Meaningness
Essays on meaning, technical work, ethics, self and society, AI, Vajrayana Buddhism, and vampires. For paying subscribers, fun stories, rants, and previews of serious writing.
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Meaningness
Better ways of thinking, feeling, and acting—around problems of meaning and meaninglessness; self and society; ethics, purpose, and value.
Meta-rationality
Leveling up technical work with context and purpose
Better without AI
How to avert a moderate apocalypse... and create a future we would like
Vividness
On the way to a contemporary Vajrayana Buddhism.
Buddhism for Vampires
We can become cheerful, kind, useful monsters who are also overpowering, unpredictable, and dangerous heroes
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