Beware the Metagame
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Beware the Metagame
“Small world” vs “Large world”
This idea is related to the thoughts in Reality is analog (https://www.metapsychosis.com/reality-is-analog-philosophizing-with-stranger-things-part-two/), where JF Martel argues that we mostly live in a conceptual overlay.
Organisms and algorithms live in two fundamentally different worlds.
Algorithms inhabit a “small wo
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In the ever present Twitter meme of “the same people that pivoted to web3 are now pivoting to AI” — I find it quite dangerous that folks don’t genuinely hold on to a few core questions that fulfill them. Instead it seems that many of us are willing to blow wherever the clout winds might most accumulate to our sails.
Now, the nat... See more
In the ever present Twitter meme of “the same people that pivoted to web3 are now pivoting to AI” — I find it quite dangerous that folks don’t genuinely hold on to a few core questions that fulfill them. Instead it seems that many of us are willing to blow wherever the clout winds might most accumulate to our sails.
Now, the nat... See more
Reggie James • Ask The Same Question
Rizwan Virk, a video game programmer, notes that a core mantra in programming is “only render that which is being observed.”
Meghan O'Gieblyn • God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning
If you do not work on an important problem, it's unlikely you'll do important work. It's perfectly obvious. Great scientists have thought through, in a careful way, a number of important problems in their field, and they keep an eye on wondering how to attack them.
paulgraham.com • Richard Hamming: You and Your Research
