Sublime

The map is not the territory? True. Forget the map, it's limited anyway? Huge fallacy. Maps are insanely powerful. Language is a map, hell all of thinking is a symbolic mapping process. Too many people conclude that: because the map is limited, abandon it. Everything except for direct consciousness of Being is inherently limited. Does that mean ... See more

americans treat optionality like a virtue when it’s actually a pathology. ppl optimize for keeping doors open indefinitely, never committing, never locking in, because they conflate flexibility with freedom. but optionality is not freedom, it’s just deferred responsibility. eventually, optionality maximization leads to a life of passive consumptio... See more

working at a big company is basically an accelerated course in how power actually works. once you see the sheer level of inefficiency, rent-seeking, & arbitrary decision-making, it kind of breaks all illusions about big companies. the best part is realizing that half the people in charge have no clue what they’re doing but just sound confident. on... See more

google’s core problem is that it was built to organize a web that no longer exists. the open web has been replaced by walled gardens, discord servers, newsletters, private forums, & algorithmic feeds that are never exposed to search. worse, the visible parts of the web that google still indexes have been overrun by seo-optimized sludge, ai-generate... See more