- Politics is the Mind-Killer. It really, really is. It activates so many built-in software programs that prevent you from seeing things clearly. There are strategies to keep a clear mind (thinking in bets, developing your own political philosophy) but none of them are easy. “If you want to make a point about science, or rationality, then my advice is to not choose a domain from contemporary politics if you can possibly avoid it. If your point is inherently about politics, then talk about Louis XVI during the French Revolution.” More here.
- Resumes are Dying – Here’s What’s Replacing Them. Everyone I know who is hiring is dealing with the same thing – a deluge of resumes, often AI generated, often not relevant. Job-seekers aren’t to blame; this is what happens when applying is easy and digital. This creates an opportunity.
- Considering “mythopunk” (X). People have argued that a rise in mysticism is coming, an idea I happen to agree with (even though I lack evidence). Enter mythopunk?
- “Mystic Union: An Essay in the Phenomenology of Mysticism.” Speaking of mysticism – here’s a discussion on what mysticism is, and the two forms it takes.
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The Corrupted Blood incident (also known as the World of Warcraft pandemic) took place between September 13 and October 8, 2005, in World of Warcraft, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Blizzard Entertainment. When participating in a certain boss battle at the end of a raid, player characters would become infected with a debuff that was transmitted between characters in close proximity. While developers intended to keep the effects of the debuff within this boss’s game region, a programming oversight soon led to the debuff becoming an in-game pandemic that spread throughout the fictional world of Azeroth.
From a real incident that occurred in World of Warcraft due to an in-game bug. More here.
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