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The virtue of discomfort

Published in September 27th, 2021
Posted by in Philosophy
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Discomfort is a virtue. Without discomfort it is not possible to retrain to your insulin system to stop expecting a new infusion of carbohydrates every third waking hour. Without discomfort the body never learns to burn fat for energy. Without discomfort it is impossible to be full of energy without eating and you will not […]

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On elevating humanity

Published in September 26th, 2021
Posted by in Early Retirement, Philosophy, Work
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Work may be thought of as a form of self-expression. For instance, when I worked as a physicist, I considered the programs I wrote to simulate neutron stars and the papers I wrote about my understanding of the results a form of self-expression much in the same way a musician picks up a guitar. There’s […]

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Musings on postmodernism, ignorance, and my answer to “Do you really believe people are dumb?”

Published in September 24th, 2021
Posted by in Philosophy
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I was once interviewed for a thesis project where I had to explain my ideas about ERE, social relevance, general adoption, etc. At one point during the interview after having explained something about price-behavior, the interviewer asked me the following question: “So do you believe that most people are dumb?” Okay, so I didn’t have […]

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