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“Not your algo, not your brain. The stakes of this game are, quite literally, basic control of your own mind." boriquagato
3 months agoRandall/algo-brainMortgages Create Beliefs
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"The mortgage doesn’t just create beliefs in individuals. It creates the epistemic architecture of an entire society...that cannot correct itself because the people responsible for correction cannot afford to." - Unbekoming
3 months agoRandall/mortgages-create-beliefsNext Token Thinking
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Next Token Thinking: The phenomenon whereby a person perceives that they are a thinking and conscious individual but in reality are simply being manipulated (by an algorithm) to select the next token, analogous to an LLM.
3 months agoRandall/next-token-thinkingSystems
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POSIWID principle — ‘the purpose of a system is what it does’
4 months agoRandall/systemsKakistocracy
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Kakistocracy: (noun) "Government by the least qualified or most unprincipled citizens." Sound familiar?
4 months agoRandall/kakistocracyWhat is a Brief?
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A "Brief" is a short writing, not big enough for a blog post. More like a headline. Think of it as Twitter without the Twits who ran it. Think of it as X without the creepy billionaire. Think of it as BlueSky without the mentally ill.
5 months agoRandall/what-briefThe Company You Keep
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"He who walks with wise men will be wise, But the companion of fools will be destroyed." Proverbs 13:20
5 months agoRandall/company-you-keepepiwar
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We are in an undeclared epistemic war.
7 months agoRandall/epiwarCowards
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Avoid cowards. Cowards bring only trouble.
7 months agoRandall/cowardsWar
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It's 2025 and I am back. Who's still out there?
7 months agoRandall/iamback