Philosophy

The Most Important Sentence

I've noticed that people who can fill in this sentence are much happier than those who can't

Deutsch, DARSA, and AI

A NotebookLM conversation with my AI about David Deutsch and the future of intelligence

Framing is Everything

We're seeing reality through drastically different lenses, and living in different worlds because of it

Extracted Wisdom Series: Achievement Society and the Rise of Narcissism, Depression, and Anxiety

AI Extraction of Wisdom from an episode of the Philosophize This podcast about the work of Byung-Chul Han

A List of Timeless Concepts from the Ancient Myths

A list of lessons that repeat constantly in our art, along with their original source material

Thoughts on the Eliezer vs. Hotz AI Safety Debate

A summary of their arguments and the questions I wish they would have asked each other

The Right Amount of Trauma

Maybe trauma is like unlimited rocket fuel, but only if it's the right amount

Moloch: The Most Dangerous Idea

Why we chase things we know will hurt us if we get them

Don’t Fix Things; Build Pipelines

Absolute vs. Practical Free Will

The difference between the kind of free will we have and the kind we don't