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Benthem- pleasure and pain dictate everything we do
Biochemical pursuit of happiness- develop products and treatments for unending stream of pleasant sensations
Buddha- pursuit of pleasant sensations is the root of suffering. We can train our minds to observe all sensations as they arise and pass. When the mind can see our se... See more
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Neal Stephenson • Fall or, Dodge in Hell: The Sci-Fi Sensation
his book The Folly of Fools, Trivers argues that a contradiction lies at the heart of human intelligence. Our brains are simultaneously designed to seek out information and destroy that information after we acquire it. Specifically, our minds evolved to make sense of the world not in ways that are true, but in ways that help us survive. But once al
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The Death of Expertise: The Campaign against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters
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Erik Davis on The Ezra Klein Show recently spoke about “high weirdness,” saying that “‘weirdness’ isn’t just a quality of things that don’t make sense to us; it’s an interpretive framework that helps us better understand the cultures and technologies that will shape our wondrous, wild future.”
Rebecca Johnson • Drawing Wisdom From the ‘Weird’
media, research, and analysis.
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
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