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“It’s our memories and expectations that make us unhappy… and the present rarely does.” — Joscha Bach He curates an interesting mind. Though I do not entirely agree (or agree with his perspectives on mind and intelligence), there’s...

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For many years I have been trying to understand the implications of some extremely nonordinary experiences that defied the sum of all I have read and everything it is ordinarily possible to imagine. The process has resembled a terrible quest, with moments of victory...

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A terrible star still shines the learning light. And what is the opposite of a shadow?

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In a culture where any actual intelligence would have to masquerade to survive, we must expect such intelligences to be both exceptionally circumspect in their relationships with culture and capable of forging and detecting signals from other trustworthy...

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Today’s Local Headline: “Variant Worse Than Thought” My Brain: < tries to run away from itself >