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Better ways of thinking, feeling, and acting—around problems of meaning and meaninglessness; self and society; ethics, purpose, and value.

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    1. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 29 Nov 2019
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      📚 In time for the holidays, I've added some books I've been excited by recently to my recommended reading list:https://meaningness.com/further-reading 

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    2. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 29 Nov 2019
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      📚 Julian Orr's "Talking About Machines" describes in detail the *circumrational work* Xerox field repair technicians do to keep high-tech office machinery running. Outstanding case study in how rationality works (and doesn't) in the real world. https://meaningness.com/further-reading#Orr …pic.twitter.com/E7wIRcPuuK

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      David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 30 Nov 2019
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      📚 Unfortunately, our brains have no rationality module which would enable us to think logically (“if we just put cognitive biases aside”). To think logically, we have to use pencil and paper, or a computer. @cdutilhnovaes explains how that works! https://meaningness.com/further-reading#Dutilh …pic.twitter.com/PB5pjUd89k

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        1. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 2 Dec 2019
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          📚 “Sorting Things Out: Classification and Its Consequences” explores the ways classification systems are constructed and used in practice. It explains the non-rational “infrastructure” a rational system relies on to function where it meets nebulosity. https://meaningness.com/further-reading#Bowker …pic.twitter.com/YDkwsWuyp5

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        2. Federico Vaggi‏ @F_Vaggi 30 Nov 2019
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          Replying to @Meaningness @cdutilhnovaes

          That's a very Hilbertian take too

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        3. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 30 Nov 2019
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          Well... this is about the practicalities of how we do formal rationality, not about the foundational questions of what math is. I think a practical account should be compatible with any philosophical position, although yes this is more obviously similar to the formalist theory.

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        2. Delysis‏ @delysis 5 Dec 2019
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          This suggests to me that your blog may be driving a significant proportion of sales for this book.pic.twitter.com/GCor4r3JRO

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        3. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 5 Dec 2019
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          That’s funny! Not surprising on reflection I guess. Academic monographs typically sell only a few hundred copies, and mostly only to universities, and universities don’t buy from Amazon.

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        1. Mel Conway‏ @conways_law 30 Nov 2019
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          Replying to @Meaningness @antlerboy @cdutilhnovaes

          It's the abstraction module that saves the species.

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        1. Nathan Spears‏ @spearofsolomon 2 Dec 2019
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          Replying to @Meaningness @cdutilhnovaes

          Also, "putting cognitive biases aside" actually entails indulging strong cognitive biases for honesty, humility, rigor, etc. "Being objective" means "being subjective in the ways I approve of."

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        2. FKA Hayek‏ @interpretantion 12 Dec 2019
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          There are some other ways besides those two tools but it's definitely more indirect and less personal. One of my favorite writings on that question is "Regimes, Pathways, Subjects" by Guattari, who talks about monastic orders as proto-computers.

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        3. FKA Hayek‏ @interpretantion 12 Dec 2019
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          Later on saw the same logic in Nietzsche's genealogy of morals, which seemed to be about fetishized rationality as a perversion of ethics

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        2. Stuart Sims‏ @SimsYStuart 30 Nov 2019
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          Replying to @Meaningness @IntuitMachine @cdutilhnovaes

          Interesting distinction. I don’t think it’s possible for human beings to “think logically”. Cortical thought is an elaboration of brainstem affective “feelings”, meaning all thought is composed of positive/negative valences (pleasure/unpleasure dynamic).

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        3. Stuart Sims‏ @SimsYStuart 30 Nov 2019
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          We “like” this thought, we “dislike” that thought. And all “logical” cognition is infected with this binary hedonic dynamic. But thankfully, we can mitigate this native deficit by applying logic TO our thoughts. This method is also hit and miss, in my experience.

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