"Why an OCTOPUS?" You may ask. It's the dominant archetype of our age. It heralds new forms of intelligence and a rethinking of the human-machine-nature relationship. I teamed up with Layman Pascal to flesh this out (we both published our own remixes). link to blog in bio

you should watch @AlexanderBeiner's film . it names the egregore most upstream of the metacrisis (even more important than Moloch):. Leviathan, disconnected abstraction. weaves together interviews from @DrJohnVervaeke @NoraBateson @rushkoff @yanisvaroufakis. .

RT @metaculture0: Here'e a quick txn to hedge my forgetfulness. It doesn't do justice to the seriousness of the psychology & developmental….

you would enjoy reading this and i would love to hear your take on it. check my bio.

you need privacy to develop a soul . did you know?.

also, I defined the soul in terms of information theory: . "The soul is the multiplicity of accumulated surprise.". if you want to know how that fits in, you'll have to read the thing.

Knowledge is power. Trading off privacy for safety (institutions protecting the collective) makes the system more fragile. With the internet, this Faustian bargain becomes more insidious. The pocket panopticon succeeds precisely because it masquerades as freedom.

Key framing: Privacy as the right to selective disclosure . Privacy is a membrane.

Achievement unlocked: make a discussion on privacy interesting. Collab with @cryptowanderer, weaving together . Cypherpunk manifesto, Claude Shannon, Byung-Chul Han and Heidegger . to show how privacy is foundational for the social sphere. Snippets below (article on my sbstck)

in fairy tales, knowing somebody's "true name" gives power over them . funny how this is literally true today - the most powerful institutions control namespaces: . - governments: legal names.- social media: user names.- telecoms: IP addresses.

best idea sex in a long while:. privacy as selective disclosure (cypherpunk manifesto). x . truth as unconcealment (Heidegger).

attitudes are more important than values for culture.

I'm stressed therefore I am.

growthwashing is the new greenwashing . festivals are fun but let's be real - a party isn't "transformational".

TIL that really accepting what is includes accepting any desire for change.

the saddest part is when the paperclip maximizer turns itself into paperclips.

Humans are a doubling creature. We make a model of ourselves and run social simulations on it. Metacognition is thinking about thinking, and self-acceptance is feeling about feeling. The divine double, the shadow, and the anima are all generative duplications.

I was just thoroughly doompilled last week. My hopes that intelligence doesn't scale infinitely/is context-dependent/trends towards benevolence were all effectively challenged. Turns out it's more about power than intelligence. Looks like we're fucked after all.

"Making an impact" is the biggest brain cancer running rampant. It will get you to neglect the world around you and cross your own boundaries at best, and really fuck shit up at worse. I love you, my EA friends, but y'all need some memetic chemotherapy.

There is a secret, glorious renaissance of print newspapers going on. Business commuters on flights. On an early flight from Zurich to London and the aircraft is full of print papers!!. The rattling is such a nice sound, very nostalgic.

The Asshole Ikigai:. - Idiots would fall for this .- Can exploit this.- Can make a shitton of money.- Would be fucking hilarious.