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thoughts about doing good, thinking right, feeling things, and how my mind works

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Beat decision fatigue by framing all possible decisions as great

I sometimes get decision-fatigued.

Is fear of death rational?

[content warning: fear of death, obviously]

Signature values

I sometimes want to say stuff like ‘I really value authenticity’ or ‘I care a lot about freedom’ but it feels kinda truistic and adversarial.

Affect entitlement

Sometimes things are boring

Cordelia demand avoidance

Resisting pressure to say (nice) things

The old-school to futurist (pseudo?)political spectrum

Is politics a cube?

Reflection on being a confused, then proud, bisexual

For Pride, kind of. Are bisexuals canonically late? Probably.

Some thoughts on AI and its costs

1 I watched this video by Simon Clark called ‘Should I feel guilty about using AI?’ and found the opening pretty interesting:

What I think about 'Thing Explainer'

Thoughts on only using simple words

Socrates' infertility

Socratic questioning as a facilitative craft