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@dave @neglesaks @skells Not in it's current paradigm. There are many lessons from modernity we haven't studied yet.

@admin @dave @neglesaks@mstdn.io Zizek and Taleb are the only people who come to mind

i get the sense that a lot of the people who might've been academic philosophers are working in AI, although academic philosphers and philosophers are a different breed in my mind

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Refusing to give in to despair by sheer force of will

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This was really just a Japan thing as I recall, because there was a "gentleman's agreement" between manufacturers not to advertise their cars having more than 276 horsepower to avoid horsepower wars.

But in practice they were all cheating a bit, lol. The Toyota Supra (4th Gen, the one from the OG Fast and Furious) was the most egregious example, with a turbocharged V6 and a 0-60 in 4.6 seconds, still somehow 276 horsepower, lol.

the ceiling is nothing but a floor for those who seek

@lucifargundam drop the question mark, philosophical bullshit only works if you sound utterly confident

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to change ones shoes does not change ones feet

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the state of man has ever been a choice between peril and decay

it's profound but empty statement Thursday

@dave @neglesaks@mstdn.io a man sees god in his car

he crashes.

@dave @neglesaks@mstdn.io do we have meaningful thinkers these days

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