Good Luck!
January 19, 2024
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Luck is the concept of an improbable event happening through random chance- the outcome is beyond the control of the person affected. If the improbable
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Suffering
September 29, 2023
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Was listening to a youtube video of one Orion Taraban where he discusses a prayer he used to pray every morning: ‘May all beings be free of suffering’. He
AI and Directives
September 21, 2023
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Interesting conversation about the developments in AI here: The Gray Area with Sean Illing: Should we press pause on AI? on Apple Podcasts Some of
YOLO: A Follow-Up Post on “Intentionality”
January 2, 2023
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I had mentioned the conversation about YOLO at the coffee shop we frequent: Civitas Coffee on Valley View and Rosecrans. In describing the idea as
YOLO, Making the Most of Life, and What That Means to Me
January 2, 2023
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The idea of “you only live once” (YOLO) came up at church. YOLO carries the challenge to live life to the fullest, to make the
Causes and Mitigating Effects in Complex Systems
April 21, 2022
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Based on a snippet of a conversation in a podcast I had been listening to this morning, I was thinking today about predictions based on
Viewpoint affects Outlook
January 10, 2022
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I’ve been thinking a lot about why people hold different positions on issues. Everyone has a view of something, some better than others, but
Spinoza on Democracy and its Limitations
January 4, 2022
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The Story of Philosophy, by Will Durant, contains a section on Baruch Spinoza, including a bit on his Tractatus Politicus, wherein he speaks about democracy.
What is Justice?
December 14, 2021
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The Question and Its ImportanceI was reading through Will Durant’s book The Story of Philosophy. The book is divided into sections on what the author
Becoming Adults
December 5, 2021
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I’m reading A Hunter Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st century, by Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying. I regularly listen to their podcasts and always appreciate