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AI is the autotune of thought.

So when can we expect the next virus to be released?

I wish everyone could experience the rollercoaster of highs and lows, the innocent ecstasies and heart wrenching sorrows, that is spending two hours in the company of nearly 3 year old identical twins.

BREAKING: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of more than 300 million Eastern Orthodox Christians, has won the 2025 #TempletonPrize for his pioneering efforts to bring together people of different faiths to heed a call for stewardship of creation.

It’s hard to explain, but turning 40 feels like activating a higher level of agency. Actually, it’s not that hard: it’s the energy that comes with the dawning awareness of death.

Dostoyevsky knew that every movement that burns hot enough will attract opportunists, zealots, and destroyers. Read Benjamin Carlson on the haunting truth of Demons. thefp.com/p/things-worth…

I’ve reread Demons 5 times, and I wrote about about in The Free Press

The most important novel to understand our time. Here's Gary Saul Morson writing about it too: commentary.org/articles/gary-…

“We always assume moral warnings are meant for others. But Dostoyevsky doesn’t let you off that easily. The warning is not about your enemies. It’s about you.” @BFCarlson on the revealing truths found in Dostoyevsky’s “Demons”: thefp.pub/42yC38o

There is a very fine line between being fascinated by an idea and consumed by it. c/o Benjamin Carlson thefp.com/p/things-worth…

“Every movement that burns hot enough will attract opportunists, zealots, and eventually, destroyers. Even the most righteous cause can be hollowed out from within.” @BFCarlson on the revealing truths found in Dostoyevsky’s “Demons”: thefp.pub/42yC38o

“We always assume moral warnings are meant for others. But Dostoyevsky doesn’t let you off that easily. The warning is not about your enemies. It’s about you.” @BFCarlson on the revealing truths found in Dostoyevsky’s “Demons”:

If you haven't read it, do yourself a favor.

What will define us increasingly distinctly from AI is that we are animals. Perhaps more than ever we will learn to see the nobility of that fact, our physicality and our frailty.

The movie theater experience cannot be replaced by streaming. It is totally immersive - pitch black room, enormous screen that overwhelms you, good acoustics. And the disorienting feeling when you step back out into daylight, which is similar to waking from a vivid dream.

The shrill horn blast at 1:17 is one of those moments in Beethoven (there are many) that show music can be a more precise tool of expression than words. Don't ask me what it means, just listen.

The best books, fiction and nonfiction, were written by hand and typewriter.

You can almost hear a million voices turning inward, away from the chaotic and angry flow of public conversation, toward their private communications with an artificial companion that is happy to discuss their every whim.