David Chapman
Meaningness
“Philosophical beliefs” aren’t beliefs in any normal sense, nor in any useful sense, afaics. This is question #1 in the survey; what could any answer possibly mean?Philosophy is Actually Bad,
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on recovering meaning in postmodernity, with implications for social structures and policy.I think this is *the* most important question, period. Postmodernity is the biggest risk we face globally:https://twitter.com/palladiummag/status/131
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I like and agree with both these people. The prerational/rational/meta-rational framing may help understand their apparent disagreement...https://twitter.com/kareem_carr/status/1312766149487194112?s=20 Heying argues for the value of rationa
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I’m worried what it MEANS is that there is no apparent future for teenagers. For decades, music gave kids their first sense that something NEW was HAPPENING that they could
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A meandering on how to do science, creativity and execution, political censure, research universities, Silicon Valley, and stuff, prompted by @paulg's latest post: http://paulgraham.com/conformism.html  .@paulg's 2004 essay &q
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