Author: Jack Neoveris
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On Freedom
Humanity’s ability to restructure our behaviors is what gives us our advantage in resource acquisition throughout evolutionary time. Though we can format ourselves and grow comfortable in that format, it is human to radicalize and change behaviors when our resource acquisition process is threatened. I’m not sure if this is instinctual or cultural, but it…
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On Subterfuge
Nations are loosely collected, if not rather diffuse, groupings of corporations that don’t necessarily have a common geopolitical objective. Corporations can be bought out quite easily in their interests, as can politicians, as can grassroots movements. The Chinese have grown quite adept at this practice—I know this, after all, I am a Canadian. Algorithms can…
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On Moral Temperance
Pragmatically, there are few arguments for moral excellence. We are not bee or colony animals, so it simply isn’t human to sacrifice ourselves wholesale for the greater good and think of that as a viable strategy. Now, we have jobs to keep and children to protect—survival is important in the average human ethos. Yet, without…
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On Sufficient Knowledge
Between losing focus and grasping an idea is this wandering state of observation. It is as if the mind is just taking in the shape and form of a concept and noting it, not trying to interpret it or grasp it. It’s kind of like when someone is teaching you to put together a machine…
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On Unity
The troubling issue I see is a matter of nations fostering peace, creating unity, and essentially merging into unions. I see the European Union, NATO, even the United Nations as different levels in attempting to achieve this goal. The challenge of achieving this globally is necessary, since only through unity and global trust can disarmament…
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On Modern Budgets
Ive been doing a lot of math lately, studying what the budget of a middle class American was like at the height of the middle class [1972], and decided to figure out what a person could afford today if we wanted to maintain the same purchasing power, considering that they had 30% disposable income and…
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On Basic Autopoiesis
The human mind is a complex entity, capable of great feats and susceptible to significant struggles. Everyone grapples with their mind, and it’s crucial to remember that mental health should never be used as an excuse to let our potential go to waste. We all have the capacity to function with effort, and it’s our…
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On Paradigm Organization
A long time ago, I called it Abstract Paradigm Organization Logistics. Now I just call it the Logos. APOL is the logistics of how paradigms are organized as abstract constructs of thought. This includes the processes of how thought is itself an abstract construct of life, how life is an abstract construct of chemistry, and…
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On Innovation
I have a vague idea of my own about how the mind achieves various levels of understanding, comprehension, and creativity. This idea is pure speculation and may stem from a completely rudimentary understanding of how the mind works, based on my casual dabbling in endocrinology and basic neuroanatomy. However, this is how I understand the…
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