Notes from the Circus

Notes from the Circus

The Vibecession Was Real
On the difference between measuring an economy and living in one
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On Categories
Most intellectual confusion is category confusion, and the AI situation is not what we have been told
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Depth, Not Kind
What the AI agents were actually conspiring to do
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What Beliefs Don't Do
This is, after all, a philosophy blog, and belief is not moral license.
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The Agora Remains Open
A note to my subscribers.
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The Special Beast
The world should check us
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Another Night in Any Town
The young wait for the dawn in this dark age.
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No Actual Problem
Tyler Cowen grades the year
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The AI Trade is a Psyop
Notes on the "escape containment" news cycle, from someone who ran the experiments and wrote up what he found.
 • Mike Brock
A Twenty-Year-Old is Dead Because the United States Government Put a Monitor on His Leg
Pierre Damas Bel, Wright State University, class of 2029
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Yes, Right-Wing Demons — AOC Is Actually Hot
The transaction under the loyalty test
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The Tribute
Tim Cook and what the gold was buying
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