Applied Complexity Science. Localism. Homesteading.
Encoding matrices as graphs is a cheat code, making complex behavior simple to study.
Let me show you how!
It’s Seeing Like a State and it is a very good book for understanding why centralized control schemes fail in the face of living complexity and ultimately kill the things they intend to control
Seeing like a state is a very important book IMO Thesis in brief: in order to measure and centrally manage, things must be "legible" (able to be recorded in some reasonably compressed way). ...
Read as a teenager. Enjoyed it. Had no expectations. Reductionism will make you crazy if you take it too seriously, is the message I got
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Several sides to the story + a proposal that should appeal to pretty much everyone.
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www.npr.org/2022/08/24/1118879917/student-loan-forgiveness-biden
Bottom line in this tweet, but the entire thread is worth a read Harry has one of the clearest heads around.
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The Logic of Thermodynamics
1/ All applications of thermodynamics run on a basic algorithm.
This thread traces the derivation of the Basic Algorithm of Thermodynamics (BAT) from a few facts of nature.
Really nice thread giving some solid (heh) thermodynamics intuition
Great thread thanks
Being in the middle of it clarifies....nothing Important read
Great thread with a hidden implication: The financialization of farming is the source of many pathologies. One way to build resilience form our population is for those who DONT depend economically on agriculture to partake in growing The balance sheet rules, unless it doesn't
Great book, no explanation. Nominate 6: @MichaelTG09 @quachelsey @HundredthIdiot @ClickingSeason @Cernovich @ALISONEGEER
The most important @joerogan podcast is the one with Carrot Top 🥕
Naval, you must read The Timeless Way. A book about complexity that could make you weep. Then, nature of order series.
Enjoy it. It's the best book for libs out there
The first word that comes to mind when I think of this book: Beautiful. In unparalleled form, Alexander takes us through the process by which humans have constructed their living spaces since time immemorial — backgrounding the profession of the ‘architect’ as an artifact of modern career-making. Alexander aligns architectural activity with the activity of life itself: to achieve the quality with no name. We all know this quality somewhere inside ourselves, it is the overwhelming bittersweetness manifest in tears of joy. Alexander reminds us that in this world we find ourselves, patterns of interactions are what are primarily ‘real’, and the material is the mere medium of these patterns. Further, the book reminds us that we make our world, and understanding the way we make worlds that are alive is essential for human flourishing.
Step one: tearing off the roof and replacing it.
The threads coming from this post are amazing. Worth their weight in gold. OUR gold!
has a really good podcast with Alexander Dugin recently You can hear his response to "do Russians continue to do influence ops" He says no. But it's obviously yes. Lol.
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Aha! I thought only I knew this cheat code :) Nice thread