July 18th, 2024
- random fragment — came across this article on philosophy of religion and negative claims in the sense of "claiming that something does not exist" and how they can't be proven
- but there is a really important difference between "X doesn't exist" and "X can't exist"
- like given the laws of physics, we can say that mouse-sized elephants and elephant-sized mice make no fucking sense and couldn't exist
- and something here feels related to "I can't trust that X" phrasing vs "I don't trust"
- oh also maybe today I draft/schedule some ii salons
- tweets
- #2tweet incredible confabulation here by Claude, re this quote:
"I had too much stuff. My machines came from too far away."- incredible confabulation here by Claude, re this quote:
"I had too much stuff. My machines came from too far away." - (sonnet 3.5 | opus 3)
- #2tweet if your ethical theory doesn't come with its own pedagogical theory, then no matter how wise & kind your ethics is in principle, it will only be as wise & kind as the surrounding understandings of how learning works
- if your ethical theory doesn't come with its own pedagogical theory, then no matter how wise & kind your ethics is in principle, it will only be as wise & kind as the surrounding understandings of how learning works
- #2tweet is there a gdocs hotkey for "focus the comment thread that my caret is currently in?"
(in this case it was an unfinished comment). pressing the usual hotkey for "leave comment" made a new one- is there a gdocs hotkey for "focus the comment thread that my caret is currently in?"
(in this case it was an unfinished comment). pressing the usual hotkey for "leave comment" made a new one
- #2tweet finally wrote up a short bit on how contempt is not helpful for making sense of things, as this LW comment
lesswrong.com/posts/svuBpoSduzhYjFPrA/elements-of-rationalist-discours…- finally wrote up a short bit on how contempt is not helpful for making sense of things, as this LW comment
lesswrong.com/posts/svuBpoSduzhYjFPrA/elements-of-rationalist-discours…
- #2tweet > "I statements" can serve me far beyond managing my perspective relative to others or expressing my needs. "I statements" simply make a better story.
omniwin.substack.com/p/i-statements- > "I statements" can serve me far beyond managing my perspective relative to others or expressing my needs. "I statements" simply make a better story.
omniwin.substack.com/p/i-statements
- #2tweet the true reason why Nonviolent Communication (NVC) has the name it does is because it's an attempt to only use asymmetric weapons send tweet
slatestarcodex.com/2017/03/24/guided-by-the-beauty-of-our-weapons/- the true reason why Nonviolent Communication (NVC) has the name it does is because it's an attempt to only use asymmetric weapons send tweet
slatestarcodex.com/2017/03/24/guided-by-the-beauty-of-our-weapons/
- what do I want to write and why?
- (not necessarily today, but soon)
- assertional vs unforeclosing statements / projection from "I am uncertain" to "I am asserting doubt into our shared reality"
- why?
- so I can link to it in 100% confidence + 100% humility
- so I can clarify what terms to use!
- why?
- to have a rant to direct confused ML people at
- to establish myself as more of a thinker in that space
- other things on my mind
- the thing from yesterday's coaching session, of like, how if your connection with someone has broken down then trying to make sense of that with them is likely to perpetuate the problem
- this is sort of a generalization of the problem that happened when I tried to sync my meta-protocol sense with Jean as top priority
- Passionate Marriage, two-choice dilemmas, etc
- other pieces I found myself wanting to link to in 100% confidence + 100% humility
- captains log for today
- the aim is to spend today writing, starting at 6am!
- and to write 100× softer, which is to say... to indulge in many moments of delicious sensuous lusciousness
- and to let my writing pour out of that
- and to notice where I'm getting stuck
- and neither slog through nor bounce off
- but to sink into deeper joy and playfulness
- okay, so here I find myself, with SO MANY things to write about
- I also want to stay in touch with... something about why I'm writing
- I guess part of what's going on today is writing not just to publish things (though definitely that) but also writing to clarify my own thinking and develop my ideas
- modelling things
- oh, on which note... how does full-fractal buy-in work here?
- like if I do an urgency check, within the domain of writing, I get no urgent things, sure. but I knew that
- then like...
- so I just spent a few minutes looking at the 100% confidence + 100% humility piece, and it's definitely almost ready to go
- the main things that remain are almost more like decisions than writing of any quantity or literary significance
- also there are places where I want to link to something that doesn't exist yet
- like the assertional vs unforeclosing statements thing
- which... writing that up will also presumably clarify what I want to CALL that distinction, which is even more important than having the link ready
- @ 07:03 keeping this as a chrono log...
- I notice that having a lot of time feels really good, like I literally could write for 14h rn
- but simultaneously I notice that it has me in a bit of a faffing mode or something
- like I'm sorta like "cool what do I work on?"
- (I maybe want to use pomodoros, primarily for the effect of "don't question scope for now" "okay now question it")
- one approach would be to just take this 100% piece and just really slowly go through it, and anytime I reach something that wants to link to something else, I write on that topic a bit too
- that feels pretty juicy!
- what are my other candidate approaches?
- do the same thing but with a different piece
- start more in roam, wandering around and writing fragments
- try to find a more clear PROBLEM that my writing could solve, then solve it
- could be "this person is confused about this"
- or "no good reference for topic/insight X"
- (not "no canonical" haha, just nothing I'm stoked to link to)
- on a different level, one thing that's frustrating me is that I feel like I have fucking brilliant stuff to say and yet almost nobody reads my stuff and people don't share it that much
- and admittedly I'm not that good at promoting it on twitter, like I probably need to do a lot more just like.. pullquoting it and so on
- and linking to old posts
- and so on
- I could stand to do lots more of this. there's good stuff there
- it would be nice to have more actual subscribers though, or something
- idk
- anyway, that's not really the puzzle for today, although I guess it would be good if/when I find myself re-reading old pieces I like, to find pullquotes and prep a tweet or two
- @ 07:55 I'm reflecting on how one of the main useful things to do with a long open day is to edit things that take awhile to even load into memory
- @ 08:30 okay well I don't have a ton of clarity about approach but I feel fine at least STARTING with the slowgo through 100%
- mmmm I'm really digging the working softer vibe here
- noticing that these decisions actually are real choices! and not trying to rush through them
- @ 08:55 yeah this feels good. I'm getting a feel for how rushing myself sometimes makes things harder
- (there's still the puzzle of when it's good to have a tight deadline or fast pace)
- (but that feels related to that "slowing down to the speed of life" book)
- @ 12:57 - okay, had a further chat with Michael and it mostly yielded that he's gonna read/comment on the doc a bit and we'll figure out to what extent this is even the same 2×2 as the one he had
- @ 11:48 - I'm making okay on this writing and some related ones, but I'm feeling a bit weird in my body and I've lost some of the sensuality
- I'm inclined to take a nap shortly, almost as more of a reset than because I expect to sleep
- I'm hitting some indecision writing the mid-sections, in part because I'm tempted to go read a bunch of context stuff on the "I have a story that"
- I'm having trouble finding much of depth there but I did have another resource or two saved somewhere
- I notice a flightiness around this
- I like typing quickly, but this choice isn't one to flinch into
- articles I found as part of this
- @ 18:00 ....where does the time go?
- I've made a bit of progress here. a lot of it kinda got lost to just trying to figure out the right terms for stuff, and a bit to context/research
- I've been really enjoying my focus though. very satisfying
- although I guess... hm
- I've been focused on "things vaguely related to this piece of writing" (and not random irrelevant distractions) but I haven't been recursing very strategically
- I want to turn my attention towards what will get it out/done, I think
- and again, recurse into juicy rabbit holes, but yeah
- do more "say the obvious" and just finish these sections
- and remember my sensual body the whole time
- @ 18:55 - another hour... I've mostly finished the "I think" section
- definitely having some "didn't have time to write a short letter" vibes
- there's just so much to say
- and yet it's also kinda simple