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Sam Harris Is Wrong—Weekly Wisdom

Post author By Mudassir Chapra
Post date February 24, 2022
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Sam Harris. Cropped from a photo by Chrsitopher Michel. CC-BY2.0(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)

Also, how politics distorts the self, the evil of Eddie Bernays, how to scale ideas, what we lost in the pandemic and the role of the hardware store.

Somethings

Artifice Over Truth—Weekly Wisdom

Post author By Mudassir Chapra
Post date February 17, 2022
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Also the history of tax-free zones, the reality of low-skill jobs, and the commodification of faith.

Isolation Diaries Somethings

Assigning Agency—Weekly Wisdom

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Post date February 8, 2022
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Also the truth behind Rogan’s questions, the power of online publishing, what really is Intellectual Property, and why I stopped publishing my COVID diaries.

Tags AI, artificial intelligence, covid19, intellectual property, machine agency, machine intelligence, overzealous prosecution, sars-cov-2

Isolation Diaries

Dispatches from Isolation 2022: It’s not as deadly

Post author By Mudassir Chapra
Post date January 29, 2022
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It is also not mild

Tags azithromycin, covid19, isolation, isolation diary, sars-cov-2

Isolation Diaries

Dispatches from Isolation 2022: Day 1

Post author By Mudassir Chapra
Post date January 28, 2022
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Worst Sequel of All Time!

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Somethings

Loving your chains—Weekly Wisdom

Post author By Mudassir Chapra
Post date January 26, 2022
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A triangular cutout of Herbert Marcuse. Mercuse was a leading think in the The Frankfurt School.

Also, DAOs are stupid, owning demand is key, China is bad at cultural export, and why you should buy things, not experiences.

Tags apple, china, consumerism, crypto, DAOs, google, microsoft, minimalism, NFTs, the frankfurt school, weekly wisdom

Somethings

Of Maps & Measures—Weekly Wisdom

Post author By Mudassir Chapra
Post date January 18, 2022
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Also, the price of discipline, the when-to of balance, the value of a book, and why search engines are dead!

Tags books, discipline, map is not the territory, maps

Somethings

David Graeber was Right…—Weekly Wisdom

Post author By Mudassir Chapra
Post date January 11, 2022
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Picture of David Graeber. picture credit Thomas Altfather Good.

…about bullshit jobs! Also, the habit of reading, the UX of children, the habit of reading, and what is the real name of Greece anyway.

Somethings

The Power of Not Knowing—Weekly Wisdom

Post author By Mudassir Chapra
Post date January 4, 2022
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Also, on the misuse of probability, the hilarious working habits of young people, the benefits of commitment, the role of luck in life and a bizarre crime