Tag: philosophy
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Adventures in Computation: Stephen Wolfram’s Vision of the Future
I have always been interested in computation and information, which attracted me to this book. I found Adventures of a Computational Explorer, interesting, though Wolfram’s style and egotism wore thin after a while. Towards the end I found myself skimming more than reading. Though the various software programs he developed seem effective enough, I am…
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Richard Feynman: Revolutionizing 20th Century Physics
In reading or listening to anything on 20th century physics, Richard Feynman and his physics play a prominent role. With this in mind, I listened to Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman. When we think of scientific genius in the 20th century, Richard Feynman stands out not just for his intellect but for…
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The Comfort Crisis
To generate the following analysis of The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter, I read the book on Kindle and highlighted passages and took notes. I read the notes and highlights a short time later. Then I fed these to ChatGPT with a prompt that asked for an analysis that emphasized my highlights and notes. The…
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Stoicism
1/26/2022:Yesterday traveling I listened to a Hidden Brain podcast – Minimizing Pain, Maximizing Joy. The subject was Stoicism. The message was that Stoicism boils down to Do What You Can, With What You Have, Where You Are. Very much a Taoist theme as well.