“Dreams don’t come true, goals do.” – anonymous Many of us want to make changes to ourselves and to our surroundings. The impetus for this change can stem from feelings of inadequacy or perhaps from a motivation to function at an optimal level. Whatever the … Continue readingAccomplishing Your Goals
“Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.” – Albert Einstein Truth is a tricky term to define but it’s important to present a working definition in order to make an argument for its usefulness and importance. … Continue readingThe Importance of Truth
Competition is an essential component of life and the main driving force behind evolution. Because resources are limited, organisms (including you) must compete for those resources in order to pass along copies of their genetic information. Passing along one’s genes is the primary function of … Continue readingYou Are Just A Copy of A Copy of A Copy
No one ever complains about having too much money. There is an asymmetry there. But why does that asymmetry exist? It is because money represents resources that one has extracted, and to extract anything requires energy. Energy is expensive from a metabolic standpoint. This is … Continue readingCapitalism and Cancer
Markets are made up of companies which are made up of individuals and their respective choices. For a market system to be truly free, individuals have to be truly free since individuals are the smallest functional units of markets. However, individuals cannot be truly free … Continue readingThe Myth Of Free Markets
“It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.” – Voltaire The ethics required to function within modern society are artificial. By artificial, I mean they are constructed by people in … Continue readingThe Relativity and Fluidity of Ethics
What are words? Words are the smallest structural and functional units of communication. Words are an abstraction, devoid of any specific and inherent meaning. This is easy to see as different languages represent the same objects using different words. When you use a word to … Continue readingMusings About Words, Language and Communication
“In general, we are least aware of what our minds do best.” – Marvin Minsky The self is a hard concept to grasp when thought about in a deep and meaningful way. What is it about us that makes us uniquely us? There is … Continue readingThe Concept of the Self
“If you love life, don’t waste time, for time is what life is made up of.” – Bruce Lee My homepage reads as follows: “Time is your most precious resource. You can’t save it. You can’t grow it. But you CAN use it wisely.” … Continue readingDon’t Waste Time
“It can only be attributable to human error.” – HAL 9000 There has been much speculation about the dangers and possible forms that a general artificial intelligence might take. Many science fiction novels and movies have dealt with this subject matter and much of … Continue readingDown the Rabbit Hole of General Artificial Intelligence