Pessimistic meta-induction from the history of ideas
The Tao that can be told is not the eternal [...]
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11, 2016
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11, 2016
Design via Variation With Selection
Design = fitness for purpose.Evolution via natural selection is the [...]
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09, 2016
Capitalism + Patrimony –> Plutocracy
R > G: The Return to capital exceeds the economic [...]
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08, 2016
Psychological Flow state characteristics
“There are clear goals every step of the way.” “There is [...]
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06, 2016
What? Why? How? Answering Essential Questions in Your Organization
Organizational documentation takes many forms: mission statements, vision statements, strategic [...]
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06, 2016
Who’s in a Name? Aspirational Appellations for Self-Improvement
We label other people frequently.“Michelle is a huge gossip.”“Mike is [...]
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06, 2016
The double movement of Critical Thinking
Inductive inference + Deductive proof:"There is thus a double movement [...]
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06, 2016
Schopenhauer on the psychology of Stoicism / The First Noble Truth of Buddhism
"But if we have recognized that pain as such is [...]
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06, 2016
The Principle of Sufficient Reason
Causality is a metaphysical assumption.Leucippus: Naught happens for nothing, but [...]
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06, 2016
strong opinions, weakly held
A pithy formulation of establishing clear, falsifiable hypotheses to allow [...]