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I have had a few days like that in the last few months, things seem to be improving
Looked in the cabinet, saw no bowls. Poured coffee creamer in S'Mores cereal bag because also had no milk. But had enough cigs, weed and liquor... Need to take my dog out... don't want to but I guess outside isn't horrible. I just hate humans, especially my neighbors.
Fear of Failure and Quitting Drawabox Immediately
Charles Bukowski: “The Laughing Heart”
MarcusAurelius has entered the chat
Talk to me about 90's kid leisure time existential crises — I've linked above what I had meant to include here but it's too long for a single post. Let me know what you think and where you've found something to enjoy simply for yourself without the expectation of gain or enrichment. How do you have fun as an adult amidst a stream of real life concerns? Help me regain my lost sense of interest in people on the internet and let's shout into the void together.
In my hands is a signed copy of Halo 3. Looking up, Bill Gates is smiling at me. Everybody at Best Buy is smiling. I take off my Apple Vision. I am back in the retirement home. Nobody has visited me for 12 years. I put it back on. I hold Halo 3. Everybody in Best Buy is smiling
Nimble nationality will define state capacity — [https link]
“The Algorithm” Does Not Exist — "The truth is more unsettling: We are living with technology moving at an inhuman speed, operating at scales simultaneously smaller than we can detect and larger than anyone can comprehend." "The fact that we see agency—often cruel but at least human—in the algorithm reveals our fundamental need for interpersonal connection. It lets us imagine someone like Zuck in control, instead of adrift in “the apparatus” like the rest of us. We wish Big Brother were...