The evil in the world is the same evil that is in ourselves, most of it rooted in indifference. It's when you start looking outside for evil that is when you know you are on the evil path.
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Seven Varieties of Stupidity
"1. Pure Stupidity...2. Ignorant stupidity...3. Fish-out-of-water stupidity...4. Rule-based stupidity...5. Overthinking stupidity...6. Emergent stupidity...7. Ego-driven stupidity...-Ian Leslie, "Seven Varieties of Stupidity." ianleslie.substack.com. May 21, 2022 It's a fun classification exercise. I'd say that 3 is a subset of 2, being in an unfamiliar environment is a variety of ignorance. However, if you think about the kinds … Continue reading Seven Varieties of Stupidity
Proton Is Trying to Become Google—Without Your Data
"These days, all Google and Apple and Big Tech talk about is privacy, so the best way to give our definition is to give the contrast. The way Google defines privacy is, “Nobody can exploit your data, except for us.” Our definition is cleaner, more simple, and more authentic: Nobody can exploit your data—period. We … Continue reading Proton Is Trying to Become Google—Without Your Data
Black Hole as Metaphor for Climate Change
"Imagine a black hole. Humanity’s lined up before it. Everyone has to march through. Some are at the front of the line. They reach the other side first. Some are at the back of the line. They’re still laughing and joking and pretending, maybe. Nobody much hears from those who’ve gone through, because, well, it’s … Continue reading Black Hole as Metaphor for Climate Change
Sympathy for the Autistic / Being Autistic
"Having any child is a life-changing experience. Having one who isn’t like you, though, is also a learning experience. I think I cried when it fully sunk in that “childhood wonder” is a real and short-lived thing for allistic children, and I did a double take recently when my wife stated that soon our son’s … Continue reading Sympathy for the Autistic / Being Autistic
Woke or Witch-Hunt?
"At the protest, I met Tulsi Patel, a postdoc at Columbia. Patel tells me about a new bullying policy at Columbia, which she helped to write, to deal with “power-based harassment” that doesn’t fall into the already illegal categories like sex and race-based harassment. “We recommended calling it the Office of Conflict Resolution, just to … Continue reading Woke or Witch-Hunt?
Online Techno-Polymath Guy
"I was discussing with Sam the “genre,” so to speak, of the Online Techno-Polymath Guy. You know this guy. He (and it’s usually a he) has his own website, probably hand-crafted in Kirby, Github, or WordPress, as well as a well-regarded, personable Twitter presence. He keeps track of everything he reads, writes pithy blog posts on esoteric subjects. … Continue reading Online Techno-Polymath Guy
Making Friends [on the Internet]
Summarized: "[1.] follow people you resonate with. [2.] engage with bigger accounts, support smaller accounts. [3.] ask questions, offer suggestions, share learnings. [4.] pay attention to who keeps popping up. [5.] use the algorithms to your advantage. [6.] attend virtual events. participate! [7.] attend offline events! Be adventerous.[8.] send that dm / email / offer to … Continue reading Making Friends [on the Internet]
Everywhere Connected, Yet Unable To Connect
"Just as we need certain things to suck in order for others to register as cool (Beavis and Butthead, 1994, MTV), so too must we experience resistance or difficulty in order to understand the nature and depth of our own desires......Frictionless exchange almost always involves an unseen toll. One of the most insidious features of … Continue reading Everywhere Connected, Yet Unable To Connect
Smol Pub
Smol Pub is tiny blogging service.- Web interface and CLI to manage your posts. - Accessible from Web, Gemini and Gopher.- Storage for your images.- Write custom CSS for web.- Attach your custom domain with SSL.- Export your posts.- No JavaScript, ads, or tracking technology. On the back of My Writing Advice post from yesterday, … Continue reading Smol Pub
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