👁️ autosurveillant 👁️ @pee_zombie@schelling.pt
think carefully on what sort of freedom you want, and why you want it; what use is a freedom you will never exercise?
there is no free lunch; every freedom is balanced by an equivalent constraint. this generates tension, which drives action
gender is an adaptation to a resource-constrained environment to allow for greater efficiencies thru specialization and division of labor
gender norms are game-theoretic equilibria to discourage defection and build trust, hence allowing for sustainable long-term cooperation
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RT @0x49fa98
Males only become men with great difficulty, because masculinity is something over and above our natural state. It's built, and it's built through pa…
https://twitter.com/0x49fa98/status/1444000156899282959
the universe is vast, chaotic, unstructured; it presents nigh-unlimited optionality, which is the scourge of meaning
the solution to seemingly-inevitable nihilism is to build significance for yourself from freedom/constraint pairs
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RT @pee_zombie
artificial constraints resolve the paradox of choice and empower one to build towering crystalline structures https://twitter.com/95thoughts/status/1420248498759340032
https://twitter.com/pee_zombie/status/1420378328419143681
think carefully on what sort of freedom you want, and why you want it; what use is a freedom you will never exercise?
there is no free lunch; every freedom is balanced by an equivalent constraint. this generates tension, which drives action
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RT @pee_zombie
artificial constraints resolve the paradox of choice and empower one to build towering crystalline structures https://twitter.com/95thoughts/status/1420248498759340032
https://twitter.com/pee_zombie/status/1420378328419143681
this is not grim, for an illusion of hope is all we can achieve; possibilities cannot be reified; at least, not in the present. when we talk of hope, we talk of virtualities, of the asymptotes we want to strive for
through this striving transcendence of circumstances is achieved
predominantly, this choice of freedoms seems to be a zero-sum game; everyone dies in the end, no matter how you live
but by looking to the future and envisioning it to be better than the present, we can create the illusion of hope, helping us adapt
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RT @pee_zombie
that is, of course, unless we are able to solve the ultimate problem of maximal entropic equilibrium, aka heat death, the terminal state for all sub-cosmic systems. this …
https://twitter.com/pee_zombie/status/1393632412236750855
we live in a society; as such, you can never truly achieve freedom from others
the universe is finite; as such, you can never truly achieve post-scarcity
every choice involves a balancing act
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RT @pee_zombie
as the total amount of energy in the universe seems to be finite, & entropy is conserved, this is necessarily only a postponing of the halting state; at some point there will not be enough free energy left to combat the ceasel…
https://twitter.com/pee_zombie/status/1393631101529243649
people differ in how they use the word "freedom"; some mean "freedom from nature", achieved by binding oneself w/ the covenants of civilization
others mean "freedom from others", binding you to the yoke of entropy instead
neither choice is superior
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RT @0x49fa98
Masculine freedom isn't freedom from constraints, it's MORE constraints. It's the covenant between you and nature or nature's god to abide by his laws. But most can't make t…
https://twitter.com/0x49fa98/status/1444000094982967315
all choices are trade-offs between sets of problems you'd rather have; there is no optimization free lunch.
when we talk of freedom, we mean the ability to choose the set of constraints you'd rather be bound by
unilaterally shitting on crypto has the same ngmi boomer vibes as shitting on the internet in the 90s
have fun being wrong, we'll still win in the end
this is especially true when it comes to instincts about people; our subconscious is much more experienced than our explicit reasoning faculty, having been trained over a lifetime. if you get a bad feeling about someone, it's probably right.
Chesterton's gut says that you shouldn't try to consciously override an intuition unless you can explain where it came from and why it's wrong; much ills come from ignoring our gut instincts bc they disagree with our stated beliefs.
if you regularly drink soda you're ngmi
if you fail to supply your own narrative to justify your efforts to yourself, your subconscious will artificially generate adversity for you to overcome in the form of procrastination. this is why only those without a well-defined life purpose struggle with it.
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RT @chaosprime
consider the appeal of accomplishing tasks through heroic bursts of effort versus accomplishing tasks through dull consistency
consider the capacity of procra…
https://twitter.com/chaosprime/status/1444010260679778304
similarly, pets are an attractive but ultimately toxic replacement for the real deal
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RT @forshaper
One cannot be against porn as superstimuli and be for pets (as indoor pets are in North American homes) without being inconsistent.
https://twitter.com/forshaper/status/1379129263677304833
causality is backwards; we'd have fewer pets if fertility was higher
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RT @robinhanson
Would fertility be higher if we didn't have pets? https://twitter.com/AlexNowrasteh/status/1443653530842288128
https://twitter.com/robinhanson/status/1443667681908076551
never let a dearth of understanding on a topic stop you from making dramatic pronouncements regarding it; if it's good enough for the chattering class, it's good enough for you
still a better tweet embed experience than most websites
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RT @pbprot
You guys will never believe where someone posted this
https://twitter.com/pbprot/status/1442649005457133569
