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nico λ
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More and more, I think my issues with conventional productivity advice – indeed, with the very notion of productivity – boil down to this: Spending your days trying to get through a list of things you feel you have to do is a fundamentally joyless and soul-destroying way to live; and most productivity problems, like distraction or procrastination... See more
The point is rather that we should be highly suspicious of people and movements that depict themselves as escaping human nature's self-serving and competitive instincts or propose societal transformations that rely on our collective ability to escape them. And more generally, we should be sceptical of any narrative endorsed by those on the left or... See more
Dan Williams • On becoming less left-wing (Part 1)
I usually think of contrarianism as being wrong most of the time but helping on the margin because it brings light to positions that are underrated due to social conformity factors. I think most meta-contrarians would admit that they’re wrong most of the time. It would be quite silly to take the meta contrarian point and think you are right most of... See more
Bentham's Bulldog • Losing Faith In Contrarianism
A sense of dread as I see this. We are slowly seeing the end of the open web.
- AI search powered experiences take away clicks from high quality publishers in aggregate +
- Crawlbots from AI companies not playing by the rules
leading to
- High quality publishers are looking to... See more
Vivek Raghunathanx.comAs an introvert, I deeply value alone time, and I often feel the loneliest when I’m with other people
Brené Brown • Braving the Wilderness
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
According to Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions, the U.S. and many Western European cultures are extremely individualistic. The U.S. has the highest score for individualism. And it is only getting higher.
This is at odds with the human limbic system which thrives on and craves connection with others, with a community. Community means we are secure,... See more
This is at odds with the human limbic system which thrives on and craves connection with others, with a community. Community means we are secure,... See more
r/BlueskySkeets - Reddit
We have a problem here, folks. The word “intelligence” is a semantic catastrophe. Whenever doomers use this word, I have no idea what they’re talking about. I often don’t know if they’re talking about a real thing at all. And when they say things like, “AIs are approaching human-level intelligence,” I start to bang my head against the table. What... See more
AI Doomerism Is Bullshit
When working on a team, you should usually ask the question
There’s a spectrum of “trying to figure out everything for yourself” to “bugging your coworkers with every little question”, and I think most people starting their careers are too far on the former side. There’s always someone around that has been in the codebase longer, or knows... See more
There’s a spectrum of “trying to figure out everything for yourself” to “bugging your coworkers with every little question”, and I think most people starting their careers are too far on the former side. There’s always someone around that has been in the codebase longer, or knows... See more