2025-08-17
destruidnos juntos
Alex Kaschuta has an interview with Chris Lakin which is a good overview for his work and all his theories1. Somewhat related, Michael Smith on identity, in that we naturally create definitions and categories in perceiving the world according to what is most useful2, but when perceiving the self, there’s a distinction between what is natural and what is useful.
Kasra notes that the most reliable systems are not those which are incredibly robust and precise, but rather made of many unreliable components which are adaptable to failure.
Alex Olshonsky notes that while the best explicit coaches are those who are untalented and learnt their skills through conscious analytical effort, it’s still important to engage in implicit learning from watching and trying to copy the effortlessly skilled.
The Cultural Romantic of Taylor Swift as a positive role model of a woman who likes masculinity.
Republic of Letters interviews the author of Why Nothing Works. Maarten Boudry on how raising the baseline is the goal.
Doomslayer linkthread.
There is an anecdote he gives, where telling a beginner cyclist not to run into a tree causes them to do just that, a phenomenon Richard Ngo describes as “pessimization”. On that note, there was a recent episode of Doom Debates with Vitalik Buterin, and while I like the framing of d/acc this absence of a target is probably it’s biggest weakness, particularly since one likely vector of AI-assisted doom is conflict between different groups about how to make use of humanity’s improved capabilities.