Month: January 2020
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Netflix and Fentanyl
The phrase “Netflix and chill” has become a ubiquitous part of modern dating culture, a shorthand for inviting someone over for a night of binge-watching TV shows or movies. However, this seemingly innocuous trend has darker implications when examined through the lens of cultural decay and the role of technology in modern society. The comparison…
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The future will not be like the past, because in the past, the future was never like the past.
As we stand on the cusp of a new era, it’s natural to wonder what the future will hold. Some people believe that the future will be like the past, that we will continue to make the same mistakes and face the same problems. However, I am of the firm belief that the future will…
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Sfx
Suspension of disbelief is a crucial aspect of the movie-going experience. When we enter a movie theater or turn on our screens to watch a film, we are making a conscious decision to believe in the reality presented to us, even if it is entirely fictional. This suspension of disbelief is a contract between the…
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Time
Time is the author of authors. Time is the greatest innovator, time is wine, time is not progress but amount, time is a mighty monarch, to time I’m heir, time will rust the sword of fame, time is a silent sickle but this time it has fallen sleep in the afternoon sunshine The concept of…
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Hallucinations
The experience of psychosis is often misunderstood by those who have not experienced it firsthand. There is a common misconception that the psychotic individual is simply imagining things or “thinking” that they are seeing or hearing things that are not there. However, this is far from the reality of the situation. The truth is that…
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Two Suns in the Sunset
The global political economy today faces two sunsets, one from below and another from above. The sunset from below is marked by a series of interconnected criminal activities, in which the disenfranchised of the world seek ways to empower and enrich themselves in the shadows of the global economy. These activities include drug trafficking, human…
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Myopic Software
Software has become an essential part of modern life. From the devices we use to the applications we rely on, software has become the preferred interface with reality for many people. However, this preference comes with limitations that are often overlooked. The reality is that software is trapped in modernity, and as a result, the…
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Moore’s Law and Neoteny
Moore’s law makes cultural change slow down since each generation’s perspective is preserved longer due to neoteny. The trade off for each generation is that imagination, hope and innocence gives way to selfishness, irritability and as we are seeing now outright devouring your children: The assertion that Moore’s law, a concept from the field of…
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Hayek-Friedman Revolution
Hayek-Friedman revolution is a net-net loss for American democracy because it sought to diminish the selectorate. The smaller the winning coalition, the fewer people to satisfy to remain in control. Most of reforms had the ultimate objective of creating a large nominal selectorate with a pool of potential people to replace dissenters in coalition. While…
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The “Rassenhygiene” starship
It is indeed intriguing to witness the entanglement of complexity theorists with the Peter Thiel-adjacent “Rassenhygiene” starship. At first glance, one might find an apparent mismatch between the two, as complexity theory delves into the intricacies of dynamic systems and emergent behavior, while the “Rassenhygiene” ideology evokes troubling echoes of a dark historical past. Yet,…