Big TW!! I try to process the upsetting news about the new Texas abortion laws. Are these people truly incapable of empathy and emotional intelligence? Or can we help these people be reasoned with? This seems to me to be another case against vertical hierarchy and the need for anarchic communities.

Today, I ramble on about the problem of compulsory schooling and our education system, how to make it better, and being frustrated with feeling like I can't help my siblings much. I also bumble my way through the problems with Applicant Tracking Systems and hiring practices. Finally, I talk a bit about my goals for the arcade I'll be returning to...

Today, I share some thoughts I had talking to a fellow polymath. I share my self esteem issues and why I have associated confidence with arrogance for so long. I talk about the idea of letting my productivity emerge out of my system as opposed to trying to be productive with each thing I do. Finally, I talk about why it's so hard for me to apply to jobs and be okay with them as ladders... It's like being forced to only ever look at a leaf and not the full tree.

I start talking about battle rap with King Los vs Daylyt, then I get into hunter gatherer anthropology from this encyclopedia: https://www.anthroencyclopedia.com/entry/hunting-and-gathering and finally end on capitalism and the problems of vertical hierarchy. Here is the video on the evolution of traffic laws: https://youtu.be/CFgqNiFi0cw

Today I throw some ideas in the air about how the world is interconnected, how ideas such as language and domains are made up, and how we can make a better society by building systems, technologies, and hierarchies where people have power With but not power Over. Freedom is best when we each can do what we want without fear of somebody else forcefully constraining that freedom.

In this entry, I share my thoughts on the Black Ignite Talk, my plans for today, and what I did over the weekend.

Catching you all up on my week!! Talking about my newsletter, struggling with implementing my ambitious concepts for the Black Ignite talk, and then I share some feedback I want to give them as well.

I'm not high! But I probably do sound crazy as I reflect on the infinite complexity of a blade of grass and life in general. I wax on about how even the most boring or mundane things and stories could hold an finite amount of detail. I even go on to refute Lex Fridman's idea that death and suffering is necessary to appreciate the beauty of life.

I done thunked 'bout Free Will again taday.... 🤣 But frfr. I think figuring out if free will is an illusion or should be redefined is one of the most important problems to (try to) solve. Not only will it allow us to better understand consciousness, but it will empower us to build better societies, systems, and have more compassion for our fellow humans and life in general.

I share my experiencing renting a car through Turo, talk about design as a tangent, then discuss a bit of my talk with Elijah Christopher from Lagos, and finally end on a segment about the necessity for more positive or at least curious news and radical change...