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Rhys Lindmark

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Information

I'm writing a book on What Information Wants [https://www.roote.co/what-information-wants]. But nailing down a definition of information is hard. What is information? Let's look at the Wikipedia definition. That should be helpful, right? (Right?!?) > 1. Information can be thought of as the

When Should Law Forgive?

> “Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.” — Paul Boese To forgive or not forgive? That is the question. Should we forgive student debt, rent during COVID, and The Other Side for supporting their candidate? These are difficult questions to answer. Martha Minow, Obama'

Book Review: Cultural Evolution

> More than 45 years ago, I argued in The Silent Revolution that "A transformation may be taking place in the political culture of advanced industrial societies. This transformation seems to be altering the basic value priorities of given generations as a result of changing conditions influencing their basic

Remembering James Carse

James Carse, the author of Finite and Infinite Games [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/189989.Finite_and_Infinite_Games], passed away last week. I want to remember his legacy by revisiting his book and the impact it had on us. I have three points: I. Infinite Games Provided An

The WEIRDest People in the World

The cultural evolution of psychology is the dark matter that flows behind the scenes throughout history. Joseph Henrich is the world's leading scholar of cultural evolution. He released a brilliant book last week, The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous.

What’s Our Goal?

This is a draft chapter from my book. Here’s the Introduction and Chapter 1. If you’d like to give feedback, do so through this Google Doc. (If you give any amount of feedback, I’ll thank you in the book!) Please give me brutal, honest feedback! If something

Meta-Frameworks

This is a draft chapter from my book. Introduction here. * If you’d like to give feedback, do so through this Google Doc. (If you give any amount of feedback, I’ll thank you in the book!) * Please give me brutal, honest feedback! If something sucks, say it! Btw, if

1st Chapter of Book

Hello! Welcome to the 1st draft of my book, Creating a Humanist Blockchain Future (placeholder title). The goal with open-sourcing these drafts is to: * Get feedback before releasing the book * Experiment with new processes that are more deeply aligned with a future of abundant long-term human flourishing. (i.e. Open