@RickRubin Angra is a great example of this - you can hear the Samba in the metal. Relatedly — you can also hear genre flavours seep into others. The first time I heard Rodrigo & Gabriella on acoustic guitar, I said “these must be metal guitarists”. Sure enough they were

NEW EPISODE: ON METAL “You would hear genres come out of different parts of the world, and you would hear that place in that genre. You could say this is all the spark, the beginning of a genre that lasts till this day.” -Daron Malakian, System of a Down

Modernity sacrifices the richness of organic complexity for the ‘certainty’ of mechanical predictability. If a more controllable world yields to predictable organisation by the clock and machine — it also has effects on spontaneity of the spirit.

Happy new year, friends! May all beings be free from suffering.

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The 5 assumptions of reductionist logic — @rorysutherland 1. What’s good in the short term is also good in the long term 2. Optimising the parts automatically optimises the whole 3. Dividing problems into component parts is the best way to solve them 4. Belief in tendency

"Socrates was not a secular saint." — @ArmandDAngour on why Socrates' back story matters to understanding his philosophy. Full Talk: https://t.co/pH2auMjbgK

In a sense, history is a series of unintended consequences arising from the mind's tendency to seek control and certainty in the world by devising new and complex ways of living. The human story so often involves means taking over ends — tools taking over their users. And the

Culture and the difference between Tacit Knowledge and Dark Matter https://t.co/vRdBahRuG1 via @YouTube

@GeniusGTX Using 'mental models' doesn't suddenly make you think more clearly — rather, finding clarity of mind is what enables the effective use of mental models.

Good morning

The story of humanity is so often one of means taking over ends, tools taking over their users. To unconsciously deify a thing, is to become enslaved by it.

@harshacoach That’s a sharp observation—and it points to a real cultural shift. When people spend a lot of time interacting with AI, they can start to internalize its interaction norms: instant replies, emotional neutrality, perfect recall, clear structure, non-judgmental tone, and endless

The trouble with being overly socialised with AI is that people are gradually conditioned into expecting AI-style responses from other humans.

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If you read real books, you're curious. If you read the newspapers, you're nosy.

I did a thing... I wrote a book! Well, I've been writing it for the past six years! All of my mistakes as a technology leader were written down only in my personal journal for several years. During the middle of the pandemic lock down in 2020, I felt a strong compulsion to

Under-appreciated is that there was likely a need for social media. It became a cheap way for the time-poor to fill the void of human relationship in urban anonymity — to *feel like* they were connecting with others. But for most, the cheap medicine is worse than the disease.

“We know that anything we can come up with will do these four things. It will amplify some part of us. It will make something obsolete. It will bring something back from the past in a new form. It will, when pushed, flip.” https://t.co/Ek91YP9XSL

Brilliant interview with some really great questions