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www.qri.org
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| | | | | How to stay positive without going insane. | |
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suspendedreason.com
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| | | | | What is a word, or message, or utterance? It is a move by an agent (~superorganism) undertaken in order to transform the environmental state, in a desired direction, by means of altering another agent's information state. This transformation may occur directly, if the targeted slice of environment happens to be that agent whose informational state... | |
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fleeingvesuvius.org
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| | | | | [AI summary] The provided text is a detailed essay exploring the psychological roots of resource overconsumption, touching on topics such as human evolution, social status, novelty-seeking behavior, and cultural influences. The author connects these concepts to modern capitalist systems and critiques the idea that status and competition are inherent to human evolution, suggesting instead that cooperation and shared knowledge were more central to early human societies. The essay also includes reader comments that challenge the author's views, with some arguing that the author's analysis is influenced by capitalist ideologies and others providing alternative perspectives on human behavior and social structures. | |
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smoothbrains.net
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| | | [AI summary] This article introduces Steven Lehar's theories on phenomenology, focusing on bubble worlds and force fields as models for understanding subjective experiences and consciousness, with insights from various contributors and personal reflections. | ||