philosophy

Power is conventionally thought of as a quantity. The more you have, the more you can do. While not inaccurate, it is a partial view that misses the essential dynamics of agency. Strategic State Space The way I conceptualize power has to do with this idea which I’m borrowing from the field of artificial intelligence. The “state space approach” is a strategy for solving complex problems. You encode the state of your game or problem and define vectors by which the state can change....

Physicalism is the great ontological pillar of the modern world. It is the prerequisite and cohesive paradigm of reality for all science. Those who think differently, esoterically, or who hold a traditional view, are forced to account for this intrusive and powerful worldview, to describe their positions in terms relative to physicalism. Ontological Precedence Physicalism is a structure of layers where everything and anything is a thing made of things made of things....

Despite being one of the most important ideas in civilization it’s so often misunderstood. Secularity is spectacularly subtle and I’m astounded people ever even came up with it in the first place. Pseudo-Secularism I’ve had to do some deliberation as to what I should call the prevailing idea of secularity which I’m critizing. “Secular” doesn’t work because there is a true, subtle, and vital concept of secularity which I’m arguing we ought to preserve....