Gary Basin – cogito, ergo cogitationes -Things I think about

Experience Machines

September 21st, 2016 | Author: gary

How much do we care about the world beyond our subjective experience of it? Robert Nozick’s Experience Machine thought experiment suggests we do seem to reject hedonism — most people care about things beyond their direct hedonic experience. A weaker

How to steer your subconscious

April 27th, 2016 | Author: gary

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You may notice that some of your best ideas come to you in the shower, while driving, or when you’re taking a walk. You may also know that these are likely coming from parts of your brain beyond conscious access

Open-minded Delegation

January 28th, 2016 | Author: gary

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If you’re anything like me, you love finding solutions to problems. When faced with a challenge, your mind starts racing to find potential paths to take, hypotheses to test, and solutions to build. This is exciting, but this is also

What it means to Want

January 10th, 2016 | Author: gary

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Have you ever wondered what you truly want? In the context of the demands, distractions, and routines of daily life, it is rarely clear. One thing we are all familiar with is desire. Many times each day, we are confronted

Routine: Power and Peril

December 28th, 2015 | Author: gary

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Wake up eight hours after going to sleep. Meditate. Light exercise. High protein and fat breakfast. Take the train, or run, to the office. Triage. Respond to urgent issues while attempting to make a dent in my coding backlog. Lunch.