What is the meaning of putting these words down? Is it an attempt to find some internal core, a feeling that must be rendered into language to be understood? Why can’t moods clarify themselves and reveal their deeper meaning without this intermediary? Language comes up short so many times. I suspect that with large language … Read more
There’s a strange bargain being struck in the world of AI. Companies are launching powerful tools in what feels like a perpetual beta, with developers and early adopters serving as the de facto QA team. We hear endlessly about the power of these new coding assistants, yet so many users are caught in a frustrating … Read more
I’ve been thinking about what it means to abstract the process of learning to an AI. You simply state the goal you want, and the entire journey of figuring it out is left to the LLM. This applies to any creative project, whether it’s coding, writing, or design. It’s as if the end product justifies … Read more
One of the most significant impacts of AI will be the proliferation of custom-built tools and apps. While this was technically possible before, the friction for non-developers was simply too high. I believe we’re at the beginning of a genuine democratization of software, where curious individuals can finally build tools for their personal needs, perhaps … Read more
What if our primary task as human beings is to learn how to express the deepest gratitude for the unmerited gift of awareness? Our very existence is owed to it, an eternal mystery of unconditional love—or, as some might perceive it, an eternal ‘debt.’ This perspective re-frames the pervasive guilt we often carry: the relentless … Read more
I realized today that I have misunderstood the notion of the hero’s journey. It’s not ‘a’ hero’s journey; it’s a motif for ‘every’ individual’s journey. What does it mean to be heroic? It is not solely about external validation, though widespread recognition for the journey is undeniably part of the experience. Heroism is about a … Read more
Today marks the resumption of my daily meditation practice. It is important for a simple reason: to re-engage with, to remember, the conceptual, symbolic web of interconnections we are all caught within—indeed, what we largely are at that fundamental level. Our very being seems woven from language. ‘Me’ is defined by language and symbol. There … Read more
I Witness it All The remembrance and The forgetting Of the fact That I Witness it all
“Appearances do not exist in themselves but only relatively to the subject in which, so far as it has senses, they inhere.” – Immanual Kant I first heard of Joscha Bach when YouTube suggested that I watch his discussion with Lex Fridman. I thought I’m in for a deep discussion on just AGI, but the … Read more
“Mind is only a collection of thoughts and the thinker who thinks them. The thinker is the ‘I’-thought, the primal thought which rises from the Self before all others, which identifies with all other thoughts and says, ‘I am this body’. When you have eradicated all thoughts except for the thinker himself by ceaseless enquiry … Read more
It’s quite likely that my internal mindset is painting over my world view on this topic, but lately it appears to me that a lot of people in my generation are struggling with motivation. Everyone I speak to on this topic starts off with a list of projects that they feel passionate about, an outcome … Read more
“Time’s a circumference Whereof the segment of our station seems A long straight line from nothing into naught. Therefore we say “progress,” “infinity” Dull words whose object Hangs in the air of error and delights Our boyish minds ahunt for butterflies. For aspiration studies not the sky But looks for stars; the victories of faith … Read more
A root ‘why’ question that you can infinitely regress to is ‘Why is there something rather than nothing?’ One of the most widely accepted ‘answer’ to this question is the Anthropic principle , which in simple terms can be stated as: There is something rather than nothing because only when there is something this question can be asked in … Read more
Intuition: Thought is the movement of mind that hijacks awareness. It’s an evolutionary tool that helped human species get to where it is in Nature. Our collective ego assumes that we are the most advanced species on the planet because of our ego driven human centricity. There is no objective way to prove that humans … Read more