1. The Devil's Advocate

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* Selfishness from Jordan Peterson’s Beyond Order* you are free do anything you want because you do not have to care about anyone else* the future is coming… And you are best advised to be ready for it.* you are required by harsh necessity to take all of those "yous" into account. * Present and future* there is some utility in discounting the importance of the "yous"  who exist far enough into the future, because the future is uncertain* Here is what the future means: If you are going to take care of yourself, you are already burdened (or privileged) with a social responsibility. The you for whom you are caring is a community that exists across time. The necessity for considering this society of the individual, so to speak, is a burden and an opportunity that seems uniquely characteristic of human beings.* We discovered the future, some long time ago - and now the future is where we each live, in potential. We treat that as reality. It is a reality that only might be — but it is one with a high probability of becoming now, eventually, and we are driven to take that into account.* narrow selfishness is destined to be nonproductive. It is for this reason, among others, that a strictly individualist ethic is a contradiction in terms. There is in fact little difference between how you should treat yourself - once you realize that you are a community that extends across time - and how you should treat other people.* Active engagement with others v passive engagement* The First Satanic Statement* Satan represents indulgence, instead of abstinence!* Indulgence… NOT Compulsion! Chapter (Essay) in The Satanic Bible* (my Star Wars take) Be mindful of the present, but not forgetful of past orthodoxies.

2. Infernal Informant

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* Scientists solve another piece of the puzzling Antikythera mechanism* https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/03/scientists-solve-another-piece-of-the-puzzling-antikythera-mechanism/* Scientists have long struggled to solve the puzzle of the gearing system on the front of the so-called Antikythera mechanism—a fragmentary ancient Greek astronomical calculator, perhaps the earliest example of a geared device. Now, an interdisciplinary team at University College London (UCL) has come up with a computational model that reveals a dazzling display of the ancient Greek cosmos, according to a new paper published in the journal Scientific Reports. The team is currently building a replica mechanism, moving gears and all, using modern machinery.* https://vimeo.com/518734183* "Ours is the first model that conforms to all the physical evidence and matches the descriptions in the scientific inscriptions engraved on the mechanism itself," said lead author Tony Freeth, a mechanical engineer at UCL. "The Sun, Moon, and planets are displayed in an impressive tour de force of ancient Greek brilliance."* “We believe that our reconstruction fits all the evidence that scientists have gleaned from the extant remains to date,” co-author Adam Wojcik, a materials scientist at UCL, told the Guardian.* The hand-powered Antikythera mechanism has a long history. In 1900, a Greek sponge diver named Elias Stadiatis discovered the wreck of an ancient cargo ship...