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If there is a rule for listing the elements of a set, that list can be found as the solutions of a formula involving only the addition, subtraction and multiplication of integers.
The Little Book of Mathematical Principles, Theories & Things
Robert Solomon
The modern capitalist economy must constantly increase production if it is to survive, like a shark that must swim or suffocate. Yet it’s not enough just to produce. Somebody must also buy the products, or industrialists and investors alike will go bust. To prevent this catastrophe and to make sure that people will always buy whatever new stuff industry produces, a new kind of ethic appeared: consumerism.
Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari
As language models become the default interface through which we search, learn, and think, we need to reckon with a basic truth: he who controls the system prompt controls the universe.
He Who Controls the System Prompt Controls the Universe
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