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This Blog is Going into Hibernation
It's been delightful, folks
Mark P Xu Neyer (apxhard)
Jan 20
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A Non-Magic Universe is Still Magical
The Absence of Magic is Even More Magical To Me Than Any Magic Ever Could Be
Mark P Xu Neyer (apxhard)
Jan 3
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December 2022
Why I Think Materialism is Wrong
Math, Computers, and Consciousness require materialism to perform intellectual contortions
Mark P Xu Neyer (apxhard)
Dec 31, 2022
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Is the Book of Genesis a Narrative form of Buddhism?
If you eat The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, you'll start clinging to the aggregates and that feels bad, man.
Mark P Xu Neyer (apxhard)
Dec 21, 2022
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Why Bitcoin is Different from All Other Cryptocurrencies
A common belief that's still taboo in many rationalist circles
Mark P Xu Neyer (apxhard)
Dec 13, 2022
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Letters with LaulPogan
Letters with another substack author interested in memetic competition
Mark P Xu Neyer (apxhard)
Dec 8, 2022
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Worldviews are Like Genitals
The analogy runs far deeper than you might think
Mark P Xu Neyer (apxhard)
Dec 2, 2022
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November 2022
Expanding the Scope of Rationality Turns it Into Religion
Consistently aligning my map with the territory lead to my adopting a bunch of practices that a look a lot like the intersection of most major religious…
Mark P Xu Neyer (apxhard)
Nov 27, 2022
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The Way You Think About Value is Making You Miserable
The cheapest way to compute a value gradient is to value the present at zero
Mark P Xu Neyer (apxhard)
Nov 21, 2022
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The Universe as a Matrioshka Investor
Maximizing Entropy Return on Energy Investment.
Mark P Xu Neyer (apxhard)
Nov 9, 2022
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Suggestions For Improving Twitter
An Open Letter to Elon Musk
Mark P Xu Neyer (apxhard)
Nov 3, 2022
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October 2022
It's Maps All the Way Down
An attempt to tie together a bunch of disparate ideas about minds and reality
Mark P Xu Neyer (apxhard)
Oct 28, 2022
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