The Rise of ``Worse is Better''
"Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did..." - Unknown
"Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little." — Unknown
On Dying Well: Ben Sasse and the Vocation of Suffering
Ben Sasse’s recent announcement reveals to us both goods and virtues that show in his dying a glimmer of light, a stirring of hope, and the possibility of spring even in one’s final winter.
Why efficiency is dangerous and slowing down makes life better | Psyche Ideas
The urge to do everything faster and better is risky. Far wiser to do what’s good enough for the range of possible futures
W.H. AUDEN reads "The More Loving One"
The Return of the Cutting-Off Way
Structural changes are driving us towards a more chaotic world, defined by "neither peace nor war, but conflict."
What It Felt Like to Almost Die
My near-death experience taught me not to fear those final moments
AI May Be Atrophying Our Brains, Professor Warns
AI may soon ruin our ability to make decisions for ourselves — an outcome that would be, one expert warns, "catastrophic."
"Refusal is not just some impotent act of nostalgia, and the extent to which we think so is a measure of our contempt for the prospect of taking democratic politics seriously." This, by @edwardongwesojr.com, is a wonderfully good and urgent piece of writing. thetechbubble.info/p/the-future-is-not-tech-forw…
The Future Is Not Tech-Forward
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