👁️ autosurveillant 👁️ @pee_zombie@schelling.pt
the most dangerous frames are the unfalsifiable ones, those w/ a built-in excuse-making mechanism, which can be deployed to disarm any potential frame violation; an unfalsifiable frame is based on an article of faith, an axiom
this axiom tends to be a self-fulfilling prophecy
load-bearing beliefs tend to be rather sticky, being metastable cognitive attractors; the problem arises when they no longer have the same utility they once did, becoming parasitic psychic constructs, preventing us from seeing the new reality clearly
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RT @pee_zombie
the concept of "load-bearing beliefs" leverages our physical intuition, applying our spatial reasoning capabilities to abstract cognitive questions. the analogy works; w…
https://twitter.com/pee_zombie/status/1327110847475408896
an extraordinarily clear and insightful exploration of Buddhism's core insights into the nature of the self and its relationship to suffering
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RT @Malcolm_Ocean
@visakanv @RomeoStevens76! He has a brilliant piece "misTranslating the Buddha" which was just on a mailing list but I made it into a gdoc here for ease of printing & sharing.
It's subtle, perceptive dharma.
(Romeo lmk if you publish this elsewhere)
https://docs.google.c…
https://twitter.com/Malcolm_Ocean/status/1413634535841943552
from a narrative metaphysics standpoint this makes perfect sense (ignoring the actual factual truth)
the choices really are "invest in your progeny as the continuation of yourself" or "invest in continuing your mortal existence for as long as possible"
ofc I'm gunna do both tho
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RT @StatesWarring
The immortality project is not progressing as hoped.
https://twitter.com/StatesWarring/status/1413168511694774276
fuck ecofascist degrowthers, all my homies hate ecofascist degrowthers
agents of the antispiral have no place in the future they deny is possible
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RT @pee_zombie
homeostasis is the pursuit of biological ergodicity by living beings, an attempt to perpetually stave off the cessation of optionality, the halting state; in this way, organisms effectively constitute a macro-scale Maxwell's demon, moving entropy against its natural gradie…
https://twitter.com/pee_zombie/status/1393631100497432577
imagine thinking "overcaffeinated galaxy-braining" is an insult
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RT @joshgiersch
This whole Balaji thread is his usual overcaffeinated galaxy-braining, but this post is my fave. “Perth and Vladivostok as remote work capitals of the future” is champagne comedy
https://twitter.com/joshgiersch/status/1412783819657076741
a marriage is a signifier that you and your partner(s) are committing to long-term stability, to participating in the great project of maintaining and propagating civilization through the construction of a family unit, which are the foundation of all long-term planning
the end result basically tends to be this
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RT @__ghostline
@levelsio
https://twitter.com/__ghostline/status/1411663522635911168
another memetic occultist for the @chaosprime cult
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RT @SHOOTCIVILIANS
https://twitter.com/SHOOTCIVILIANS/status/1412041535764508672
reverse integer overflow meme quality
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RT @MintaReturns
untitled
https://twitter.com/MintaReturns/status/1411207184868732930
me and my mutuals
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RT @jackson_ppp
🙋♂️🤝🕷
https://twitter.com/jackson_ppp/status/1411485202631708677
plausible deniability electroshock trap
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RT @egregirls
pee zombie dating, 2021, colorized
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RT @weebertarian
@pee_zombie
https://twitter.com/weebertarian/status/1409897596097687554
this is precisely my attitude towards software bugs, and why I make a point of being HAPPY and excited to find them; they were already there, but now that you've become aware, they can be fixed! I find this a powerful mindset shift to teach to neophyte engineers
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RT @Malcolm_Ocean
My favorite example is the "Litany of Gendlin", which was reified by folks on LessWrong some years ago. It totally reads like a litany when displayed li…
https://twitter.com/Malcolm_Ocean/status/1104072724744454144
