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Adding a Chats Section to My Blog
A conversation with Claude about setting up a new section to document interesting LLM chats
Epistemic humility discussion
The common sense perspective. Nobody knows why we're here. If they did it would require them receiving some special revelation or having reasoned it a
2k years Christianity
summarize "the fear of falling: the inner life of the middle class"
Girard's scapegoat mechanism
explain girard's scape-goat mechanism and give examples
Summarize fear of falling
summarize "the fear of falling: the inner life of the middle class"
AI impact on labor
the exponential of ai + robotics means there is soon to be no need for human labor. Company values presumably stick around if those companies turn ove
The Consistent Man
Part 1 of the Mirror Room Collection. A rational identity.
The Mirror Room
Part 2 of the Mirror Room Collection. A mystic identity.
The Paradox of Becoming
Part 4 of the Mirror Room Collection. Choice as primary.
The Reader's Crisis
Part 5 of the Mirror Room Collection. A 21st century leftish critique.
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- The solution. Gurdjieff provides practical instruction. Sees all the traps. Calls out that we cannot do this alone. - Gurdjieff framework for picking values? - The meta-observation: almost like the point of life is as a moral test. That anyt...
Observations on the Sleep of Seekers
Draft. Practical advice in response to The Mirror Room collection.