AI tech bros crashing out about the basics reminds me of something I say each year to prospective Catholics when we get around to moral theology, and that is: The Catholic Church has thought about this stuff so deeply that she knows why you disagree with her better than you do.
Remember that Pope Leo XIII supported Cantor in his radical creation of a calculus of infinite objects opposed by other Protestant German mathematicians. And Cantor and Pope won. Never underestimate the Pope, saying this as a Lutheran.
“Think not of the books you’ve bought as a “to be read” pile. Instead, think of your bookcase as a wine cellar. You collect books to be read at the right time, the right place, and the right mood.”
— Luc van Donkersgoed
I find something strangely profound about how polar bears always have this look of boyish innocence to them no matter what the context is. Even covered in the blood of his prey, the bear looks like a silly little guy. Much to learn.
Hyper self-awareness will kill you, à la David Foster Wallace, Ludwig Boltzmann and Anthony Bourdain.
Add a pinch of faith and amor fati to your intelligence, and you will be king, à la Steve Jobs, Bob Dylan and Marcus Aurelius.
the fact that darkness is basically the default state of the universe and we only get daylight because there’s a giant ball of fire nearby is kinda insane