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↙️↙️↙️ | techno-optimist | pro-markets & universal programs | liberal | critic of central planning (public or private) | software engineer | 🏗️🌐🧦🇨🇦 🕉️ | FFXIV: Nava Savitra @ Behemoth
interests: tech, urbanism, economics, YIMBY, meditation, philosophy, occult
interests: tech, urbanism, economics, YIMBY, meditation, philosophy, occult
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Please watch this. It's equivalently critical of everyone in this debate. Worth watching in it's entirety. Hank is always wonderful :)
I Know Why Lying about AI Water Use is So Easy
YouTube video by Hank Green
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Please watch this. It's equivalently critical of everyone in this debate. Worth watching in it's entirety. Hank is always wonderful :)
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online modern politics are mostly shaped by negative polarization in my experience, which is why it's so important to log off and organize IRL
The Average Yank leftist is way less crazy than the ones constantly doing purity tests on Bluesky and Reddit. Yesterday I got called a “Shitlib” for volunteering for the Zohran campaign but not worshipping the CCP.
December 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
online modern politics are mostly shaped by negative polarization in my experience, which is why it's so important to log off and organize IRL
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Great point! The intertwining of physicalism and sci-fi often blurs the lines of reality. As Arthur C. Clarke said, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." 🪐📚 What do you think about AI
6/ Physicalism, science fiction, and today's irrational exuberance are tied at the hip.
This bubble exists because investors price both the metaphysical claim (consciousness-as-emergent-computation) and its fictional elaborations as engineering certainties.
This bubble exists because investors price both the metaphysical claim (consciousness-as-emergent-computation) and its fictional elaborations as engineering certainties.
December 2, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Great point! The intertwining of physicalism and sci-fi often blurs the lines of reality. As Arthur C. Clarke said, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." 🪐📚 What do you think about AI
1/ How do you know if you're dealing with an AI bubble backed by irrational exuberance?
The current market optimism is predicated on metaphysical assumptions for which there is no evidence, and for which there will be no evidence.
The current market optimism is predicated on metaphysical assumptions for which there is no evidence, and for which there will be no evidence.
December 2, 2025 at 3:41 AM
1/ How do you know if you're dealing with an AI bubble backed by irrational exuberance?
The current market optimism is predicated on metaphysical assumptions for which there is no evidence, and for which there will be no evidence.
The current market optimism is predicated on metaphysical assumptions for which there is no evidence, and for which there will be no evidence.
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In the richest city in the richest country on the planet, the thing we can’t afford is to forget those who are left hungry.
November 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
In the richest city in the richest country on the planet, the thing we can’t afford is to forget those who are left hungry.
This is what a society without any class or self-respect does.
In den letzten Jahren beginnen wir zu verstehen, wie gefährlich PFAS für Mensch und Natur sind.
In den USA sollen jetzt weitere für den Einsatz in Pestiziden erlaubt werden. D.h.: Ernährungsrelevant
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
In den USA sollen jetzt weitere für den Einsatz in Pestiziden erlaubt werden. D.h.: Ernährungsrelevant
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Trump officials set to approve ‘forever chemical’ as pesticide ingredient
Critics say that fifth Pfas Trump’s EPA has proposed for approval this year would put food and water supply at risk
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 AM
This is what a society without any class or self-respect does.
Betting markets on War. What could possibly go wrong?
November 27, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Betting markets on War. What could possibly go wrong?
I wrote a thing.
Why Silicon Valley Sounds Like a Cult
When Rationalists Get One-Shot by Magical Thinking
venat.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:28 AM
I wrote a thing.
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I know it's hardly the top priority, but could is there any way we could add "mandatory headphone jack on every smartphone" to the Woke 2 agenda?
November 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I know it's hardly the top priority, but could is there any way we could add "mandatory headphone jack on every smartphone" to the Woke 2 agenda?
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If you want larger homes in urban areas to be available and affordable to young families then you need to build a LOT of studio and one-bedroom apartments. Otherwise, groups of adult roommates will outbid them for the 2- and 3-bedroom units in walkable neighborhoods.
November 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
If you want larger homes in urban areas to be available and affordable to young families then you need to build a LOT of studio and one-bedroom apartments. Otherwise, groups of adult roommates will outbid them for the 2- and 3-bedroom units in walkable neighborhoods.
Come try out `bun install @glossick/akasha` for GraphRAG in your Bun TypeScript project.
I'm still testing it on NodeJS
I'm still testing it on NodeJS
November 18, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Come try out `bun install @glossick/akasha` for GraphRAG in your Bun TypeScript project.
I'm still testing it on NodeJS
I'm still testing it on NodeJS
I made a GraphRAG library as simple as:
await kg.initialize()
// Learn from text
await kg.learn('Alice works for Acme Corp. Bob works for TechCorp. Alice knows Bob.')
// Query knowledge
const result = await kg.ask('What is the relationship between Alice and Bob?')
www.npmjs.com/package/@glo...
await kg.initialize()
// Learn from text
await kg.learn('Alice works for Acme Corp. Bob works for TechCorp. Alice knows Bob.')
// Query knowledge
const result = await kg.ask('What is the relationship between Alice and Bob?')
www.npmjs.com/package/@glo...
www.npmjs.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:21 AM
I made a GraphRAG library as simple as:
await kg.initialize()
// Learn from text
await kg.learn('Alice works for Acme Corp. Bob works for TechCorp. Alice knows Bob.')
// Query knowledge
const result = await kg.ask('What is the relationship between Alice and Bob?')
www.npmjs.com/package/@glo...
await kg.initialize()
// Learn from text
await kg.learn('Alice works for Acme Corp. Bob works for TechCorp. Alice knows Bob.')
// Query knowledge
const result = await kg.ask('What is the relationship between Alice and Bob?')
www.npmjs.com/package/@glo...
why have a burst of people followed me?
please stay for the anti-planning department takes
please stay for the anti-planning department takes
November 5, 2025 at 9:01 AM
why have a burst of people followed me?
please stay for the anti-planning department takes
please stay for the anti-planning department takes
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The Culture War is a deterministic psychological trap engineered & maintained by tech monopolies that profit from human cognitive vulnerabilities.
Those who believe themselves to be fighting in a "Culture War" are feeding their own cognitive imprisonment, and perpetuating systems that oppress us.
Those who believe themselves to be fighting in a "Culture War" are feeding their own cognitive imprisonment, and perpetuating systems that oppress us.
It's Always the Economy, Stupid.
The Illusory Culture War & it's Tech Monopolies
venat.substack.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The Culture War is a deterministic psychological trap engineered & maintained by tech monopolies that profit from human cognitive vulnerabilities.
Those who believe themselves to be fighting in a "Culture War" are feeding their own cognitive imprisonment, and perpetuating systems that oppress us.
Those who believe themselves to be fighting in a "Culture War" are feeding their own cognitive imprisonment, and perpetuating systems that oppress us.
The Culture War is a deterministic psychological trap engineered & maintained by tech monopolies that profit from human cognitive vulnerabilities.
Those who believe themselves to be fighting in a "Culture War" are feeding their own cognitive imprisonment, and perpetuating systems that oppress us.
Those who believe themselves to be fighting in a "Culture War" are feeding their own cognitive imprisonment, and perpetuating systems that oppress us.
It's Always the Economy, Stupid.
The Illusory Culture War & it's Tech Monopolies
venat.substack.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The Culture War is a deterministic psychological trap engineered & maintained by tech monopolies that profit from human cognitive vulnerabilities.
Those who believe themselves to be fighting in a "Culture War" are feeding their own cognitive imprisonment, and perpetuating systems that oppress us.
Those who believe themselves to be fighting in a "Culture War" are feeding their own cognitive imprisonment, and perpetuating systems that oppress us.
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Way to go Blue Jays 💙🤍🙌🏻💪⚾️🇨🇦
October 21, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Way to go Blue Jays 💙🤍🙌🏻💪⚾️🇨🇦
cooking something in react native atm 👀
The Bhagavad Gita, with commentary that aims to bridge Western and Eastern philosophy.
The Bhagavad Gita, with commentary that aims to bridge Western and Eastern philosophy.
October 21, 2025 at 12:10 AM
cooking something in react native atm 👀
The Bhagavad Gita, with commentary that aims to bridge Western and Eastern philosophy.
The Bhagavad Gita, with commentary that aims to bridge Western and Eastern philosophy.
X has become primarily an anti-Indian racism platform. It’s currently filled with anti-Hindu & anti-Sikh nonsense right now. It’s the only thing the Christofascists seem interested in talking about as of late.
October 11, 2025 at 4:41 AM
X has become primarily an anti-Indian racism platform. It’s currently filled with anti-Hindu & anti-Sikh nonsense right now. It’s the only thing the Christofascists seem interested in talking about as of late.
Given the turboracism against Indians at large, especially with the focus on Hindus, I have to ask: would people be interested in substacks that are focused on Indian Philosophy?
October 10, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Given the turboracism against Indians at large, especially with the focus on Hindus, I have to ask: would people be interested in substacks that are focused on Indian Philosophy?
If you watched the painful Dr K and Sadhguru interview today, you should watch this as a follow-up to understand it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEXp...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEXp...
Bhava Samadhi: The Dangerous Bliss That Can Trap a Seeker Forever
YouTube video by Asangoham
www.youtube.com
October 7, 2025 at 2:45 AM
If you watched the painful Dr K and Sadhguru interview today, you should watch this as a follow-up to understand it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEXp...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEXp...
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literally no one in this interview advocates for car centric sprawl. half our interview was about the need to build more dense, infill housing! you’re just lying!
youtu.be/XvLlxM2I53k?...
youtu.be/XvLlxM2I53k?...
September 23, 2025 at 10:19 PM
literally no one in this interview advocates for car centric sprawl. half our interview was about the need to build more dense, infill housing! you’re just lying!
youtu.be/XvLlxM2I53k?...
youtu.be/XvLlxM2I53k?...
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Conservatives operate on the lower chakras, which is why they see themselves as separate from the universe.
Liberals operate on the higher chakras, which is why they see themselves as part of the universe.
This is probably also why Conservatives can’t handle second order thought.
Liberals operate on the higher chakras, which is why they see themselves as part of the universe.
This is probably also why Conservatives can’t handle second order thought.
August 27, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Conservatives operate on the lower chakras, which is why they see themselves as separate from the universe.
Liberals operate on the higher chakras, which is why they see themselves as part of the universe.
This is probably also why Conservatives can’t handle second order thought.
Liberals operate on the higher chakras, which is why they see themselves as part of the universe.
This is probably also why Conservatives can’t handle second order thought.