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Why Everyone Seems So Normal Now (And Why That’s a Problem)
Note: Written in response to Adam Mastroianni, "The Decline of Deviance." experimental-history.com. October 28, 2025. There's a strange thing happening: people are getting more similar. Teenagers drink less, fight less, have less sex. Crime rates have dropped by half in thirty years. People move less often. Movies are all sequels. Buildings all look the same. … Continue reading Why Everyone Seems So Normal Now (And Why That’s a Problem)
Teaching Chess for The New York Times
Mr. Naroditsky is intent on making sure that readers of his Times column feel as if they are getting something out of it, just as he does on his social media channels. “I feel like that’s my God-given responsibility,” he said, laughing. “I’ve resisted the pull of using clickbait and appealing video titles. However entertaining … Continue reading Teaching Chess for The New York Times
Simulation as Bypass: When Performance Replaces Processing
"Live by the Claude, die by the Claude." In late 2024, a meme captured something unsettling: the "Claude Boys"—teenagers who "carry AI on hand at all times and constantly ask it what to do." What began as satire became earnest practice. Students created websites, adopted the identity, performed the role. The joke revealed something real: … Continue reading Simulation as Bypass: When Performance Replaces Processing
Outter Space by Alex Serra
On Method: How This Blog Works
Or: Why some posts are tools, some are evidence, and some are just interesting The Problem With Judging Things Here's a pattern that shows up everywhere: the way you measure something determines what you find valuable. If you judge fish by their ability to climb trees, all fish fail. If you judge squirrels by their … Continue reading On Method: How This Blog Works
Daily Heart Rate Per Step
"Daily heart rate per step (or DHRPS) is a simple calculation: you take your average daily heart rate and divide it by the average number of steps you take. Yes, you’ll need to be continuously monitoring both measurements with a health tracker like an Apple Watch or Fitbit (the latter was used in the study), … Continue reading Daily Heart Rate Per Step
A THANKSGIVING PRAYER TO THE AI INDUSTRY
Thank you, lords of the latent space, for the gift of convenience—for promising ease while siphoning our clicks, our keystrokes, our midnight sighs,our grocery lists, our panic searches, our private rants to dead relatives in the cloud—all ground fine in your data mills.You call it “training.” We call it the harvest.You reap what you never … Continue reading A THANKSGIVING PRAYER TO THE AI INDUSTRY
Why Fish Don’t Know They’re Wet
You know that David Foster Wallace speech about fish? Two young fish swimming along, older fish passes and says "Morning boys, how's the water?" The young fish swim on, then one turns to the other: "What the hell is water?" That's the point. We don't notice what we're swimming in. The Furniture We Sit In … Continue reading Why Fish Don’t Know They’re Wet
Evaluator Bias in AI Rationality Assessment
Response to: arXiv:2511.00926 The AI Self-Awareness Index study claims to measure emergent self-awareness through strategic differentiation in game-theoretic tasks. Advanced models consistently rated opponents in a clear hierarchy: Self > Other AIs > Humans. The researchers interpreted this as evidence of self-awareness and systematic self-preferencing. This interpretation misses the more significant finding: evaluator bias in … Continue reading Evaluator Bias in AI Rationality Assessment
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