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I've always found The Republic the most approachable of the major works of philosophy. Even so, I struggle with the prose. It made me think: is there a better way to read the class…

Strange but true: p5 was a major component in the recent popularization of generative art — a branch of computer art that relies on computer generated visuals based on random seeds…

I've found that HN has become increasingly cynical, and I'm trying to understand why. Not snarky; serious question. Is it simply because being pessimistic makes you sound smarter?

http://www.paulgraham.com/wealth.html

It was his willingness to spend inordinate amounts of times working out answers to problems himself, instead of trusting the work of others. He explains in his autobiographies that…

Related: https://twitter.com/patrickc/status/1559737765566173185

It will be interesting to see the next version of robots.txt that begins to appear in public repos to prevent this type of data scraping.

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It’s a good question. The reason that GDP growth is so important is because it raises the standard of living for those who aren’t yet born. If you accept the premise that lives in …

Assume that you cannot bring anything with you except a notebook and a pen. You’re able to travel instantaneously between locations and the people there are expecting you. At the e…

this was a lot of fun. thanks for sharing!

You just accidentally rediscovered Zeno’s paradox

Excited to see Fernando Pessoa on HN. He's easily my favorite poet. The Book of Disquiet is under appreciated and I've recommended it to many friends.

I agree! The best websites are those maintained by individuals without a profit motive. Here's a short list that I've started collecting: - Kevin Kelly: kk.org - Patrick Collison: …

if you haven't read Immanuel Velikovsky, you should. start with "Worlds in Collision". he talks about this exact phenomenon. disclaimer: his work is widely cited as pseudoscience. …

What exercises do you use for offsites, team brainstorming sessions, and roadmap planning? Are there particular software tools that help make these sessions easier to run?

This essay from David Perell touches on a similar concept: https://perell.com/note/lateral-thinking-with-withered-ideas... > It led to the 20th century’s most successful game conso…