Xavier StachowiakAccelerationism is just Capitalism — and “e/acc” is a Dangerous DelusionAccelerationism — for those who are blissfully unaware — is the idea that the best way to achieve a better future is by accelerating…·8 min read·Apr 17, 2024----
Xavier StachowiakPutting an $8 billion theft in perspective — the crimes of Sam Bankman-FriedSince the collapse of FTX, the major cryptocurrency exchange that once bought itself out from the behemoth that is Binance for a cool $2…·13 min read·Apr 2, 2024----
Xavier StachowiakIllusory Illusions — Free Will, Determinism and the EgoSome time ago I wrote an article about how “Free Will is an Ego Delusion”, but I think in retrospect the real Ego Delusion might have been…·5 min read·Jan 27, 2024----
Xavier StachowiakThe Manosphere is Pathetic and Makes Me Embarrassed to be a ManAlso, “The Matrix” isn’t real and Red Pills are Magic Beans·7 min read·Jan 27, 2024----
Xavier StachowiakComputerized Consciousness and the Self — Copies and Composites in Uploaded MindsLet’s assume for the duration of this article that it is a given that technology will one day allow human beings to “upload” themselves…·6 min read·Jan 19, 2024----
Xavier StachowiakThe Problem with (most) Motivational LiteratureThe problem with most motivational literature is that one needs to be motivated to actually apply any of it. On the other hand, if enough…·5 min read·Jan 16, 2024----
Xavier StachowiakUploaded Minds — Computerized Consciousness and it’s possible psychosocial impactsWhile the actual feasibility of copying a human consciousness into a digital substrate — or that of any substrate other than a biological…·6 min read·Jan 12, 2024--1--1
Xavier StachowiakOvercoming Decision Paralysis with AIPlus some notes on Talking, Trauma and Therapy·9 min read·Jan 1, 2024----
Xavier StachowiakOn Doing Nothing — it’s OKSo, it’s that socioculturally significant and temporally fairly arbitrary but vaguely notable event rolling around again, that is 2023…·6 min read·Dec 31, 2023----
Xavier StachowiakHeliospheres: Cells in a Cosmic OceanA heliosphere is the vaguely spherical region of space where the pressure of the solar wind emanating from any given sun is sufficient to…·7 min read·Oct 31, 2023----
