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Articles
Server 102: Access Everywhere
Server 101: A Digital Foundation
Solving the Paradox of Tolerance
Eating well
Autopoeisis: the origin of complex thought
Scholia
I feel like I both know more than I ever knew, and less confident than ever, about surge protection.
experienced well-being rises linearly with log income, with an equally steep slope above $80,000 as below it
A rebuttal to the conventional wisdom that income over $75,000 does not increase happiness. Possibly due to continuous experience sampling vs a dichotomous (yes/no) methodology. One wonders if that means people feel differently from moment to moment about happiness than when asked to evaluate happiness overall.
On the origins of the philosophy of cynicism, and incredible influence of the shadowy Diogenes. I suspect he would have been somewhat less influential in today's world.
Changelog
New articles in the Digital Architecture series:
Server 101: Digital Foundations
Server 102: Access Everywhere
These are probably only going to appeal to those who are motivated by the premise I set out in Digital Architecture. More, they're just drafts—it's difficult to remember what concepts I found difficult when I started these projects myself, and at points do a bad job explaining them. Thank you to everyone who has already provided feedback, and I welcome any feedback in future.
New article about Karl Popper's solution to his own paradox of tolerance.
New articles:
Autopoeisis: the origin of thought.
New project on nutrition, to combat my impulse toward biohacking. First segment is on how everything is poison.
From a letter to a friend, an article on the merits of existential therapies.