System 1 Versus System 2
In the 1970’s, social scientists made two assumptions about people. One, people are mostly rational. Two, when they behaved irrationally, it was because emotions such as anger or fear intervened.
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The Mind’s Conquest: Arthur Koestler’s Vision and the Biochemical Frontier
Arthur Koestler’s “The Ghost in the Machine” presents a compelling vision of mental stabilizers developed thr
Maps of Meaning 9 Notes
My Notes For Maps Of Meaning (2017) – Jordan Peterson Kali* Patterns of Symbolic Representation In this [lecture](https://www.youtube.
The New New Thing Summary (8/10)
The New New thing is a brilliantly written story by Michael Lewis that describes the life
The Hero With A Thousand Faces: Prologue
Summary The Heroes Journey* [The Hero with a Thousand Faces](https://www.amazon.
Will Machines Ever be Conscious?
In June 2022, Google engineer Blake Lemoine claimed that LaMDA, a Google AI and large language model, exhibited signs of consciousness.
Chapter 8: Alfred Adler and Individual Psychology (The Discovery of the Unconscious)
Alfred Adler and Carl Jung both had independent ideas and were not psychoanalytic deviants, as is commonly believed. They collaborated with Freud, but maintained their independence, and after their break, they…
Why ‘Truth vs Pragmatism’ Has Created Public Distrust in Science
There is a major crisis in the world. Many people have stopped taking scientists seriously. The nefarious combination of fake news, faux-experts, less critical thinking, echo chambers, and confirmation bias have…
The Hidden Architects of Global Power: A Reflection on The World for Sale
Commodity trading is the invisible engine of global commerce, operating silently beneath the surface of the everyday transactions that define our lives. In The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter…
Principles Summary (7/10)
Principles by Ray Dalio (founder of Bridgewater) is a great book. One of the gems in the book was his reference to how the economic machine works, an excellent thirty-minute video that everyone should watch.
Man and His Symbols Summary (7/10)
Man and his Symbols is Jung’s introduction to the unconscious. Initially, Freud saw the unconscious as the place that holds repressed memories or unwanted desires.
The Law of Accelerating Returns: Why the Future Isn’t What It Used to Be
In 2007, when Steve Jobs unveiled the first iPhone, few could have predicted its transformative impact. What began as a combination of phone, music player, and internet browser—dismissed by many as merely an…