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Jun 14
TIL that there’s such a thing as Yen Buddhism in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld universe. Honestly, the majority of the Buddhist monks here in Sri Lanka would feel right at home in it.
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Jun 12
Artist that kept making art while dealing with ailment
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Apr 30
This is incredibly inspiring, a complete game changer for severely disabled people. And it's only going to get better from here.
I suspect that, before long, a lot of non-disabled people would also want one implanted in their brains, because this would be a much faster and efficient way of controlling a computer than via the use of fingers.
Mar 22
It’s hard to believe it’s already been 100 days since I received my Neuralink N1 implant. Looking back, the whole journey feels like science fiction that somehow became my everyday reality.
The surgery on Day 0 was surprisingly easy. A quick general anaesthetic, a small incision, and the robotic system did the rest — precisely placing the 1,024 ultra-thin threads into my motor cortex. I woke up alert and in good spirits and went home the next afternoon. By Day 3 I was feeling a lot better, and by Day 7 the little scar was already starting to fade. Recovery was genuinely minimal; I felt sharper and more positive than I had been in years after the BCI was turned on.
The real fun started in Week 2 when we paired the implant with my brand-new Apple MacBook (my very first Mac). The @neuralink engineers walked me through calibration sessions, and within a couple of minutes I was moving the cursor just by thinking. At first it felt like trying to remember a dream, but by Week 3 it was second nature. Scrolling, clicking, typing — all mind-controlled. The Mac integration was buttery smooth; I went from total Mac newbie to power-user faster than I ever expected.
By Day 80 I was ready for the big leagues. That’s when I fired up @Warcraft of Warcraft for the first time with pure thought control. The first raid felt clunky, but once my brain and the BCI synced, it was pure magic. I’m now raiding, and exploring Azeroth hands-free at full speed — no mouse, no keyboard, just intention. It’s honestly brilliant. The freedom is addictive.
The social-media side has been just as surprising. Every update I’ve shared has been met with genuine excitement rather than scepticism. Thousands of messages from people with disabilities, gamers, students, and scientists — all asking real questions about the tech and what it could mean for the future. The positivity has been overwhelming and incredibly motivating.
100 days in and I already can’t imagine life without it. The N1 didn’t just give me a new way to use a computer — it gave me a new way to live. Can’t wait to see what the next 100 days bring.
Thank you all so much for your support and I will keep you all updated as we continue this journey together.
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Apr 22
Reddit user making the case that it’s easier to lobby politicians than most people imagine, and that it’s an underrated method of effecting political change.
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Apr 21
If you’re not sure what to do right now, set a timer for two minutes, enumerate all the options at your disposable, and pick one of them to do. Among these options, include also the option to extend the amount of time to think about what to do next. Repeat until you know what to do.
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Apr 21
Not necessarily. Those ideas can marinate in the subconscious while the conscious mind is busy with other things.
But it takes serious and intense work to plant such ideas and mental processes in the subconscious such that they are able to do their work on their own.
Here's Bertrand Russell talking about an especially striking case of this that he experienced:
Apr 21
ideas w long gestation periods are big time momentum killers
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Apr 20
Never let a moralist, of whatever flavor, be in charge of a creative enterprise. Art has but one purpose: to produce beautiful things. Everything else must be subservient to this ultimate end.
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Apr 18
You cannot think your way to a perfect design. Only building and testing, over many iterations, can reveal the flaws in your mental model and provide the feedback you need to create the best design possible.
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Apr 18
Unfortunately, the truest and the most logical arguments are rarely the most persuasive. Rhetoric and reason are therefore always in tension. If you wish to rally people to your cause, to win arguments, to mobilize masses for strategic ends, I’m afraid you’ll have to simplify things, speak half-truths and quarter-truths, present one side while denying others, exaggerate some things and downplay others.
You won’t have to explicitly lie in order to do this, but you won’t present the truth as objectively as you can, because that won’t convince many people.
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Feb 21
I don't know how to post about this in a way that's sincere enough for today's internet audience, but Alsya Liu has genuinely inspired me as a 36-year-old non-figure skater to go after my dreams on my own terms and I'm really grateful for that.
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Feb 21
This was a fun read, though the subject matter might be a little gloomy. There’s a bit of schadenfreude to be enjoyed here at the expense of the abomination of a company that is (or was) Cluely.
harpers.org/archive/2026/03/…
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Feb 21
Self-preservation at all costs—the man for whom nothing is more valuable than his own life—is the lowest of all creatures. In all of human psychology, nor in the behavior of animals, there’s no baser instinct than this.
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Feb 21
Whatever your opinion of Greta Thunberg, what she says here sounds unquestionably true. Real conviction of a worthy goal, however distant, can make the world come alive by imbuing one’s life with great meaning and purpose.
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Feb 19
What if you were completely without fear? Who would you then be? If you tell me you won’t be any different, either you’re one person in a billion or you’re lying, perhaps to yourself as much as to anyone.
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Feb 19
This is where you’re supposed to be everyday as any kind of creative person.
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Feb 18
Written English has barely changed in 300 years. If you can read Harry Potter, you can read Robinson Crusoe (1719).
The Spelling of our Tongue was in the main ſettled ere the eighteenth Century, & the Grammar has ſuffer'd but little Alteration ſince. Yet before this happy Settlement, things were exceeding ſtrange.
In Shakeſpeares dayes, ſpelling was much more variable, & you ſhall finde notable differences in the grammar: "thou" could bee intimate or inſulting, depending vpon whom you ſayd it to; to chooſe amiſse had conſequences.
Wende we now tuo hundred ȝeer bifore, to Chauceres tyme. It seemeth ȝit as Englisshe, but it nis nat esy to reden withouten greet connynge.
Yet tuo hundred wintre er, sone after þat the Normans comen to þis londe, is Englisch on muchel wandlunge. Þe tunges work is tobroken, Frensce wordes comeþ in, and þe writunge is al totwemed.
Þy furðor þu underbæc færst, þy gelicor biþ Englisc gesewen þære Deniscan spræce. Englisce bec þæs m. geare ne mæg nan mann rædan buton he sundorlice geleornad sy.
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Feb 17
Hey @ohabryka, I can't access posts on LessWrong anymore. I can go to the home page, but when I click on a post this error message shows up.
This seems to be location based. I'm from Sri Lanka and LessWrong doesn't seem to work for IPs from here. But if I turn on a VPN and change my IP, then I can access the site.
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Feb 12
Moreover, walking on the path to mastery is inherently rewarding, inherently joyful and pleasing, without any external rewards.
One cannot gain mastery over something if one does not also love it. And what's a better life than one spent doing what one loves?
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Feb 12
"I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies."
— Napoleon
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Feb 12
Sting's "Shape of My Heart" expresses this sentiment beautifully in it's opening verses.
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