Month: August 2018
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12 Rules
Here’s a set of “12 Rules for Life” that highlight potential contradictions or loopholes in Jordan Peterson’s philosophy, offering an alternative set of guiding principles: These rules aim to address the nuance that Peterson’s principles sometimes overlook, acknowledging the complexity of life where contradictions and exceptions are often the rule.
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Music is Substrate Independent
Music, like all forms of art, transcends the material world. While instruments are the vessels through which music is expressed, they are not the source of its creation. Instruments are finite, perishable objects—wood and metal that can be shattered or silenced. But music, the vibration of the universe’s hidden strings, exists in the realm of…
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The Gap Between the Sign and the Value
Let’s call it what it is—the gap. The distance between the sign and the value, between what’s real and what they tell you is real. You hold a dollar in your hand, crisp, clean, stamped with symbols and numbers. They say it has power. But the power isn’t in the dollar—it’s in the belief, the…