An experimental personal conceptual knowledgebase.
A blog-based commonplace book.
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12, 2019
The Form of the Good illuminates
In Plato's theory of Forms, the Form of the Good [...]
9
12, 2019
The second face of power
Power is not only exercised in its overt "first face" [...]
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10, 2019
Winning selfish competition is enabled by selfless cooperation at a lower level of organization
"Selfishness beats altruism within groups. Altruistic groups beat selfish groups. [...]
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09, 2019
Conspicuous consumption imposes society-wide negative externalities
The social status competition associated with severe income inequality generates [...]
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02, 2019
Not the “up above” but the “up ahead”
Tielhard de Chardin / evolutionary epic
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02, 2019
Observational Context Determines Syntax/Semantics
Syntax becomes semantics for an observing subject when a syntax processor [...]
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01, 2019
Floors, not walls
"Warning: in the age of accelerations, if a society doesn't [...]
7
10, 2018
Life, more abundantly: maximize potentiality
"The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to [...]
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05, 2018
Poverty has no causes
“Poverty has no causes. Wealth has causes.”—Peter Bauer (economist)Or, more [...]
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03, 2018
Consciousness is Causation
Consciousness, in the broad sense of awareness, is identical to [...]