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a place for wizards, fractalism, and things that make you grin
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> The false “hard problem of consciousness” assumes upfront that there exists a metaphysical gap between mind and body. But this contradicts everything we have learned about nature in the last centuries.
> So, there is no “hard problem of consciousness.” Our mental life can very well be of the same nature as any other phenomenon of the universe. The more interesting challenge is not to speculate about a “hard problem,” it is to try hard to understand more about the functioning of our brain and body without postulating that our soul is transcendent or different in kind from the rest of nature.
https://www.noemamag.com/there-is-no-hard-problem-of-consciousness/
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great post by @yb. he asks "What is the problem statement or question that is the common thread in your work?"
mine is something like "how do we build better social infrastructure?"
it encompasses my work on LBRY (decentralized social+crypto+content network), Cabin (network city of modern villages), and now FC/Neynar (decentralized social+crypto+AI), as well as my IRL work running ultimate frisbee leagues, launching Vibecamp and FarCon, and most recently fractal.boston. also getting married and raising my kids -- the most important social infrastructure we have imho
what's your big question?
https://engineeringagency.substack.com/p/whats-your-big-question
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2005 me: “don’t roll your own crypto” is great advice. leave it to the experts
2015 me: “don’t roll your own crypto” is awful advice. everyone just parrots it when you ask crypto questions. how the fuck am i supposed to build my protocol
2025 me: it’s great advice cuz it keeps safe the ppl who need to hear it (2005 me) while not actually stopping the ppl who are determined to ignore it (2015 me)
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when inspiration and opportunity meet, get to work immediately and go as fast as you can
momentum overcomes procrastination
follow the fun
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wisdom in action
https://farcaster.xyz/androidsixteen.eth/0x6f70ce03
https://farcaster.xyz/nounishprof/0x7155b37e
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read this if you’re thinking you may someday have a kid (or another kid). you can thank me later
https://grin.io/due-date
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> Cursed knowledge we have learned as a result of building Immich that we wish we never knew
https://immich.app/cursed-knowledge
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we were promised flying cars but instead we got fully autonomous AI trashcans with a sense of humor
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the USA is probably conscious
https://faculty.ucr.edu/~eschwitz/SchwitzPapers/USAconscious-140721.pdf
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