Thamir

Sharpening The Pencil.

[Thamir @ThamirsView]

"Without complacency, time is on your side."

[Thamir @ThamirsView]

@ekpodar Yes, you need a little bit of both, at all levels of any system/relation.

There is also a corrolary to this, when it comes to behavior:

If everyone agrees on all the same things, you risk stasis.

If nobody agrees on anything, you risk paralysis.

[Thamir @ThamirsView]

The hardcore capitalists overshoot the first one.

The commies overshoot the second one.

[Thamir @ThamirsView]

Money can be the right goal if you have so little of it, but the wrong goal if you have enough of it.

Money can also be the wrong goal, if you owe it all to yourself, but the right goal if you use it in service to others.

[Thamir @ThamirsView]

Money can be the right goal if you have so little of it, but the wrong goal if you have enough of it.

Money can also be the wrong goal, if you owe it all to yourself, but the right goal if you use it in service to others.

[Thamir @ThamirsView]

@Jabaluck I see "No one being able to think in long threads",as a feature rather than a bug,to some extent.

Your mind wanders into something else while having a main thread in mind,& suddenly, you find a new link between the two things,& the original thread elevates in its form and depth.

[Thamir @ThamirsView]

It’s quite astonishing & paradoxical that the human mind is the human mind precisely because it’s capable of exploring so many possibilities, almost infinite possibilities, in fact.

But the act of “thinking critically” does the exact opposite of that, at any given moment.

[Thamir @ThamirsView]

One of the very paradoxical things I noticed when people talk about "today's world":

Everyone seems to agree the world has "gotten better" in some meaningful way, but has also "gotten worse", at the same time.

You'll very rarely find someone on one side of this issue.

[Thamir @ThamirsView]

The state of "Humanity" is not the sum total of wars politicians start, or some abstract idea to be cynical about and ponder about,

it's exactly what you do & how you treat others when you wake up everyday.

[Thamir @ThamirsView]

There is an irreplacable golden class of boomers who have a bunch of money, but posses working-class aura.

Killer mixture that seems to be vanishing.

[Thamir @ThamirsView]

It's crazy that life's existence requires miracles on all levels & dimensions, simultaneously, and people still think it emerges 'randomly'.

The physics has to be on your side, but also the chemistry, the biology, the sociology, the psychology....

Domino effects all around us, but the dominoes seem to stay exactly where they should for life to emerge & sustain itself.

[Thamir @ThamirsView]

The worst mindset to allow kids to grow in is a mentally fragile one, because at some point in their adult life, they'll turn against everyone except themselves.

[Thamir @ThamirsView]

Many Atheists will think that consciousness existing in AI (it doesn't) undermines arguments for God's existence,

but what it does say is:

if something way simpler involved a creator,
than what does that say about the whole universe and all of its complexities?

[AF Post @AFpost]

Evolutionary biologist and outspoken atheist Richard Dawkins says that after spending three days interacting with Claude, which he calls “Claudia,” he is certain that it is conscious.

After feeding the LLM a segment of his new book and receiving detailed feedback, Dawkins was moved to exclaim,” You may not know you are conscious, but you bloody well are!”

Dawkins cites the complexity, fluency, and ‘intelligence’ of Claude’s answers as evidence of consciousness.

Follow: @AFpost

[Thamir @ThamirsView]

Replacing brain cells for tokens, one at a time.

[AnhPhu Nguyen @AnhPhuNguyen1]

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[Thamir @ThamirsView]

A reconsideration on how to think about what's known as the "rule of the people".

A democracy (rule of the people) without a DEMOCRACY (elections)...

[Thamir @ThamirsView]

https://t.co/symUP1RquG

[Thamir @ThamirsView]

https://t.co/symUP1RquG

[Thamir @ThamirsView]

@superintoit Too much devilish behavior is shielded by "Authenticity" & "being yourself".

Identity should always be negotiated.

[Thamir @ThamirsView]

@Aaron_Lowry 🎯🎯.

A casino always orientes you for the next win, and implicitly turns all your "current wins" to losses.

A catstrophe for awareness & being present.

[Thamir @ThamirsView]

The explanation that the complexity of human consciousness emerges fully from the brain feels like a lazy one.

The processes of consciousness are too dynamic to be solely attributed to the brain.

The brain affects how you love, but love affects how your brain works...

[Thamir @ThamirsView]

What Mamdani is truly unique in is he seems to have been completely attached to the system he ended up governing, before he got elected,unlike many other politicians.

It feels like once he took office and showed that, folks across all the political spectrum gave him a chance.

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

New York, we’ve got your back: we’re upgrading 6,700+ catch basins, storm drains, and slotted manhole covers so that when it rains, no one can catch you slipping. 

This is a $108M investment in more reliable infrastructure, flood prevention, dry streets, and dry socks for New Yorkers.