James Cogito

[James Cogito @CogitoJames]

@gmiller This brings up the question of just how much working in science directly benefits the world in comparison to working directly in tech.

[Geoffrey Miller @gmiller]

If you want to understand the world, work in science.

If you want to do good in the world, work in Effective Altruism. Or tech.

If you want to pretend to do good for the social approval of others, work in 'social justice'.

[James Cogito @CogitoJames]

@gmiller That is aside from the artist themself. I could see the flow state being really enjoyable.

[James Cogito @CogitoJames]

@gmiller Your daughter is definitely skilled. But am I the only one who thinks drawn art is overrated? I just never understood how people enjoyed it

[Robert Greene @RobertGreene]

Artists who hole themselves up in their fortress lose a sense of proportion, their work communicating only to their small circle. Such art remains cornered and powerless.

[PHILOSOPHY | φιλοσοφία @PhilosophyOnX]

“Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.” Søren Kierkegaard

[Robert Greene @RobertGreene]

In a strategic sense, the isolation of a fortress provides no protection, and actually creates more problems than it solves.

[Daily Stoic @dailystoic]

"Look at what you have, the things you value most, and think of how much you'd crave them if you didn't have them." Marcus Aurelius

[Daily Stoic @dailystoic]

“Many times an old man has no other evidence besides his age to prove he has lived a long time.” Seneca

[Naval @naval]

“A year of cold showers” — Patrice Dcfmyr https://t.co/S2nUBSZmlv

[Naval @naval]

“If you wanted to produce a pacified, cowering citizenry, this would be the method” https://t.co/3NVYkktDmP

[Philosophy Muse @philosophy_muse]

Man's ability to fabricate evidence is matched only by his ability to ignore it.

[Daily Stoic @dailystoic]

“Who then is invincible? The one who cannot be upset by anything outside their reasoned choice.” Epictetus

[PSYCHOLOGY ON X⚡️ @psychologyonx]

In the Age of Anxiety you need to be a psychologist to live a good life.

[Bryan Johnson @bryan_johnson]

Challenge accepted @DalaiLama
cc @KernelCo

[Bryan Johnson @bryan_johnson]

Why are we not equally if not more obsessed about improving ourselves as we are with AI?

[Philosophy Muse @philosophy_muse]

The truth is a trap: you can not get it without it getting you. Kierkegaard

[PHILOSOPHY | φιλοσοφία @PhilosophyOnX]

“The happier time, the quicker it passes” Pliny the Younger