He Who Fights With Monsters
Friedrich Nietzsche’s haunting observation that “He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster.
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13 Mental Models From Statistics
1. Nash Equilibrium The Bar Scene from ‘A Beautiful Mind’* Each person in a group makes the optimal decision for himself, based on what he thinks others will do. And nobody can improve their choice by changing it.
The Female Brain Summary (6/10)
The Female Brain Summary The Female Brain* by Louann Brizendine is about how female brains differ from male brains. Studies around the world showed that women are more likely to be depressed than men are by a ratio…
The Theater of Finite Games
There’s a peculiar anxiety that pervades modern life, one that James Carse identified with startling clarity in his 1986 work “Finite and Infinite Games.
The Story of Robert Crumb
“Crumb” was a documentary that was recommended by Jordan Peterson in many of his lectures. I made note of it and finally came around to watching it a couple of days ago.
Chapter 14: The Discovery of Ignorance (Sapiens)
For most of history, we knew nothing about 99.99 percent of the organisms in the planet – namely, microorganisms. Not because they didn’t matter to us. We all carry billions of single-celled creatures within us. They…
Modern Day Prophets: How Ray Kurzweil predicted the Future
For those who don’t know, Ray Kurzweil is an American author, computer scientist, inventor, and director of engineering at Google.
Chapter 7: The Humanist Revolution (Homo Deus)
While the modern deal does not include deriving meaning from a cosmic plan, it does allow you to derive meaning independently – and this is how humanism succeeds what came before it. For ages, prophets and…
A Look at Japan’s Relationship with Technology
Japan has had a long and enduring relationship with technology. From the earliest days of the country’s history to the present day, Japanese culture has embraced technology in ways that no other nation has.
A Summary of Jacques Lacan’s Seminar IV
Jacques Lacan’s Seminar IV, which was given in 1956-1957 and published in 1960 as “La relation d’objet” (“The Object Relationship”), is an in-depth examination of the concept of the object in psychoanalysis.
Power vs Meaning: The Trade-off of the 21st century?
The Trade-off of the 21st Century “But I don’t want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.
What Are 4 Good Reasons to Read Self-Help Books?
George Carlin once said (roughly): “People who read self-help books should be killed. Life is simple, you wake up, go to work, eat 3 meals, shit, and sleep. You don’t need a book for it.