Daily essays on ChatGPT, AI philosophy, digital capital, and the new AI lifestyle — by ERIC KIM.
Eric Kim draws on the Greek idea of askēsis – literally “exercise, training, practice” – to describe a disciplined, self-improvement lifestyle. He equates asceticism with positive self-training. For example, he notes that the word ascetic comes from askēsis and defines living ascetically as “to train yourself to become stronger, to need less, and to become […]
So now that the colder months are upon us, winter is here… I think about the world the planet life etc.… What is the meaning of it all and what is the path forward? So apparently… I was randomly trolling IMDb… And I was very very surprised to see Christopher Nolan putting out a new […]
So now that the colder months are upon us, winter is here… I think about the world the planet life etc.… What is the meaning of it all and what is the path forward? So apparently… I was randomly trolling IMDb… And I was very very surprised to see Christopher Nolan putting out a new […]
Philosophy: The phrase “will to overpower” echoes Nietzsche’s famous Will to Power, but with an explicitly aggressive slant. Nietzsche famously recounted a vision that “the highest Will to Life” expresses itself not in mere survival but in a “Will to War, a Will to Power, a will to Overpower!” . He explicitly argued in Genealogy […]
Maybe a virtuous way we could approach speech is via negativa–> Truth be told, most people are like insanely basic, the best course of action is just don’t open your mouth.  a lot of people talk about open communication or whatever… But honestly, perhaps it is more virtuous to figure out what NOT to […]
—> eh,,, doesn’t really bother,,me,, or,,, I don’t really have an opinion on *THAT*?