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Instead of a measurable, quantifiable thing that exists independently out in the world, we suggest that intelligence is a label, pinned by humanity onto a bag stuffed with a jumble of independent traits that helped our ancestors thrive.
Abigail Desmond & Michael Haslam • What Is Intelligent Life?
The easiest way to feel the absolute value of something is to imagine, as vividly as possible, its disappearance.
We Are All Surrounded by Immense Wealth
According to another global study from a few years ago, and the largest one on the topic so far, over two-thirds (68%) of the public would like more rest.
If Money Was Not an Issue, What Would You Do?
Bits of information provide neither meaning nor orientation. They do not congeal into a narrative. They are purely additive. From a certain point onward, they no longer inform — they deform. They can even darken the world. This puts them in opposition to truth. Truth illuminates the world, while information lives off the attraction of surprise,... See more
NOEMA • All That Is Solid Melts Into Information
In taming the world, we have tamed ourselves
Poetic Outlaws • The Comfortable Life Is Killing You
I like to use that word now, soul . I prefer using soul to mind , not that they’re the same concept at all. “Mind” automatically seems to evoke “versus body” in the minds of everyone, including myself, no matter how hard we try, no matter how many times we’ve noticed that the brain is an organ of the body and that the human mind emerges from the... See more
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu • Timothy Morton: On Ecotrauma
but whether parasocial content is desirable or not, it points to a growing crisis on the internet: So much of what we encounter online just doesn’t matter , and even worse, offers no mechanism for us to start caring about it. The average human living today sees more things they don’t care about in one week than a medieval peasant did in their... See more
Drew Austin • The Internet's Meaning Crisis
In a world that is completely without rituals and wholly profane, all that is left are consumption and the satisfaction of needs.