This entry represents something like my stream of consciousness for Wednesday, 3 December, 2025. This is basically like a journal entry that I work on throughout the day and then don’t go back to correct errors. Update 13.Dec.2025: This post moved to: Topics in this post: Some songs for today: I was listening to the followingContinue reading “-JW Consciousness Stream – 3 December 2025”
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-I Struggle with My Own Ego
I hope that I’m not the only person who struggles with their own ego. I constantly question my own sense of self-importance, self-esteem, and self-worth. My parents would never say such things, but since I was a child, strangers have told me relatively consistent things about my good qualities. I have always been uncomfortable withContinue reading “-I Struggle with My Own Ego”
Gurdjieff: Most People Have No Soul
Instigated by listening to a video titled Gurdjieff: The Man Who Claimed Most Humans Are Not Truly Alive, this article consolidates information from that video, my childhood, and the writer P.D. Ouspensky, much of which may come from the mystic traveler George Ivanovich Gurdjieff, with additional processing by these other minds. I intend to write thisContinue reading “Gurdjieff: Most People Have No Soul”
Television Programs from My Childhood
This blog post lists some television shows, especially comedies, that stood out to me as a child. These are from what I would consider to be the end of the golden age of television, before it really went commercial, to be replaced eventually by Internet technologies such as YouTube and streaming. These were the daysContinue reading “Television Programs from My Childhood”
-JW Consciousness Stream – 2 December 2025
This entry represents something like my stream of consciousness for Tuesday, 2 December, 2025. This is basically like a journal entry that I work on throughout the day and then don’t go back to correct errors. Update 13.Dec.2025: Moved to: Topics in this post: I started writing something about struggling with my own ego, butContinue reading “-JW Consciousness Stream – 2 December 2025”
My Worst Mistakes
This article provides information about what I consider to be the worst mistakes of my life, ordered from worst to least bad. At the same time, each of these mistakes led to learning and experiences that shaped who I am now. It’s not even possible to be certain that they were more harmful than otherContinue reading “My Worst Mistakes”
AI Terminlogy and Concepts Cheat Sheet
This article presents a cheat sheet for terms and concepts related to Artificial Intelligence (AI). Much of this may assume LLM as a context. Some is copied directly from Wikipedia or google gemini output. Note that I have no education or expertise regarding AI; this effort definitely turned into a number of rabbit holes. AssumeContinue reading “AI Terminlogy and Concepts Cheat Sheet”
-JW Consciousness Stream – 1 December 2025
This entry represents something like my stream of consciousness for Monday, 1 December, 2025. This is basically like a journal entry that I work on throughout the day and then don’t go back to correct errors. This is a Monday edition, so it covers bits from Saturday and Sunday too. Update 13.Dec.2025: Moved to: SomeContinue reading “-JW Consciousness Stream – 1 December 2025”
My Markdown Cheat Sheet
This is my personal markdown cheat sheet. Markdown and its limitations kinda suck, but it’s pretty simple, relatively universal, and much better than HTML for writing with simple formatting. To Get This Do This Headings Start headings with # characters to match level (##, ###, etc.) Links [text](url) Images  Preformat `<inline>` or “`<ENTER><multiline><ENTER>“` Special Characters `Preformat` or escape withContinue reading “My Markdown Cheat Sheet”
Can Artificial Intelligence Have a Soul?
This article presents my personal perspective on whether Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems – specifically those with a human language interface such as ChatGPT with underlying LLMs (Large Language Models) – can have souls. Update 14.Dec.2025: I moved this post to here: AITLDR summary by gemini: The following discussion prompted my writing, but the entire topicContinue reading “Can Artificial Intelligence Have a Soul?”