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Technology should be a force for good, but we donât live in a world of wise elders who release it gradually to keep pace with our maturity as a species. Dissonance arises from the desire to believe in technology as a shared human endeavour for the greater good, while knowing that most world-changing technologies are injected into societyâs... See more
The Age of Dissonance
Measuring wealth from zero is a different way to think about it than normal. What makes you wealthy, in the way the word is typically used, isnât what you have, but what you have compared to the people near you in time, space, and culture.
We Are All Surrounded by Immense Wealth
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 doesnât matter , and even worse, offers no mechanism for us to start caring about it. The average human living today sees more things they donât care about in one week than a medieval peasant did in their... See more
Drew Austin ⢠The Internet's Meaning Crisis
You did not come into this world. You came out of it
Suburban Biology

Not-to-do-list
Soon after I first posted this essay in a blog some 15 years ago, a young man approached me to ask if I minded him reposting it. I asked him where that would be. He and some others had launched a site called âGenerationâ. Its aim was to prepare for the coming war between the generations by assembling useful documents and providing a forum for... See more
