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In specification, the machine is the part of the system you have direct control over and the world is all the parts that you don’t.
The World and the Machine
Hillel Wayne
The world is mostly shaped by wealth, more so than ever as technology enables individuals to act with the power of city-states. These mega-wealthy establish sinecures based largely on proximity, signaling, sycophancy, rarely talent. The more you meet those with extreme wealth, the more their veneration feels like a collective hypnosis, a global boiled-frog bamboozlement.
Fwd: ⦿ Roden: 075 — Archetypes Revisited
Josh Beckman
Parties are a public service, you’re doing people a favor by throwing them. Someone might meet their new best friend or future lover at your gathering. In the short term, lovely people may feel less lonely, and that's thanks to you. In the long term, whole new children may ultimately exist in the world because you bothered to throw a party. Throwing parties is stressful for most people, but a great kindness to the community, so genuinely pat yourself on the back for doing this.
21 Facts About Throwing Good Parties
Uri
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