysis of the Disconnect Between Sam Harris and Jordan Peterson
https://danielmiessler.com/blog/my-analysis-of-the-disconnect-between-sam-harris-and-jordan-peterson/Posted: September 5, 2018
If you follow the work of either Jordan Peterson or Sam Harris you’ve no…
Unsupervised Learning: No. 141
https://danielmiessler.com/blog/unsupervised-learning-no-141/Posted: September 4, 2018
Subscribe here to get this in your inbox every week. Security News š® The…
Concise Argument and Evidence That Steven Pinker is Wrong About How Good Things Are
https://danielmiessler.com/blog/concise-argument-and-evidence-that-steven-pinker-is-wrong-about-how-good-things-are/Posted: September 1, 2018
As I covered in this earlier piece, despite having massive respect for Steven…
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