Professor Jiang Xueqin of The Lecture Hall channel is becoming one of my favorite content contributors on YouTube. This video is about some negative impacts of bureaucracy, bureaucrats, and government on society as a whole. I think that in the USA at least, we’re definitely seeing much of this develop past any reasonable point. UpdateContinue reading “-The Age of Fake Work – Prof. Jiang Xueqin / The Origins of Totalitarianism”
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-The Relationship or Person That I Would Want
This article provides some information about the relationship that I would want or person with whom I would want to have such a relationship. This is not a personal ad; it’s more like preparing an explanation in case I ever do meet anyone. To be honest, I’m not really looking – I know that IContinue reading “-The Relationship or Person That I Would Want”
-Summary: 7 Personality Types You Should Never Trust – “Alan Watts”
This article summarizes key points in the video “Watch “7 Personality Types You Should Never Trust – Alan Watts”, including a few points of my own. I’ve seen numerous AI fakes of Alan Watts, so I don’t know whether this video uses his voice or even his words. I still found the content valuable becauseContinue reading “-Summary: 7 Personality Types You Should Never Trust – “Alan Watts””
-JW Consciousness Stream – 4 December 2025
This entry represents something like my stream of consciousness for Thursday, 4 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: Songs: I think that I woke up around 3:00Continue reading “-JW Consciousness Stream – 4 December 2025”
-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”
-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”
You Are Being Programmed – Curate Your Feed and Control Your AI Use
Just as Large Language Models (LLMs such as ChatGPT) are trained on input data, your mind is trained on the content that you process. There is an old idiom in computer programming: garbage in, garbage out. What this means is that if you feed bad data into a system, you can only get bad dataContinue reading “You Are Being Programmed – Curate Your Feed and Control Your AI Use”
Discard Life?
Apparently after calculating that I’m not depressed enough, YouTube placed the following video in my feed: I suggest that you listen to that video before reading this post, which is largely a reaction. Because there are times when I can relate, and I know others that seem to be making this transition, I listened toContinue reading “Discard Life?”
JW Consciousness Stream – 21 November 2025
This entry represents something like my stream of consciousness for Friday, 21 November, 2025. This is basically like a journal entry that I work on throughout the day and then don’t go back to correct errors. Today’s edition touches on: It seems that YouTube is getting better at surfacing content that both interests and potentiallyContinue reading “JW Consciousness Stream – 21 November 2025”
Re-evaluating My Core Values
This article is about re-evaluating my core values. I don’t meditate, but I do contemplate, and I think I’ve reached some conclusions about myself. To be clear, this is something like a journal entry that represents me thinking out loud. Just because I write something does not mean that I believe it. Writing helps meContinue reading “Re-evaluating My Core Values”
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