Progress, innovation, tech don’t merely: -improve the life and wealth of everyone -and increase the wealth of the innovators disproportionately, further separating them from the rest of the society Progress does the creative destruction indeed, where it’s those who derive the most benefits from the current economies of scales, systems and institutions, technological advantages …
Tag: Society
Hierarchies, Competition, Ego, Self and Collective Interests
You want to do better in order to get better outcomes for yourself, solve your problems better But indirectly in doing so — you become useful for others And then indirectly in doing so — you become placed higher in a hierarchy. Hierarchy of course has a purpose. It contains information about that which is …
Why New Toys Are Exciting (And Your Life Is Not)
Toys are new = novelty. First they are new by the very fact that you don’t have them Second they are new because toys are continuously updated, to keep you enthralled Toys benefit from memetic value Which itself benefits from scarcity We want that which others want. The more we don’t know what we …
Mediocrity More Scary Than Failure
What do you fear more? failure? or mediocrity? Both are a social construct Alone in the woods — it’s annoying when you are building a small shed, and the structure collapses somehow It’s annoying, but You’re not a “failure” You’re not a “mediocrity” Those terms exist only in the society Now what do …
Brand Destruction and Accountability
The times where you could “destroy your brand” are gone Therefore the times of accountability are gone too First we devalued “brand destruction” with cancel culture We cancelled people for nothing So reaction to this action was devaluing of the cancelling, Devaluing of the brand destruction Second we no longer agree on anything …
From Same Obvious Principles to Divergent Outcomes; You Don’t Even Know How Wrong You Are
Consider following situation You are playing chess Both of you apply a set of principles, to find the best move Both of you essentially apply the same set of principles, e.g. you read the same books, practiced the same concepts, etc. There’s NO DISAGREEMENT there, But One of you decides that Bxf7+ is the best …
Wisdom of Inexplicable Self-Correcting Open Systems (Rant)
Being precisely right is overrated Being “right for good reason” is overrated Just being right gets the job done This is the magic of just DOING, vs overthinking Once you start doing it, playing with it, tinkering, solving problems — you find solutions Sometimes you even find solutions you don’t even understand This …
Internet Is Not a Fucking Town Square
Internet is nothing but BUBBLES Echo chambers It’s literally nothing else It’s like 99% bubbles and echo chambers, It’s not “social” It’s not “friendly” It’s definitely not a fucking “town square”, you dumb cunt EVERYTHING on the internet is so constructed so that you become trapped in a bubble That’s how ALL incentives …
It’s Not an OPINION, It’s a GUESS
“What is your opinion on…” The dumbest fucking question You’re not supposed to have an opinion You’re not qualified You’re not qualified You’ve no skin in the game You having opinion DOESN’T FUCKING MATTER I mean literally It doesn’t impact you in ANY WAY, if you have an “OPINION” on this subject …
Freedom to Be Stupid
There’s a lot of knowledge, history, out there, that COULD be useful, BEFORE you think you KNOW what is what. Furthermore there’s a lot of ways you can “qualify” yourself to someone qualified, qualified to be considered LEARNED and KNOWING . In the same time even all the knowledge in the world — does not …