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The Negativa Reflection Experiment I
What comes after mindfulness and wellness?
22 hrs ago
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Hands and minds
There is a problem holding back the robot revolution—hands.
Oct 27
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Take nothing for the journey
“When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases, and he sent them out to…
Oct 24
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The meaning of the basketball gambling scandal
The NBA season started this week, and immediately a gambling scandal erupted—Miami Heat point guard, Terry Rozier, was arrested for fixing games. How it…
Oct 23
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September 2025
One Battle After Another and "cultural conversation"
I saw the new Paul Thomas Anderson movie, One Battle After Another, and I liked it a lot—very entertaining.
Sep 29
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Work: gravity vs light
Simone Weil’s major work, The Need for Roots (really her only true, full book), covers just about the whole spectrum of modern political and social…
Sep 28
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Worse but better
One of the key themes of neoliberalism that I’ve noticed is how things get clearly much worse, but we are told that it’s actually better.
Sep 26
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America the festering
I watched one of my first Apple TV+ shows recently: Manhunt. It’s about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and the ensuing manhunt for his killer…
Sep 26
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August 2025
Why humanity is no longer compatible with the world
Another AI-centric post here.
Aug 14
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Eddington
Eddington, the new film from director Ari Aster, is hard to classify.
Aug 6
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July 2025
On Mysticism
Interest in mysticism/occultism has been growing in recent years. Some reasons are for clarity in economically uncertain times—nobody in power knows (or…
Jul 17
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Getting rich now
I’ve noticed a weird trend lately, where there’s this simultaneous democratizing and mystifying of getting rich—if you go online, you’ll see endless…
Jul 14
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