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Scott Alexander on Postmodernism
Slate Star Codex discusses postmodernism. I think Scott actually does a good job explaining some of these concepts. The metaphor at the end is a bit iffy, but overall a nice example of the Principle of Charity. At the end of the day, the best way to learn postmoderism is to read the postmodernists: Foucault, […]
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Michael Pollan Debunks Food Myths
Michael Pollan Debunks Food Myths
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Interview with McKenzie Wark of *A Hacker Manifesto*
Courting Vectoralists: An Interview with McKenzie Wark on the 10 Year Anniversary of “A Hacker Manifesto” – Los Angeles Review of Books
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The Merge by Sam Altman
The Merge by Sam Altman The incorrect assumption here is that humans and technology were ever separate to begin with. Tech is an extension of human cognition and intelligence, not some external reality that is independent of humans. The only thing changing is the mode in which we interface with the tech.
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David Mamet
David Mamet: Why I Am No Longer a ‘Brain-Dead Liberal’
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There Never Was a Real Tulip Fever
There Never Was a Real Tulip Fever
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Just own the damn robots.
Just own the damn robots.
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Haskell vs Clojure
Experience report on Haskell vs Clojure
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Salmon salad
Salmon salad by Angeles Rios
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Mark Tarver on the Google memo
On the Google memo, Mark Tarver is sober and logical as usual