Archive - Extelligence

Nine Types of Knowledge

How I Try to Emotionally Sort New Information. Buried Treasure Truth. Then Another Nine Types. So Eighteen Types but that Didn’t Sound as Good.

Apr 21 •

My Micronesian Stepfather was a White Supremacist Amateur Elvis Impersonator

Yes, it was Confusing. That was the Point. Reflections on Race, Racism, and the Complications of Knowing Actual People

Apr 9 •

March 2024

A Piece of the Thing is the Whole of the Thing

It’s 5am. Do you know what your LLM is reading? And what is the Data Equivalent of Broccoli?

Mar 23 •

We’re All a Dumbass to Someone

Reclaim the Liberating Concept of People Just Being Wrong, Mistaken, or Incorrect

Mar 21 •

Wholesome Mind Control

How’s that for a Deliberately Provocative Headline?

Mar 6 •

Decompressing Cosmic Horseshit

Let’s be honest, we need a transition piece

Mar 1 •

February 2024

Anti-Majestic Cosmic Horseshit

My conflicted feelings about the Supernatural and the time I saw God

Feb 16 •

Headlines are Already Mind Control

So why not replace them with something better? Seriously, not that hard.

Feb 3 •

January 2024

The Basic Things that Make Civilization Work are Good Actually

More on Trust Indexes, Content Moderation, and Stop Acting Like You Witnessed Hell on the Western Front and Can No Longer Feel Hope

Jan 11 •

Attention Epilepsy and Freedom of Speech on the Internet

Freedom of Speech versus Freedom of Reach, Listening through the Surface of Complaints, and Maybe just Maybe Republic style Democracy is a Good Thing?

Jan 6 •

December 2023

An Open Letter Against Open Letters

You should ask for something more specific than for things to be “Better.” And also the Mayfair Witches.

Dec 19, 2023 •

The Ethics of Being Superman

Protective Ignorance, Overwhelming Power versus Overwhelming Responsibility, and a Rebuttal to Several Arguments on 100 Million Flying Handguns

Dec 16, 2023 •

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