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Roman mosaic of a reclining skeleton beneath the Greek inscription know thyself

Museo Nazionale Romano · Rome

ΓΝΩΘΙ ΣΑΥΤΟΝ · Know thyself

Source: 1st century CE · excavated at San Gregorio on the Via Appia

Museo Nazionale Romano · Rome

ΓΝΩΘΙ ΣΑΥΤΟΝ · Know thyself

A map of what reached me

Open an island, then follow its smaller words into the people, works, communities, and practices beneath it.

Influences

A

Adult Developmental Stages

  1. 01Developing ethical, social, and cognitive competenceVividnessThemesadult developmentethicsrelationships
  2. 02Levels of LucidityJoscha BachThemesadult developmentmindagency
  3. 03Natural misunderstandings of adult stage theoryMeaningnessThemesadult developmentmeaning
  4. 04Kegan’s LevelsAzatris’ Belief CodexThemesadult development
B

People and Works

  1. 01SoftmaxEmmett ShearDisciplinestechnologyAI
  2. 02Harry Potter and the Methods of RationalityEliezer Yudkowsky · HPMORThemesagencyLineages & communitiesrationalityFormatsfiction
  3. 03Gödel, Escher, BachDouglas HofstadterThemessystemsmindrecursionDisciplinesart
  4. 04Who Am I?Ramana Maharshi · Society of Abidance in TruthPracticesself-inquirycontemplation
C

Philosophy

  1. 01Moral relativism · VariationsWikipediaThemesethicsrelativismDisciplinesphilosophy
  2. 02Free WillStanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyThemesagencyfree willmetaphysicsDisciplinesphilosophy
  3. 03Finitism in mathematicsHacker News discussionThemesfinitismDisciplinesphilosophymathematicsFormatsdiscussion
D

Status & Social Class

  1. 01The Theory of the Leisure Class: A Status UpdateQuilletteThemesstatussocial classcultureDisciplinessociology
  2. 02Three Class Ladders in AmericaMichael O. Church · IndiePF archiveThemesstatussocial classcultureDisciplinessociology
E

Friends

  1. 01SahilGroundless researchThemeslive theoryDisciplinesAIRelationshipsfriends
  2. 02TJNotes and essaysThemescoordinationqualiaembodimentalignmentlanguagePracticessensemakingDisciplinestechnologyAIRelationshipsfriends
    TJQualiatechThe problem with the word alignment
  3. 03VatsalPersonal siteThemescuriosityRelationshipsfriends
  4. 04Bhishma RajPersonal sitePracticeswritingRelationshipsfriends
F

Linguistics

  1. 01LinguisticsYouTube videoThemeslanguagemeaningcommunicationDisciplineslinguistics
  2. 02Concept CreepThe AtlanticThemeslanguagemeaningconcept creepcultureFormatsessay
  3. 03Metaphors We Live ByGeorge Lakoff and Mark Johnson · GoodreadsThemeslanguagemeaningcognitionmetaphorFormatsbook
  4. 04The Church of InterruptionSam BleckleyThemeslanguageattentioncultureDisciplineslinguistics
  5. 05Language as magic spellsX · @johnsonmxeThemeslanguageattentionmeaningembodimentFormatsthread
G

QRI

  1. 01Autism as a disorder of dimensionalityOpenTheoryThemescognitionneurodiversitydimensionalityPerspectiveshypothesis
  2. 02QRI GlossaryQualia Research InstituteThemesqualiaconsciousnessphenomenologyLineages & communitiesQRIFormatsglossary
H

Spiritual & Contemplative

  1. 01Principles of VasocomputationOpenTheoryThemesvasocomputationembodimentDisciplinesactive inferenceBuddhist phenomenology
  2. 02Friendship Is the Whole of the PathDaniel Thorson · Intimate MirrorThemesfriendshipcommunityPracticescontemplation
  3. 03FocusingLessWrongThemesattentionembodimentPracticesrelatingcontemplation
I

Positive Masculinity

  1. 01Theseus LodgeNameless MountainThemesmasculinitycommunityformation
  2. 02Young Men AwakeYoung Men AwakeThemesmasculinitycommunityformation
  3. 03No one expects young men to do anythingRob Henderson · SubstackThemesmasculinitycultureformation
  4. 04The noble art of the manly weepAeonThemesmasculinityemotionculture
  5. 05Is it masculine to cry?Qiaochu Yuan · XThemesmasculinityemotionrelationships
  6. 06Qiaochu Yuan threadsQiaochu Yuan · XThemesmasculinityrelationshipsPracticeswriting
  7. 07MenScott Aaronson · comment threadThemesmasculinityculture
J

TPOT

  1. 01TPOTExplanations, maps, and directoriesThemescommunitydiscoveryPracticeswritingLineages & communitiesTPOTpost-rationality
    Post-rationality threadOrange TPOTTPOT Directory
K

Post-Rationality

  1. 01Geeks, MOPs, and sociopaths in subculture evolutionMeaningnessThemessubculturecommunityLineages & communitiespost-rationality
  2. 02The purpose of meaningMeta-rationalityThemesmeaningLineages & communitiespost-rationalitymeta-rationality
  3. 03Meaning and PointingRibbonfarmThemesmeaningLineages & communitiespost-rationalitymeta-rationality
  4. 04Rational MagicThe New AtlantisThemesmagiccultureLineages & communitiespost-rationality
L

Rationality

  1. 01Explaining the Twitter post-rat sceneLessWrongThemescommunityLineages & communitiesrationalitypost-rationality
  2. 02Who By Very Slow DecaySlate Star Codex · archivedThemescultureLineages & communitiesrationalityContextsblogosphere
  3. 03Replacing GuiltNate SoaresThemesagencyPracticespracticeLineages & communitiesrationality
  4. 04Living in an Inadequate WorldEquilibriaThemesmeaningcultureLineages & communitiesrationality
  5. 05GwernAI, pretraining, and seeing through explanationsThemespretrainingepistemicsreductionismLineages & communitiesrationalityDisciplinesAImachine learning
    The Scaling HypothesisOn Seeing Through and Unseeing
  6. 06SlackNeel NandaThemesagencyslackstrategyLineages & communitiesrationality
  7. 07SlackThe ZviThemesagencyslackstrategyLineages & communitiesrationality
  8. 08Common Knowledge and MiasmaThingMaker · MediumThemessocial epistemologymetacognitionLineages & communitiesrationality
  9. 09The Cognitive Decoupling EliteDrossbucketThemescognitioncultureLineages & communitiesrationality
  10. 10A Cyclic Theory of SubculturesAstral Codex TenThemessubculturecultureLineages & communitiesrationality
M

Cyborgism

  1. 01The Simulation ObjectiveGenerative InkThemessimulationsystemsLineages & communitiescyborgismDisciplinesAI
  2. 02CyborgismLessWrongThemesagencyLineages & communitiescyborgismDisciplinesAItechnology
N

EA and Forecasting

  1. 01ForecastingEffective Altruism ForumThemesepistemicsPracticesforecastingLineages & communitiesEA
  2. 02Integral AltruismAn EA offshoot I preferThemesaltruismLineages & communitiesEAintegral
  3. 03Job satisfaction80,000 HoursThemesmeaningvaluesLineages & communitiesEAContextscareers
O

d/acc

  1. 01d/acc: one year laterVitalik ButerinThemescoordinationLineages & communitiesd/accDisciplinestechnology
P

Pop-up villages

  1. 01Why I Built ZuzaluPalladiumThemescommunityPracticesexperimentsContextsresidencies
Q

Edward

  1. 01“Thoughts” are patterns of vascular tensionX · @johnsonmxeThemesembodimentmindthought
  2. 02Selected thread · @johnsonmxeX · @johnsonmxeThemesembodimentlanguagethought
  3. 03Another thread · @johnsonmxeX · @johnsonmxeThemesembodimentmindthought
R

Richard Ngo

  1. 01Aligning to VirtuesRichard Ngo · Mind the FutureThemesvirtuesalignmentethics
S

MAPLE

  1. 01Monastic AcademyMonastic AcademyPracticesmonastic practicepracticeLineages & communitiesMAPLE
  2. 02Soryu ForallYouTube · starting at 3:24ThemesembodimentcommunityLineages & communitiesMAPLE
T

Sensemaking Communities

  1. 01Sensemaking communityYouTube · starting at 11:38ThemescommunityepistemicsPracticessensemaking
  2. 02Technology Is Not Values-NeutralConsilience ProjectThemesvaluesdesignPracticessensemakingDisciplinestechnology
U

Circling & Authentic Relating

  1. 01Enter PortalEnter PortalThemescommunityPracticescirclingrelating
  2. 02Epistemic ExperimentsEpistemic ExperimentsThemesepistemicsPracticesexperimentsrelating
V

Visualization and Explanation

  1. 01Euler’s formula with introductory group theory3Blue1Brown · Grant SandersonThemesvisualizationexplanationDisciplinesmathematics
  2. 02Research DebtInteractive explanations of machine learningThemesexplanationPracticesresearch practiceDisciplinesmachine learningFormatsessay
  3. 03Media for Thinking the UnthinkableBret Victor · WorrydreamThemesvisualizationexplanationcognitionFormatsinteractive explanation
  4. 04Explorable ExplanationsBret Victor · WorrydreamThemesvisualizationexplanationexplorationFormatsinteractive explanation
  5. 05Explained VisuallySetosaThemesvisualizationexplanationFormatsinteractive explanationContextsdata
  6. 06Visual Information TheoryChris Olah · colah’s blogThemesvisualizationexplanationinformation theoryDisciplinesmathematics
  7. 07The Evolution of TrustNicky CaseThemesvisualizationcoordinationtrustFormatsinteractive explanationgames
  8. 08Stuff in SpaceInteractive satellite mapThemesvisualizationDisciplinestechnologyFormatsinteractive explanationContextsspace
  9. 09Earth NullschoolInteractive earth visualizationThemesvisualizationsystemsFormatsinteractive explanationContextsearth
W

Interfaces

  1. 01DynamiclandDynamiclandThemesinterfacessystemsDisciplinestechnologyContextseducation
X

Buddhism

  1. 01The AlembicBerkeley AlembicThemesconsciousnesscommunityPracticescontemplation
  2. 02Bodhi ZendoZen training centre · South IndiaPracticespracticeLineages & communitiesZenContextsretreat
  3. 03Dhamma NāgājjunaVipassana Centre · Nagarjuna SagarPracticespracticeLineages & communitiesVipassanaContextsretreat
  4. 04Romeo StevensWriting and contemplative practiceThemeslanguagePracticescontemplationtranslationLineages & communitiesBuddhismDisciplinesBuddhist phenomenology
    Romeo StevensMistranslating Buddha