Developing the philosophical & thinking mind by learning and teaching from the ancient philosophers and contemporary thinkers. ex-GOP #antifascist šŗšøšŗš¦
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I read and study a lot, hence my personal library of over 12,000 books. I take the best mental models from all the various areas Iāve studied and work to use them. You can too! #mentalmodels
Why world peace is collapsing | Yuval Noah Harari youtube.com/shorts/0qPILHcRQā¦ via @YouTube
The paradox of human power | Yuval Noah Harari youtube.com/shorts/6ZFsMQvAVā¦ via @YouTube
Freedoms You're Using Right Now That Won't Exist Soon youtu.be/aEuv1pltKG0?si=YoMAā¦ via @YouTube
Here I Go youtu.be/HQ7Zl3muazA?is=8syUā¦ via @YouTube by Kelly Grandmaison
We humans are an intelligent being living on a pale blue dot (described by Carl Sagan) at the edge of the Milky Way galaxy traveling at 1.3 million miles per hour across this vast universe filled with billions of galaxies. Yet, we can contemplate it and our existence within it
Narcissistic overclaiming seems to be a part of politics and affects the base of the narcissistic personality authoritarian making these claims. It also seems to operate much like a cult regarding the base of voters. #narcissism #knowitall #cultofpersonality #lowselfesteem
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Elon Musk didnāt create Tesla.
He bought it.
He didnāt create X.
He bought Twitter and ruined it.
He didnāt invent the rockets, propulsion systems or telemetry of SpaceX. He used NASA tech and poached their engineers.
Heās a venture capitalist and a college dropout. Thatās it.
Bob Choat retweeted
With so much at stakeāMusk himself has billions of dollars in government contracts he wants to protect or landāit would be surprising if the final days of this campaign were free of disinformation skullduggery and campaign-cash chicanery. motherjones.com/politics/202ā¦
What Real Americans Say About the Epstein Files youtu.be/rqMM3yO5qkM?si=a7qBā¦ via @YouTube
Moral realism doesnāt mean āmy values are obviously correct.ā It means my values can be mistakenāeven when theyāre popular, deeply felt, or convenient. Conviction needs humility. #morality #moralrealism
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Many of Donald Trumpās actions appear senseless to onlookers, @jon_rauch wrote in 2025. But there is a political strategy that explains exactly why he does what he does: patrimonialism.ā theatln.tc/Makubwnw
šø: Paolo Pellegrin / Magnum
Moral realism doesnāt mean āmy values are obviously correct.ā It means my values can be mistakenāeven when theyāre popular, deeply felt, or convenient. Conviction needs humility. #morality #moralrealism
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Terminal lucidityābrief, unexpected returns of clarity shortly before deathāchallenges our notions of human cognition. But new research may finally deliver explanations for the phenomenon. psychologytoday.com/us/blog/ā¦
The Thing Most Needed In a World Dominated By AI (92nd Street) youtube.com/shorts/TXJpogQwdā¦ via @YouTube <--Have a good liberal arts background so you don't get crushed by AI and you'll even be able to control it
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Elon Musk has ordered a slowdown of military-grade Starlink assets used by Ukraine in its war against Russia, according to a new report.
Read more: forbes.com/sites/antoniopequā¦
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