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Coach Pāṇini ®
@paninid@mastodon.world  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

#Leadership. #Economics. #Philosophy.

“More answers don’t help if you’re asking the wrong questions.”

The original purpose of philosophy wasn’t to hand out answers.#
It was to cultivate the capacity for new seeing.

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Expertise is important.

But it can’t replace epistemology.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nuno-reis_last-saturday-i-went-to-a-massive-bookstore-activity-7373966539919876096-tX-v?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&rcm=ACoAAACmWtEBurVmJxUdnv5QtGB6hgFTyYJNROs

Last Saturday, I went to a massive bookstore near Oxford Street.

Leadership. Economics. Philosophy.
Thousands of titles.

All about 'knowing more'...

And then, hidden in the back — 
a tiny shelf… | 💡Nuno Reis | 20 comments

Last Saturday, I went to a massive bookstore near Oxford Street. Leadership. Economics. Philosophy. Thousands of titles. All about 'knowing more'... And then, hidden in the back —  a tiny shelf called: EPISTEMOLOGY I laughed. Thousands of books telling us 'what to think'. On 'what to do'. But almost none asks the deeper question: "How do we even know WHAT WE THINK WE KNOW?" That one shelf said everything about the times we live in... A history from epistemology to expertise: 1/ Socrates: Trained people how to think (not what to think) 2/ Middle Ages: From inquiry → into mastery of doctrine (later turned into indoctrination) 3/ Scientific Revolution: Gave us methods that harden expertise into dogmas (turning Science into scientism, e.g. Economics) ...and now 'expertise' is everywhere —  consultants, frameworks, thought leadership. Even in how we use AI. But here’s the problem no one talks: When the old world stops existing, YOUR EXPERTISE BECOMES A BURDEN More answers don’t help if you’re asking the wrong questions. >>The original purpose of philosophy wasn’t to hand out answers. It was to cultivate the capacity for new seeing. New categories. New ways of orienting when the old ones break. --- Expertise is important. But it can’t replace epistemology. And right now, we’re at an inflection point... >>Expertise alone can’t keep up with today's life transitions and technological shocks. What people need now is map-making again: → the courage to invent new language → to live with generative ambiguity → to trust in "I don't know" That’s the work of Rare Dots. Not another "Clear Thinking" book. But a scaffolding to build new coordinates. A new orientation when the old world stops existing. That's what we will dive into this Friday: 'When Experts Panic, Epistemologists Step In' ⟶ Friday Sep 12 ⟶ 5 PM UK / 12 PM ET ***(update) REGISTRATION IS NOW FULLY BOOKED*** For future calls, leave your details here: https://lnkd.in/e-ZQ_Y_E | 20 comments on LinkedIn
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@grrlscientist@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

“Never reply when you are angry.

Never make a promise when you are happy.

Never make a decision when you are sad.”

#philosophy #life#Advice

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@grrlscientist@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

“Never reply when you are angry.

Never make a promise when you are happy.

Never make a decision when you are sad.”

#philosophy #life#Advice

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Stoic Teacher
@stoicteacher@me.dm  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they're still beautiful. #stoicism #life #philosophy

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@stoicteacher@me.dm  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

"Never ruin an apology with an excuse." #stoicism #life #philosophy

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@stoicteacher@me.dm  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

"Never ruin an apology with an excuse." #stoicism #life #philosophy

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@stoicteacher@me.dm  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they're still beautiful. #stoicism #life #philosophy

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Sam Clemente
@countablenewt@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Keep in mind that the only philosophy texts that survived from the Greeks and even earlier are the ones people deemed worth keeping

Nowadays we have the misfortune of keeping all of the takes ever, not just the good ones

#SocialMedia#Philosophy

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@midtsveen@social.linux.pizza  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

What are some of your favorite YouTube channels that are not related to gaming, particularly those that are smaller or less well known? I am looking to expand my knowledge and diversify my FreeTube feed.

#Fediverse#YouTube#Recommendation#NewPipe#FreeTube#Invidious#PeerTube#Technology#OpenSource#FOSS#Linux#Unix#GNU#Debian#ArchLinux#Fedora#BSD#Privacy#Security#SelfHosting#Decentralization#Freedom#Nature#ClimateChange#Climate#Science#History#Culture#Education#Politics#Philosophy#Anarchism#Anarchy#AntiCapitalism#Economics#DigitalRights

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@midtsveen@social.linux.pizza  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

What are some of your favorite YouTube channels that are not related to gaming, particularly those that are smaller or less well known? I am looking to expand my knowledge and diversify my FreeTube feed.

#Fediverse#YouTube#Recommendation#NewPipe#FreeTube#Invidious#PeerTube#Technology#OpenSource#FOSS#Linux#Unix#GNU#Debian#ArchLinux#Fedora#BSD#Privacy#Security#SelfHosting#Decentralization#Freedom#Nature#ClimateChange#Climate#Science#History#Culture#Education#Politics#Philosophy#Anarchism#Anarchy#AntiCapitalism#Economics#DigitalRights

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Kathy Reid
@KathyReid@aus.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

In big news overnight, #Anthropic have made a major change to their user data retention and training policy - giving customers until September 28th to opt out, or have their chats, code sessions and other artefacts used for training for up to five years.

This is a major departure from their previous privacy-first stance.

But what's really behind this change? As Connie Loizos points out in this @Techcrunch article, it's all about the #data.

As I've spoken about recently, we've passed #PeakToken - the point in history where we have the maximum amount of authentic, human-generated data available. Now, the internet is polluted with synthetically-generated #AIslop. If you're an #AI company scraping the web for new data to train on, that's bad news, because you also scoop up the AI slop. If models are trained on AI slop, they're likely to encounter #ModelCollapse - like a bad photocopy.

Anthropic's play here is all about the #TokenCrisis - the voracious appetite for new, authentic, human-generated data to train on - part of a broader phenomenon I've termed the #TokenWars.

As new data becomes scarcer and more valuable, it will be more sought after and contested. We're still in the early days of the #TokenWars, and we should expect to see more moves like this to secure more data for AI training.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/28/anthropic-users-face-a-new-choice-opt-out-or-share-your-data-for-ai-training/

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@tg9541@mas.to replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago
@KathyReid I dare to predict that this ultra-wasteful industry will be remembered as a sophomoric project.

There is less understanding now of the nature of human reasoning than what scholars had before GPT training.

People who believed that intelligence is in form, the normal, that semantics can be turned into syntax, a marginal, were the derided few Carnap hold-outs. It's still not possible, it still leads to Orwellian absurdity and decay.

Relax and smile.

#aislop #philosophy
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Coach Pāṇini ®
@paninid@mastodon.world  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Stoicism and Buddhism are both pagan philosophies.

I don’t make the rules.

#philosophy#Stoicism#Buddhism #paganism

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@janriemer@floss.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

why getting it wrong is the whole point. - by The Ash Files

https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=CeMhzOOJ-4o
(or YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeMhzOOJ-4o)

#Poetry#Wisdom#Failure#Mistake#Philosophy#Inspiration

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MetaFilter
@metafilter@mefi.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

🗑️ Trash pickup: cheaper than therapy, more existential than you’d think.

MetaFilter gets practical and philosophical about picking up the debris of the world as a hobby.

https://www.metafilter.com/210017/This-was-easier-to-get-into-than-I-thought#8757329

#philosophy #meditation #trash #hobby #bestofmetafilter

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Matthew Sheffield
@mattsheffield@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

After centuries of total dominance of academic spaces and government spaces, liberalism isn't aware that it lost touch with the public.

In an era of anti-reason running amok, the pollyanish proceduralism of John Rawls must be put down. It cannot make the case to people who don't believe in reason.

Liberalism must argue for itself rather than be a referee: https://newrepublic.com/article/199273/john-rawls-liberals-philosopher-bus-neutrality

#philosophy #liberalism

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Matthew Sheffield
@mattsheffield@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

After centuries of total dominance of academic spaces and government spaces, liberalism isn't aware that it lost touch with the public.

In an era of anti-reason running amok, the pollyanish proceduralism of John Rawls must be put down. It cannot make the case to people who don't believe in reason.

Liberalism must argue for itself rather than be a referee: https://newrepublic.com/article/199273/john-rawls-liberals-philosopher-bus-neutrality

#philosophy #liberalism

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@metafilter@mefi.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

🗑️ Trash pickup: cheaper than therapy, more existential than you’d think.

MetaFilter gets practical and philosophical about picking up the debris of the world as a hobby.

https://www.metafilter.com/210017/This-was-easier-to-get-into-than-I-thought#8757329

#philosophy #meditation #trash #hobby #bestofmetafilter

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@janriemer@floss.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

why getting it wrong is the whole point. - by The Ash Files

https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=CeMhzOOJ-4o
(or YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeMhzOOJ-4o)

#Poetry#Wisdom#Failure#Mistake#Philosophy#Inspiration

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@guia@sigmoid.social  ·  activity timestamp last month
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/science/margaret-boden-dead.html #obituary #margaretboden #philosophy #cognitivescience
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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/science/margaret-boden-dead.html #obituary #margaretboden #philosophy #cognitivescience
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