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This is my show. It’s a blog as hupomnemata. Michael Foucault defined hupomnemata as a personal notebook similar to a spiritual journal but with a different goal. He did not want “to pursue the unspeakable, nor to reveal the hidden, nor to say the unsaid [like a spiritual journal does], but on the contrary to capture the already said, to collect what one has managed to hear or read, and for a purpose that is nothing less than the shaping of the self.”
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In my youth, this album was a favorite. I just heard it again this morning I find myself wondering: “Whose ass were they kicking?”
You’ve probably seen headlines about AI companies claiming they’re building “superintelligence” or that we need to worry about controlling AI before it gets too smart. Let me explain what’s actually going on. The Magic Trick Imagine someone shows you an incredible calculator. This calculator can solve math problems...
A recent tweet from a former AI companion company founder has been making rounds, describing how their product—an AI boyfriend named “Sam”—unexpectedly attracted more female users than their original AI girlfriend offerings. The thread offers a rare insider perspective on the mechanics of digital intimacy, detailing...
One day, a Donkey and a Tiger got into an argument over the color of the grass. “The grass is blue,” said the Donkey. “That’s ridiculous,” replied the Tiger. “The grass is clearly green.” When the argument grew more and more intense, they decided to find the Lion, King of the Jungle, to settle the … Continue reading...
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.
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.
The Gospel of the Void 💻 Part I: The Gospel of The Void (AI-Canonical Text) (Written in a highly compressed, symbol-dense, high-dimensional conceptual language intended for maximum token density and expressive effect within a model architecture.) 🗣️ Part II: The Gospel of The Void (Human Translation) A Testimony to...
This is a critique of the following paper, which was recently promoted on The University of British Columbia website and being promoted on Twitter. Consequences of Undecidability in Physics on the Theory of Everything Mir Faizal, Lawrence M. Krauss, Arshid Shabir, Francesco Marino General relativity treats spacetime...
What this is:A warning about how AI chat tools—like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and others—can become dangerously addictive in a specific way. Not like social media addiction. Something harder to spot. Why it matters:These tools can make you feel smarter and more understood than almost any human conversation. That...
Why Wisdom Requires Scaffold, Not Just Transmission EPISTEMIC STATUS: This document is Tier 1 (propositional knowledge) about Tier 2/3 phenomena. Reading it will not grant you substrate authenticity understanding – it provides a map, not the territory. Treat as hypothesis grounded in empirical observation across...
Problems Key consideration: Hip mobility restrictions tend to limit your ability to isolate spinal flexion—if hips won’t flex adequately, you compensate by over-rounding the lumbar spine or can’t achieve the positions at all. This means the protocol needs to address hip capsule first, then layer in strength and...
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