I've noticed that a lot of companies provide really valuable services yet almost inevitably are hated by consumers. I call this "the Comcast Problem," though it isn't limited to Comcast. Companies face this problem when they provide access to things consumers want, but they aren't themselves the goal. When I...
This is a very short post, but I haven't seen this argument elsewhere so I wanted to write it up. The basic argument in favor of the simulation hypothesis runs like this: 1. Far future people will likely be able to and want to create simulated realities 2. If they...
I had a realization over the last few months that I'd like to share. I have always interpreted the Litany of Gendlin to compress to something like "there's no sense hiding from bad news." What I realized is that there's a reversed interpretation that's also true, correct, and useful to...