Michael Brooks
@mike
Michael Brooks
That is, to me, everything is fair game. (If something powerful and negative exists in the world and we don’t write about it, what is writing for?)
A Velocity of Being: Illustrated Letters to Children about Why We Read by 121 of the Most Inspiring Humans in Our World
themarginalian.org
it's my party and i'll use AI if i want to
wildbarestepf.substack.com
on writing and ideas
Ideas come from noticing gaps in what we believe is established thinking.
Why should the universe have a purpose? The question of the purpose of the universe is an invention of human minds, and has no significance, except for the way that it illuminates the psychology of scholarly pursuit and of the pursuing scholars themselves. We should not impose human-inspired attitudes and questions on material things. There is a
... See moreA good note on why maybe being observers is a worthy pursuit, and why assigning purpose might not track.
If the proximate purpose of technology is to reduce scarcity, the ultimate purpose of technology is to eliminate mortality.