https://twitter.com/robinhanson/status/1577353047667154944 I've been thinking on this tweet a bit lately. How do we determine what is the coin of our realm? What is important to us? I wanted to expand on this tweet. Isn't really "what others offer" is a question of what we value in ourselves, and in other people? Lets leave aside the … Continue reading Coin of My Realm: Meaning
Herd Standards
"Recently criticism has begun to recognize more widely and to analyze in more detail the ways in which far-ramifying commercial organization makes for the dominance of herd standards. We have been shown, for example, how the syndicating of newspapers and magazines degrades their contents to what will please the majority; how, through the box-office, the … Continue reading Herd Standards
Mexican Radio by Wall of Voodoo
Numb by Stash Konig x Morgan Harvill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKFqWLJyalk Electronic music like this is what I listen to while working.
Zuihitsu, 2022-09
Technically, zuihitsu are longer reflections than what I tend to collect. But, the general idea is right. Here's this month's installment. If you want the complete set, please download the fortune file. Make a decision. The one true religion, survival. True creation requires sacrifice. Always be moving. The idea they one should do whatever it … Continue reading Zuihitsu, 2022-09
Buttfish
"Effortlessly transmitting Morse Code of chess moves to your butthole" —https://github.com/RonSijm/ButtFish Either a sign of the apocalypse or just another Thursday, depending on who you ask.
Landmine People
"Landmine people," said Pyrrha, and when she said it Nona's brows crossed in confusion, she said: "Some people were put into the universe to rig it to explode, then walk away ... I always fell for that." -Tamsyn Muir, "Nona the Ninth." New York: Tor Books, 2022. Another name to add to my ongoing series: Hoodoos, Sucking … Continue reading Landmine People
Sab Loke Koy Lalan Ki Jaat Ei Sansare sung by Aarti Mukerherji and Written by Lalon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcnPmlqRXzc The title means, roughly, everyone asks me what group I belong to, this world. Lalon was a Bengali mystic, and the second greatest Bengali composer of music after Rabindranath. Regardless of all that, this song slaps.
No Comment: Cow Dung Capitalism
"Unadulterated cow urine and dung have always been procured from cow-shelters by the traditional for use at home and in temple pujas. What’s recent is the array of therapeutic and beauty products flooding the market that use these as ingredients. There are face packs, bath scrubbers, mosquito coils and incense sticks that contain cow dung. There … Continue reading No Comment: Cow Dung Capitalism
Sociology/Psychology of the Last Five Minutes
I used this in conversation, and I had forgotten where I had seen it. I think this might be the original source for me: Of all the prejudices of pundits, presentism is the strongest. It is the assumption that what is happening now is going to keep on happening, without anything happening to stop it. … Continue reading Sociology/Psychology of the Last Five Minutes
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