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VivaLaPanda
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I’m a software developer. I like fantasy novels, Slate Star Codex, and art that knows what it is. My current project is a celebration of early 2000s web aesthetics, viewable at VivaLaPanda.moe
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Why have so many online social networks failed to form healthy communities, and instead gained notoriety as hostile spaces? I argue that the reason these platforms have failed is because they didn’t learn the lessons taught by the High Moderns when humans were first faced with the challenge of engineering...
Stoicism, or life strategies in that sphere, are something that often gets positive attention. I’m referring to the wide variety of advice that is along the lines of “look for the silver lining” and “laugh off the small things”. At the core, the stoic mindset is the recognition that we...