A Simple Game About The Fragility Of Democracy — “Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.…” - Winston S Churchill Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most…

On Naming Your Child — “Ludwig Wittgenstein once said that names are the only things that exist in the world. Maybe that’s true, but the problem is that as time passes by, names do not remain the same — even if they don’t change.” - Victor Pelevin Giving name to things is difficult. Especially when…

A Book Review Of “Your Third And Final Wish” by Ciaran Healy — Find the book here, for free. Prologue “one way or another, your life is about to change” Your Third And Final Wish (YTFW), p4 Every so often you come across an obscure book that no one is talking about. Rarer than that, the book is filled with ideas no one talks…

How I Got Caught In An Echo Chamber — You know they exists. You see others get trapped in them without realizing. You’ll argue with them and it’s infuriating because they live on a different planet. I’m speaking of the social media amplified phenomena of echo chambers — of worldview bubbles. An echo chamber is an environment where the…

“By far, the greatest danger of Artificial Intelligence is that people conclude too early that they understand it.” — Eliezer Yudkowsky The last 12 months have been an AI bonanza: ChatGPT beat the record of the fastest growing service in history with 100 million users in just two months. According…

Why Embracing Hope is Our Best Option in the Face of Collapse — “Where there is hope… there is life.” - Anne Frank It’s been a few months since I wrote the last post in the collapse series. If you’re familiar with the topic, you know that the outlook is not good. I won’t cover the details. Suffice to say that our modern…

Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence. Shortly after, the human era will be ended. - Vernor Vinge (1993) Travel back in time and pick up a random person, and bring him or her back to the present day. How far back in time…

May the best words win — Your mind is a fantastic realm of great ideas, reflections, observations, emotions, and thoughts. Thoughts that yearn to be released into the wild. The only problem is, all the gold you have to offer the world is locked inside your skull. What treasuries we lose if you never open up! …

A future archeologist digs up the scattered remains of a once great 21st century city. She wonders what could topple such a great race while her brush reveals a rusted metal can. The camera zooms in on her face and the picture splits. In one she looks human, perhaps a…