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Explanations as Ego Defense

Posted onJanuary 21, 2019January 21, 2019Leave a comment

Most explanations are actually ego defenses. Self-aggrandizing soliloquies allowing the speaker to feel important, knowledgeable, and in control. Read More …

CategoriesPsychologyTagsego, philosophy, self

Virtue & Virtue Signaling

Posted onSeptember 13, 2018January 6, 2019Leave a comment

I’m musing on meaning today, after going over my social media feeds. The meaning of virtue, and the virtue signaling I see these days. The fact that everyone’s Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter is filled with evidence to construct a gingerbread, Read More …

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Different Probability Distributions In School and Life

Posted onApril 24, 2018January 21, 2019Leave a comment

School is rather poor preparation for life. This is true with the skills you learn in school, but even more true with regards to the mindset you use.   School Let’s imagine you’re in school and taking an exam with Read More …

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The 3 Industries of the Future

Posted onApril 9, 2018January 6, 2019Leave a comment

In the future, there will only be 3 industries. Actually, there won’t be 3, there will be a single, interconnected ecosystem of companies so closely joined that they will be indistinguishable. But for old-school thought purposes, which most of us Read More …

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Domain Knowledge vs. Intelligence

Posted onApril 8, 2018January 6, 2019Leave a comment

“I feel like I’m not intelligent. I don’t know about X.” This is a nonsensical statement, but one that haunts many people. They conflate intelligence with domain knowledge, and feel stupid/dumb/not-very-smart. And they let that feeling influence their future actions, Read More …

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On Vision and Delusion

Posted onApril 6, 2018January 6, 2019Leave a comment

Not many people can see the world as it might be, rather than as it is. It takes a creative and irreverent mind for that. But not all visions are equal; it’s hard to know if you’re the next genius Read More …

CategoriesVision

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