Archive - guy

Synesthesia is the default

And I’m tired of pretending it’s not

Oct 18 •

What's in a name? Labels hide

Yesterday I suggested that we shouldn’t take the names of things too seriously.

Oct 17 •

A new take on an old tale: the Emperor's New Clothes

A story everyone has heard: tricky merchants convince the Emperor they have a fabric so fine it’s basically invisible.

Oct 16 •

(Belief) Arms Races

I want to talk about arms race dynamics.

Oct 15 •

Interim Recap #1

We’re now 10/100 (300?) essays in into this baby (🥳).

Oct 14 •

Competent adversariality hides too

Yesterday, in competent evil hides, we discussed how bad actors who are openly so allow coordination against them to happen with the consequence that…

Oct 11 •

Competent evil hides.

Imagine two bad actors.

Oct 10 •

You're not powerless, you're just under attack.

A phenomenon that I’ve noticed frequently: people believing they are powerless.

Oct 9 •

Reasoning through what you can't see but must be

If you’re coming here from Twitter you are probably familiar with this picture and can skip the next paragraph.

Oct 8 •

September 2024

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