Language and Thought

Looking at the connections between the language we use and the thoughts we have

H]uman beings need all the relatives they can get–as possible donors or receivers not necessarily of love, but of common decency.

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When we were children in Indianapolis, Indiana, it appeared that we would always have an extended family of genuine relatives there. Our parents and grandparents, after all, had grown up there with shoals of siblings

Austin Kleon • KURT VONNEGUT ON THE NEED FOR BUILDING EXTENDED FAMILIES

Extended Family is important. Why not choose the extended family we bring in?

It’s possible to paint an dishonest picture of reality without telling a single lie.

if i'm honest with myself

The difficulty of valuing information.

An idea kept private is as good as one you never had.

Ideas not shared are lost to time

Most anxieties about the future are really about the present.

Jonah Peretti • The Anti-SNARF Manifesto

This is at the core of my beliefs regarding the fear of AGI. It’s a reflected fear of current economic trends

the thing is, as an adult, you get to make your own cool. you get to choose your own friends, live your own life. and let me tell you, in my life, where i make the rules, i am the coolest cat around.

being passionate about your hobbies is cool. asking good questions is cool. reading books is cool. taking notes is cool.

thinking of projects and then... See more

“cool” - Tasshin

This viewpoint may be overly ambitious, and may even — horrors! -- be somewhat wrong, but I have observed that many good ideas start out by claiming too much territory for themselves, and eventually, when they have received their fair share of attention and respect, the air clears and it emerges that, though still grand, they are not quite so grand... See more

Douglas R. Hofstadter • Analogy as the Core of Cognition

Need to remember this

A scrub is a player who is handicapped by self-imposed rules that the game knows nothing about.

visakan veerasamy • a matryoshka of possibilities

Most rules aren’t actually rules, they are illusions we create for ourselves.

The ideas aren’t all gold, but they seem to find the people who want them, and they start to give life.

Nicholas Goodey • Resistance and Embracing Your Nature

Ideas don’t need to be perfect. The ones that are the best find their audience. But only when shared.

“AI will lift the ceiling, leading to more creative outputs made possible by more powerful tools; it will also lower the floor, making it easier for anyone to design and collaborate.”

Our Centaur Future - A RADAR Report

When the gap between the ceiling and flow increases, the way to prevent unrest is by adding more steps between. It’s important to see clearly how to level up to the ceiling, and not only enable people who have the ability to make the leap between the existing steps. More people being able to do something shouldn’t threaten the existence of anyone currently doing the thing.