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Table of contents | Meaningness Better ways of thinking, feeling, and acting—around problems of meaning and meaninglessness; self and society; ethics, purpose, and value
About my writing - Meaningness Meta-rationality Meta-rationality is skill in using systematic reasoning, in technical fields, that goes beyond formal rationality by taking into account contexts and purposes In the Cells of the Eggplant is my book about leveling up your work by applying meta-rationality Artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence is harmful and risky
How meaning fell apart | Meaningness Over the past century, systems of meaning gradually disintegrated, and a series of new modes of meaningness developed
A gigantic chart that explains absolutely everything A gigantic chart that explains absolutely everything This chart is an overview of Meaningness and Time: the past, present, and future of culture, society, and our selves It shows how the modes of meaningness manifest in many aspects of life Some people find this sort of systematic presentation helpful; others do not Skip it if you are one of those who don’t It probably won’t fit in
The collapse of rational certainty - Meaningness It’s a triumph for technical rationality, meaning “the application of mathematics to the material world ” It was a severe challenge to rationalism, “the belief that correct thinking can yield perfect certainty, understanding, and control ”
The psychological anatomy of a stance - Meaningness Each stance, or basic attitude toward meaningness, is a transient pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting The Meaningness practice involves learning to recognize these patterns Then you know what stance you are in at any moment, and ways to shift from any confused stance to a complete one I describe each stance in terms of a series of aspects This page explains what the aspects are, and
Systems of meaning all in flames | Meaningness How and why modernity failed All systems of meaning—religious, political, artistic, psychological—began to fall apart Nihilism seemed the only alternative