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by squircle 2y ago
Note: this was a lecture from 1969. I believe the text is on genius.com because the audio recordings of this lecture have been used in various chillstep mixes. Here's a much more accessible version: https://www.organism.eart
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The Nature of Consciousness(genius.com)
20 points by squircle 2y ago|6 comments
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by squircle 2y ago
Thank you for your thoughtful reply @Darmani. Best of luck with your current and future endeavors!
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by squircle 2y ago
Fear sells indeed. We also have many more data points than were previously available. The problem, realistically, is discerning the signal in the noise and making out the meaning.
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by squircle 2y ago
Indeed. But, does it present a problem (or a solution/opportunity?) You know who might be good at answering these questions? Programmers who are sick of sitting on their butts.
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by squircle 2y ago
This is the sort of thing that absolutely fascinates me. Were we much different then? (Has our technology eclipsed our humanity?) From another point of view... well, one question begets another.
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by squircle 2y ago
The left and the right agree on an awful lot, particularly how to swing the pendulum to and fro. I think this is amplified by the internet and media, where we see echo chambers amplifying ideas (to the benefit of individual egos and the ins
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by squircle 2y ago
Hi @Darmami, what have you been working on in the meanwhile? Given the current state of programming and compsci research, what interests you these days? (What do you see as most important 5 to 10 years down the road?) As a layperson I don&#
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The Possibility of Impossible Cultures(nature.com)
2 points by squircle 2y ago|1 comments
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by squircle 2y ago
The question of questions. Mu.
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by squircle 2y ago
Nice. Thanks @gnabgib
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Introduction to Program Synthesis(people.csail.mit.edu)
80 points by squircle 2y ago|33 comments
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Where Do We Go from Here? (1967)(kinginstitute.stanford.edu)
2 points by squircle 2y ago|0 comments
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Celebration of the Commons(resilience.org)
1 points by squircle 2y ago|0 comments
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What Is the Opposite of Force?(wordhippo.com)
1 points by squircle 2y ago|0 comments
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Eidetic Memory(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by squircle 2y ago|0 comments
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by squircle 2y ago
You know what? It ain't about karma. Not in any quantifiable sense (at least this is what I've gathered in my brief stint here on earth.) Quality, not quantity.
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by squircle 2y ago
Thank you, @solardev.
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by squircle 2y ago
And, how to enforce such a thing?
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Ask HN: Software license "free for human consumption; not for AI"?
3 points by squircle 2y ago|3 comments
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by squircle 2y ago
However, you may want to pour yourself a stiff drink.
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What Was the Renaissance?(thoughtco.com)
2 points by squircle 2y ago|0 comments
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by squircle 2y ago
If you can't put together an airplane, you shouldn't be in charge of an airline.
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by squircle 2y ago
Imagine... but, to what end?
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Learn the Differences Between Profit and Prophet(thoughtco.com)
1 points by squircle 2y ago|0 comments
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by squircle 2y ago
Friends and family IRL. Ironically, we're all separated by a few degrees.
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Secret Mental Weapon: 'Don't Let the Perfect Be the Enemy of the Good'(entrepreneur.com)
1 points by squircle 2y ago|0 comments
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George Carlin and the Truth About "Punching Down"(americandreaming.substack.com)
3 points by squircle 2y ago|1 comments
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The Diamond Sutra, the oldest dated printed book (2016)(smithsonianmag.com)
169 points by squircle 2y ago|94 comments
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Pointing Out the Great Way: Stages of Meditation in the Mahamudra Tradition(archive.org)
1 points by squircle 2y ago|0 comments

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