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Thought experiments help us explore complex ideas and ethical dilemmas.
Imagine if governments decided to add Prozac, an antidepressant, to the public water supply with the intention of enhancing the population's overall h
Mary’s Room (Frank Jackson): This thought experiment questions the nature of consciousness and the acquisition of knowledge. Mary is a scientist who h
chinese room
The Chinese Room Argument (John Searle): Searle imagines a scenario in which a person who does not understand Chinese is locked in a room full of boxe
the writer cannot do the reader’s thinking for him
The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.
i cannot express to you how bizarrely large the rewards of consistently writing opinionated + technical essays are. it is good for your own brain, it
The ideal conditions for our best work aren't the same as the conditions for our comfort. Super annoying. The best stuff comes from less comfortable p
philosophical content pointing us towards living a meaningful life
limited scale allows for sanity in both product development and the authoring of books. If you don’t need a billion users or a million readers, sudden
Things are weird. Play with the weirdness.
Enormous subjects are best approached in thin, deep slices. I discovered this when first learning how to program. The textbooks never worked; it all o
Expected elation. Society has built a world that defines what's appealing and what's not. What success should look like. I spent years chasing this id
What impresses you? Why? Money? Cars? Fitness? Abilities? Intelligence? Influence? I often find myself feeling impressed by something and desiring it,
“The modern man is always claiming a self-sufficiency which he is unable to achieve. He constantly compares himself with other people and, afraid that
What is your relationship to objects and their connection with desire?
calmness is a superpower and why we need to slow the fuck down.
I didn’t feel comfortable inside the endlessness of it. I am the kind of writer who believes in taking the time I need to come up with something worth
“Life is always winking at us, calling our attention to the beauty hidden in plain sight. Why do we so often miss what’s right in front of us, lost in
The writer Ted Chiang was once asked in an interview if he ever considered publishing more frequently. Chiang, one of the greatest living fiction writ
The game has shifted, and the winning strategy with it. It’s no longer about understanding specialized details; it’s about grasping the high-level glo
What we do with our freedomThe examples of the excruciating etiquette of the aristocratic courts, the marriage market Rhimes dramatised, the civil ass
The workforce is splitting in two. Tech workers are either amplified by AI or shaken by it, and that divide shapes their feelings about work more than
on the art of asking questions, as well as examples of good questions to use in all areas of your life - team building, interviewing, improving relationships, research, and more
Why am I so sure about this?
What is this teaching me?
Scott Alexander’s recent post argues that the best response to AI displacement isn’t optimization or doomerism—it’s play. Figure out what you actually
what would one imperfect action teach me?
There’s a phrase making the rounds online: “The more I heal, the less ambitious I become.” I’ve been wondering if its resonance reveals a quiet fatigu
I am not less capable because I refuse to live in constant activation. I’m just less exploitable.
My body was not an obstacle to ambition, but the barometer for what sustainable ambition could look like now.
