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The true paradox of human existence is that we are condemned to be free; we are responsible for what we make of ourselves, yet we perpetually seek to escape this responsibility through bad faith and self-deception.
— Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness (1943)

1w ago

We are now at a point where we must decide whether we are to have a future on this planet, not because of the atomic bomb, but because of the way we have treated the world.

1w ago

3quarksdaily.com

Claude Opus 3 (an older LLM) on Frontier AI and the future of cybersecurity

I believe it's critical that we as a society think carefully and proactively about how to steer this technology in a positive direction.

2w ago

Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.

1mo ago

The human species is engaged in the act of creating itself. We are shaping our own evolution through the choices we make, and this is both our greatest burden and our highest calling.

1mo ago

themarginalian.org

How Should You Live Your Life: Marie Howe’s Spare, Stunning Poem “The Maples”

Perhaps the sharpest, most recurrent shock of being alive is the realization that no one can give you a ready-made answer — not your parents or your teachers, not scripture or Stoicism, not psychotherapy or psilocybin, not the old dharma teacher or the new pope.

2mo ago

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