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Hello and welcome to my journal! Here I write about my own ideas and promote others' ideas. I mostly talk about computing, philosophy, spirituality, privacy, and society but this journal is not limited to those topics.
[Essay] The Simulation Argument
Date: 30 December 2020
Read time: 1 minute
Summary: Nick Bostrom proposes that we are living inside a computer simulation with a 1 in 3 probability.
Date: 29 December 2020
Read time: 1 minute
Summary: Darkmatter2525 explains punitive prison systems
Date: 28 December 2020
Read time: 5 minutes
Summary: The more steps you take to enhance your privacy, the more interesting you become to 3 letter agencies and the more likely that more targeted surveillance methods will be used on you. So should you just give up your privacy or should you go all out? What's the optimal strategy?
Date: 27 December 2020
Read time: 1 minute
Summary: Find out what's new on my blog.
Date: 25 December 2020
Read time: 5 minutes
Summary: There aren't enough IPv4 addresses to go around. IPv6 is long overdue. Find out how IPv4 still works and why we haven't fully transitioned to IPv6 yet.
Date: 24 December 2020
Read time: 2 minutes
Summary: Find out what's new on my blog.
Date: 20 December 2020
Read time: 2 minutes
Summary: You don't want to miss out on social media, but you also don't want to deal with tracking scripts, ads and other nonsense that comes along with using proprietary walled garden platforms. Luckily there are publicly available privacy-respecting alternative front-ends for popular social media sites.
Date: 17 December 2020
Read time: 5 minutes
Summary: Atom/RSS feeds make it easy to keep your distance from proprietary walled garden social media platforms without missing out on their content. Most of the major social media networks support Atom/RSS.
Avoiding Automobile Surveillance
Date: 16 December 2020
Read time: 8 minutes
Summary: Your car is probably spying on you and sending your data to private companies and the state. Connected cars are a relatively new threat to personal privacy, one that is getting worse and doesn't get nearly enough attention. Find out how the surveillance happens and how to fight back!
Date: 13 December 2020
Read time: 1 minute
Summary: Find out what's new on my blog.
The Nonlinearity of Intelligence
Date: 12 December 2020
Read time: 10 minutes
Summary: > "I know from my own experience that there is much more to āintelligenceā than an IQ number. In fact, I hesitate to believe that any system could really reflect the complexity and uniqueness of one personās mind, or meaningfully describe the nature of his or her potential." -- Daniel Tammet
Date: 09 December 2020
Read time: 2 minutes
Summary: Find out what's new on my blog.
Date: 07 December 2020
Read time: 6 minutes
Summary: The Pledge of Allegiance is a creepy 1930's relic which should be abolished from the American education system. It's a kind of jingoist brainwashing that goes against the spirit of education. Education should include a critical, honest reflection of one's own country, its flaws and its history, not mindless daily chanting about how great it is.
Shining Light on the Dark Side of Law Enforcement
Date: 04 December 2020
Read time: 2 minutes
Summary: The US constitution is supposed to protect citizens from thug overreach. However, evidence from the past decade shows that thugs have been stomping all over our civil liberties daily by colluding with intelligence agencies.
Bringing Civility to Public Discourse With the Steel Man Technique
Date: 01 December 2020
Read time: 7 minutes
Summary: Philosopher and cognitive scientist Daniel Dennett described a method for arguing with a person that holds opposing views. If youāve ever heard of the straw man fallacy, itās just the opposite of that. With the straw man, you misrepresent your opponentās argument to make it easier to take down. With the steel man, you face the most charitable interpretation of your oppenentās argument.
Unless otherwise noted, the writing in this journal is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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