Messages
2/26/2023
15 : 34
Ideas: a force of nature
Almost everything to do with the evidence of modern civilization is the manifestation of thought.
2/19/2023
17 : 24
On "learning how to learn"
School conflates passing of exams with learning. Emphasis is made on the procedure of teaching (to pass exams), rather than the result of learning. But the product of actual learning is due to interest
2/12/2023
16 : 14
Focus on ideas, not people
A person is not just a set of ideas.
2/5/2023
15 : 54
From relativist to fallibilist
At one point doesn't everything seem relative? What even is truth if not that which is true relative to the person?
1/29/2023
14 : 54
To be wrong is to be free
Oh, the beauty of being wrong...
1/22/2023
14 : 14
Is "Studies show..." the new "The Bible says..."?
Our knowledge of the world is not certain. People are fallible. We make errors. But this is not a depressing view of us cosmically significant entities.
1/20/2023
4 : 14
079 The War Against Nature
Nature (eventually) weeds out bad ideas.
1/8/2023
10 : 54
078 The one who changes the world
+ Chasing dreams, denying the inevitable, podcasts, and psychological innocence
1/1/2023
14 : 54
077 Casual friends
It's possible to have lots of communication but no connection.
12/25/2022
13 : 24
076 The rationalist's misconception about tradition
Some excerpts from Sir Karl Popper
12/18/2022
7 : 54
075 What I learned from David Perell about writing online
I asked David what he would do if he were a 15 year old in high school again. He immediately said...
12/11/2022
15 : 54
074 The virtue of being wrong
“Man errs as long as he strives.” — Johann Wolfgang Goethe
12/4/2022
6 : 54
073 Two arguments made by people who don't understand epistemology
"Because it has always been done that way" and "Because I say so"
11/27/2022
6 : 14
072 Being virtuous > being disciplined
“How will children be disciplined without school?”
11/20/2022
12 : 54
071 I went on a meditation retreat
Recently, I went on a solo meditation retreat somewhere close to the Himalayas for 4 days.
11/13/2022
3 : 34
070 "What if something happens to you?"
“What if something happens to you?” Then that would be way better than if nothing ever happened to me.
11/6/2022
16 : 24
069 On Perspective
Some (rough) musings on a topic that I think is crucial to deeply understand the human condition.
10/30/2022
15 : 54
068 How to get better
The way to get better at any craft is through the not-as-good-phase.
10/23/2022
18 : 4
067 How the Internet changed my life for good
Writing and putting myself out there online changed my life.
10/18/2022
12 : 24
066 Fear isn't the problem, culture is
On how to be more curious