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Consequently, in its idealized form the scientific method limits freedom of the will, while technology amplifies freedom of the will. Technology is by no means derived with certainty. It is the extremely particular result of someone’s will, based on rationalizing through the concrete and contingent circumstances of the world.
Saffron Huang • What is Technology? — Letters to a Young Technologist
## In Conclusion
- CLAUDE.md is for onboarding Claude into your codebase. It should define your project's WHY , WHAT , and HOW .
- Less (instructions) is more . While you shouldn't omit necessary instructions, you should include as few instructions as reasonably possible in the file.
- Keep the contents of your CLAUDE.md concise and universally
Kyle Mistele • Writing a good CLAUDE.md
The opposite of agency is learned helplessness. If people believe that we can’t do very much to stop the world’s problems, it’s unsurprising that they’d be terrified to bring children into the world. But this seems like a mental trap that we can, and should, teach people to resist falling into. As Clare Coffey writes in “Failure to Cope ‘Under
... See moreNadia Asparouhova • Cultivating Agency
Every community is exposed to two opposite dangers: ossification through too much discipline and reverence for tradition, on the one hand; on the other hand, dissolution, or subjection to foreign conquest, through the growth of an individualism and personal independence that makes co-operation impossible. In general, important civilizations start
... See moreBertrand Russell • History of Western Philosophy
One of the fundamental choices that you face on Earth is the degree to which you’ll pursue deeper but riskier fulfillment or practice avoidance that exempts you from bad feelings but leaves you bereft of good ones.
Freddie deBoer • You Are You. We Live Here. This is Now. - Freddie deBoer You Are You. We Live Here. This is Now.
Saying yes frequently is an additive strategy. Saying no is a subtractive strategy. Keep saying no to a lot of things - the negative and unimportant ones - and once in awhile, you will be left with an idea which is so compelling that it would be a screaming no-brainer 'yes'.
Ask HN: How do you deal with information and internet addiction? | Hacker News
There are people who use these, apparently. And it just feels so... depressing. There are people I once respected who, apparently, don’t actually enjoy doing the thing . They would like to describe what they want and receive Whatever — some beige sludge that vaguely resembles it. That isn’t programming, though. That’s management, a fairly different... See more
Evan You • The rise ofWhatever
Many scientific theories assume constructs that are not directly observable (muons, genetic drift) but whose existence is inferred. In mental health research, psychiatric diagnoses play such a role. We assume that constructs, such as schizophrenia or alcohol use disorder, exist but we can only observe the signs, symptoms, and course of illness that... See more