Chad Aaron Hall
@readordieaslave
Edgewalker
Chad Aaron Hall
readordieaslave.substack.com
Machines are finally adapting to us, not the other way around
“Attack ideas, not people” not only represents how you deal with people you don’t like but how you deal with people you do like. You should be able to analyze and interrogate the ideas of a friend without attacking your friend. Rather than beginning with “tariffs are bullshit” you start with “what are the potential weak points of tariffs”.
If scenes begin to emerge these days, they don’t stay local for long as their digital reach goes far beyond the manor. They trend online and become bought into or appropriated by the masses and diluted designed by committee — a fragment of what it once was. The gestation period is cut short and all before the scene has really reached its cultural... See more
The Futz Butler • Death of “Scene” Culture. Can youth subcultures exist in the… | by ...
Crucially, Łobaczewski emphasizes that this process is rarely recognized by the majority, who unwittingly become complicit by adopting the language, values, and behaviors of the pathological minority because, again, all this is communicated in the language of compassion—and most folks want to be good people.
Book Review: Political Ponerology
Second, he speculates that mortality rates might continue to drop. While that might be good news from an actuarial perspective, it seems both morally horrifying and incredibly risky to base a long-term entitlement program on the assumption that more people will die at a younger age.
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Washington argued that political parties needed to be restrained in a free country with a government empowered by the consent of the governed and established through popular elections. He warned of the possibility fearing they could distract the government from its required duty to the people and even lead to the eradication of the freedoms... See more
Dennis Jamison • Attention Required! | Cloudflare
It was already obvious then that the first two jobs had been taken over by the Internet: only old people got their news from TV, and there was better and broader educational content on YouTube or any number of websites than TV could ever deliver, even with 200 channels. The question I asked then was how long TV could maintain its advantage when it... See more
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This is exactly what's happening now; it's why we can't do anything without some sort of noise in the background. It's why we have to watch a TikTok whilst also watching another TikTok.
Slowing down the train in my head
Smartphones increased our tolerance for dopamine. The dopamine that we receive from good moments in life is no longer enough, at the bare minimum we need the feeling of doing some AND using our phone at the same time.