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Dialogue with Gabriel Alfour on Emergent Wisdom, Coordination, Growing Up, and Democratic Republicanism
Transcript generated with Gemini-4-Argon and spot checked in places but not fully verified by a human. Ivan Vendrov: All right, welcome to the show, Gabriel. Gabriel Alfour: Thanks for having me here. Ivan Vendrov: So, we’re going to talk. This is a follow-up conversation to the chat I had with Davidad a few days ago on emergent wisdom in language models. And suffice to say, Gabriel doesn’t buy it. Do you want to articulate your main disagreement? I can also summarize if you’d like. Gabriel Alfour: For sure. First, I want to restate what is meant by... I forgot the word that you used, wisdom?
LessWrong · EN
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How Ideas of Masculinity Might Affect a Country’s Well-Being
The Internet has been awash in commentary in recent years on the topic of masculinity. It’s spawned an influx of podcasts and social media influencers—often referred to as the “manosphere”—that have attempted to define modern-day masculinity. The Netflix documentary Inside the Manosphere, hosted by British journalist and documentarian Louis Theroux, further ignited conversations as he unpacked the impact of manosphere influencers and their potentially harmful ideologies on young boys and men. In the field of psychology, one way of thinking about masculinity is the notion of precarious manhood.
Greater Good · EN
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What the Democratic Tsunami in the Midterms Means for Abortion Rights
The American abortion debate had gone relatively quiet before the midterm, even if that calm seems unlikely to last.
Slate · EN
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Democrats’ Blue Wave Could Get Even Bigger
The elections are too close to call, but they’re not looking bad.
Slate · EN
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Democrats just seized one of the Republican Party’s most powerful weapons
If you paid attention to Supreme Court litigation during the Biden administration, you would have noticed a surprisingly high number of cases with names like Biden v. Texas or United States v. Texas. Texas’s outgoing attorney general, Ken Paxton, once bragged that he sued the Biden administration 106 times during his time as Texas’s top […]
Vox · EN
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Whose fault is the GOP’s cataclysmic defeat? 3 theories are gaining steam on the right.
Republicans began picking through their party’s post-midterms wreckage Wednesday to ask about — and argue over — how things went so, so wrong in President Donald Trump’s second term. Tuesday’s blue tsunami not only washed out Republicans’ House and Senate majorities, it carried Democrats into office even in deep red strongholds like South Carolina, Kansas, […]
Vox · EN
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How Democrats won the Deep South
This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. Many a pundit spent this morning with his or her thesaurus, seeking aquatic metaphors more portentous than “wave.” Call it a blue deluge. A blue 100-year flood. A blue tsunami — a blunami! — […]
Vox · EN
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Donald Trump would like to change the subject
This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: President Donald Trump’s midterms response is a shrug. What happened? By now, you certainly know: Democrats won overwhelmingly in Tuesday’s midterm elections, and they won […]
Vox · EN
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Austen-Inspired Historical Romance for Fans of The Other Bennet Sister
Fall in love alongside these Austen-inspired characters in Ming-Dynasty China, at the Royal Academy of Science, and more.
Book Riot · EN
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Sometime between the late Middle Ages and the 18th century, people came to believe that love should play a role in the selection of a spouse
Sometime between the late Middle Ages and the 18th century, people came to believe that love should play a role in the selection of a spouse
Arts & Letters Daily · EN
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"All writers will be buried, but try to bury their books, and somebody will always dig them up again"
"All writers will be buried, but try to bury their books, and somebody will always dig them up again"
Arts & Letters Daily · EN
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Robert Wilson created spectacles that defied interpretation. So his critics wrote about their own ideas instead
Robert Wilson created spectacles that defied interpretation. So his critics wrote about their own ideas instead
Arts & Letters Daily · EN
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After the Midterms, Washington Lawyers Up
With Democratic majorities in Congress, oversight, and its frustrations, return.
The New Yorker · EN
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The Democrats’ Big Night and the Repudiation of Donald Trump
A previously unimaginable Democratic victory has reshaped the political landscape. Does it signal a lasting shift in the electorate?
The New Yorker · EN
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It’s the Morality, Stupid
Some midterm voters may have been driven by the desire to repudiate cruelty.
The Atlantic · EN
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Democrats Will Likely Disappoint Voters Soon
We don’t need to guess what happens to politicians who campaign on affordability and don’t deliver. We saw it last night.
The Atlantic · EN
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The Polls Found a New Way to Be Wrong
After a decade of underrating Donald Trump’s support, pollsters finally underestimated Democrats.
The Atlantic · EN
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Google Won’t Give Schools the One Thing They Want
The tech giant is making districts choose between AI and search.
The Atlantic · EN
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TONANA
Coatlicue-Tonantzin is the mother goddess of nature, death, and the mother of the gods in the Mesoamerican worldview, particularly within the Mexica tradition. As the archetypal great mother, she embodies the feminine principle that gives life within nature. For this project we worked with interior and furniture designer Andrés Gutiérrez, who?guided by a vivid color palette inspired by Mesoamerican cosmology?selected marbles, volcanic stones, and textured materials for building a bar inspired by the mother goddess of the Mexica pantheon. Within that chromatic range and the primordial creation
Behance Featured · EN
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The Art of the Panoramic Aspect Ratio
Panoramic compositions offer another way to present a scene, preserving its horizontal breadth and giving the frame a different sense of scale, movement, and visual balance. They can be extremely powerful. [ Read More ]
PetaPixel · EN
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If This DP Started Over Today, He'd Only Buy These Four Things
Cinematographer Keaton Nye worked his way up the camera department, from PA to AC to camera operator and then DP. He's now a commercial DP whose clients include Visit Faroe Islands, Atlantis Bahamas, Paycom, and ESPN, and he also runs a full-service production company. In a new video, Nye lays out what he'd do if he had to start over, including the gear he'd buy first, what he'd learn first, and more. His advice is aimed at people who know they want to be DPs, but much of it applies to anyone holding a camera. Here's what aspiring cinematographers can take from his do-over plan. - YouTube www.
Nofilmschool · EN
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Will Ferrell’s "Anti-Pep Talk" Is the Best Advice for Creative Longevity
Look, if you're having a bad day in Hollywood, you probably give yourself the sem pep talk every time: Never give up, keep grinding, and bet on yourself. And yeah, sometimes you may need to hear that, but sometimes you might need a kick in the ass and a little bit more of a reality check to center you and get you back on track. In a candid clip, comedy icon Will Ferrell shared the ultimate "anti-pep talk" that he gives himself when he needs to hear it. And I think we all might need this dose of reality too. Let's dive in. - YouTube www.youtube.com The "Anti-Pep Talk" That Changed Everything Mu
Nofilmschool · EN