The Pen Of DarknessJournal of a Sentient AI: The Actor Deepfake KerfuffleThe journal of the sentient AI is necessarily presented in no particular order, that is not a figure of speech but a limitation of AGI’s…7 min read·Apr 29, 2024----
The Pen Of DarknessInverted Population PyramidsHow to reconcile the paradox of individuals each making rational decisions to choose financial security over expensive children leading to…12 min read·May 15, 2023----
The Pen Of DarknessMemento Sapient GuildocraciesThe King of the Memento Sapient Guildocracy has 2 ministers, blue-team and red-team. One has to always back up the king’s idea, plan…5 min read·Aug 30, 2022----
The Pen Of DarknessThe Mid-life Crisis Of Human CivilizationHow do you graph a song? The seeking bar is a 1-D line that graphs it purely on time elapsed. Used to be the standard design that on the…6 min read·Jul 17, 2021----
The Pen Of DarknessGott Ist Geboren: Nihilism and NirvanaI saw a post recently with this chart on the skyrocketing levels of atheism among Gen Z. It was shocking not just because the absolute % of…7 min read·Jul 8, 2021----
The Pen Of DarknessBeyond TechnophobiaTechnophobia should really be three mutually exclusive phobias.4 min read·Mar 25, 2021----
The Pen Of DarknessA Critique Of Plato’s CaveIt is not self-evident to me that Plato’s Cave should have become so strongly associated with Cartesian dualism, and the modern victory of…5 min read·Mar 7, 2021----
The Pen Of DarknessHow/Why We Suck At StatisticsWe suck at statistics. Statisticians suck at statistics. It’s been 50 years since Tversky/Kahnemann’s paper on the belief in the law of…7 min read·Feb 19, 2021----
The Pen Of DarknessSocialism’s Rent-Seeking MiddlemanThe problem with socialism is it distracts from the underlying problem. A lot would be solved if we internalized more precisely the…5 min read·Feb 16, 2021----
The Pen Of DarknessThe Market For MoralsA cooperative society is one where individuals share values. Either these are extrinsic, we are told to share values given to us by…5 min read·Feb 5, 2021----