robertus
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the internet died in 2023
dead internet theory is REAL (and here’s why)
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March 30, 2025 at 9:44 PM
the internet died in 2023
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“One Weird Trick discovered by a quadrantologist summarizes all of Chinese philosophy. Chinese people hate him”
March 19, 2025 at 11:53 PM
“One Weird Trick discovered by a quadrantologist summarizes all of Chinese philosophy. Chinese people hate him”
scrolling the feed here is just like twitter except you don’t feel like you’re losing your mind
March 12, 2025 at 10:10 PM
scrolling the feed here is just like twitter except you don’t feel like you’re losing your mind
I feel that we live in a society where authority is idealized way too much ---
March 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I feel that we live in a society where authority is idealized way too much ---
sometimes digital restrains disguise themselves as tools
March 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
sometimes digital restrains disguise themselves as tools
If you are interested in analyzing global trends through a spiritual framework and esoteric symbolism, Kali Yuga serves as both a diagnostic and prescriptive guide for navigating them.
Kali Yuga in ~ 100 seconds
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March 9, 2025 at 9:10 PM
If you are interested in analyzing global trends through a spiritual framework and esoteric symbolism, Kali Yuga serves as both a diagnostic and prescriptive guide for navigating them.
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This might be the most fun I’ve had writing an essay in a while. Felt some of that old going-nuts-with-an-idea energy flowing.
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Discworld Rules
And LOTR is brain-rot for technologists
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March 8, 2025 at 2:53 AM
This might be the most fun I’ve had writing an essay in a while. Felt some of that old going-nuts-with-an-idea energy flowing.
open.substack.com/pub/contrapt...
open.substack.com/pub/contrapt...
Curation is crucial in a society where knowledge is abundant. A form of artistic expression. Curating is all about spotting the hidden gems and putting your skills and enthusiasm to work highlighting the objects that matter to you.
March 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Curation is crucial in a society where knowledge is abundant. A form of artistic expression. Curating is all about spotting the hidden gems and putting your skills and enthusiasm to work highlighting the objects that matter to you.
In any giving system, you have rules.
If you decide that you can break some rules, you can break any rule.
If you only break one rule within a system, that means that you have another system.
If something is inconsistent, it is meaningless.
If you decide that you can break some rules, you can break any rule.
If you only break one rule within a system, that means that you have another system.
If something is inconsistent, it is meaningless.
March 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
In any giving system, you have rules.
If you decide that you can break some rules, you can break any rule.
If you only break one rule within a system, that means that you have another system.
If something is inconsistent, it is meaningless.
If you decide that you can break some rules, you can break any rule.
If you only break one rule within a system, that means that you have another system.
If something is inconsistent, it is meaningless.
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Baumol has a classic 1990 paper, Entrepreneurship: Productive, Unproductive, and Destructive (attached) on how entrepreneurs are a context-specific manifestation of a more general archetype that can b...
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March 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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You can choose to have a view where the world is dreadful and unpleasant. Or you can have a view where you say:
The world is both nasty and amazing and I just want to live my part where I can contribute. I can just make something out of it and just do the best that I can whether it happens or not.
The world is both nasty and amazing and I just want to live my part where I can contribute. I can just make something out of it and just do the best that I can whether it happens or not.
March 3, 2025 at 8:50 PM
You can choose to have a view where the world is dreadful and unpleasant. Or you can have a view where you say:
The world is both nasty and amazing and I just want to live my part where I can contribute. I can just make something out of it and just do the best that I can whether it happens or not.
The world is both nasty and amazing and I just want to live my part where I can contribute. I can just make something out of it and just do the best that I can whether it happens or not.
learning a new language is like a high-voltage shock to the system
March 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
learning a new language is like a high-voltage shock to the system
Antinatalism is the philosophical position that assigns a negative value to birth, and has roots stretching back millennia.
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Antinatalism in ~ 100 seconds
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March 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Antinatalism is the philosophical position that assigns a negative value to birth, and has roots stretching back millennia.
new video 👇
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living my best digital serf life!
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Techno-Feudalism in ~ 100 seconds
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February 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
living my best digital serf life!
[a quick video]
[a quick video]