Joo oo
@zoozero
Joo oo
@zoozero
Even when one may appear to argue based only on logos, this itself is a form of ethos and to some extent pathos. The absence of a fact is also a deliberate choice, which is also susceptible to subjective judgement. This choice, to omit certain topics and frame selected facts, implicitly reflects a value judgement that some facts are worth
... See morediscrete representations & AI
imagine a sentient algorithm, trained off reality only captured by digital cameras and texts. discrete representations through pixels. they do not 'see' the same way we do. it does not 'listen' the way we hear. instead, just a vector of a position of pixel and its represented color. just a representation of reality.
fini
... See more“few people are perceptive and crass enough to notice where their emotions originate. that’s why we need novelists.”
good writing → integrates multiple philosophies to create a debate, yet the core of her argument comes from literature
thinking in categories would interfere with my ability to freely pattern-match for the particular type of individual I resonate with.
“you can’t see it either at first. but if you run enough experiments you get a sense of how that inner space behaves. in particular, you can figure out which types of people can fuse with your interiority and expand it.”
gratitude journal type shiii
My Mother
Kindness, desire for knowledge, unconditional love. Despite the generations of mothers in my family who did not treat their daughters kindly, her resilience to break the cycle by showering me with love. I may have been born evil, yet I owe it to her love and care for me that I have grown up into a half-decent
the athenians attempted to unify the dichotomy between aristrocractic excellence and democratic equality. While unlike their predecessors, they adopted the new political system of democracy, the longing towards excellence still remained. One interesting example is regarding the symposium. Originating from the root words sym (together? talk?) and
... See morefolklore of our times gives me that “chrono-sonder” (although a term coined by some random tiktoker, no other word encapsulates this feeling)
we are not told what the ex-gf truly thinks, there is no inner monologue. i don’t completely understand where she’s coming from, but i think i get the feeling. the way she’s a product of her time. and all of
... See morenevertheless, i am irresistibly drawn to his novels. i love the way he describes loneliness, i actually lol when a character says something witty, i like how his characters are kind of fleshed out but we only see them in an observatory way, i love how atmospheric instead of explicit his world building of his more magical elements feel, and i love
... See moreempathy and