P(doom)
Are any adults left in charge?
Society
Resisting Change
Sometimes there does not need to be a reason.
History Is Running Backwards
Reactionizm is the norm in history. “Today, however, billions of people have lost that faith in progress as a source of meaning and are flocking to its opposite. In the 21st century, traditionalism has emerged as a catalytic school of… Read More »History Is Running Backwards
Casus Belli Engineering
Witnessed this and probably also done this by myself. “When failures generate tension, demand explanation, and threaten careers, the organization selects a scapegoat rather than confront the actual causes, which might implicate recent decisions, current leadership, or systemic dysfunction. It… Read More »Casus Belli Engineering
The “Passive Income” trap ate a generation of entrepreneurs
Business should not just be about making money. “Jade Roller Guy has become my go-to example of something that went drastically, terribly wrong with how a whole generation of would-be entrepreneurs thought about work and money. A specific ideology –… Read More »The “Passive Income” trap ate a generation of entrepreneurs
Interview CEOs Like Politicians
I love podcasts but nowadays every interview with a CEO (or anybody in power) outside of politics is often so softball. Not only in podcasts with one host but also in interviews with serious media. It is just marketing via… Read More »Interview CEOs Like Politicians
Stealing 10k from a locked phone
Why isn’t it more widely exploited?
Miscellanea: A Very Short Glossary of Military Terminology
Some basic terms you should know about war. “Area of Operations (AO), is a geographic command subdivision of an overall conflict or theater; each AO generally has its own subordinate commander, its own supply lines (see Communications, Lines Of), its… Read More »Miscellanea: A Very Short Glossary of Military Terminology
The Future of Everything is Lies, I Guess: Safety
LLMs do not have conscience. “First, ML models are a giant pile of linear algebra. Unlike human brains, which are biologically predisposed to acquire prosocial behavior, there is nothing intrinsic in the mathematics or hardware that ensures models are nice.”… Read More »The Future of Everything is Lies, I Guess: Safety
The World Isn’t Ending. It’s Stopping Working.
We aren’t the first or the last civilization. “Civilisations are material systems organised around energy. Their scale, complexity, and population reflect how much energy is available and how it is structured. When the energy available can no longer sustain that… Read More »The World Isn’t Ending. It’s Stopping Working.