Archive - Contemplatonist

Some thoughts on AI and its costs

1 I watched this video by Simon Clark called ‘Should I feel guilty about using AI?’ and found the opening pretty interesting:

Jul 8 •

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What I think about 'Thing Explainer'

Thoughts on only using simple words

Jul 1 •

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June 2025

Socrates' infertility

Socratic questioning as a facilitative craft

Jun 15 •

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May 2025

Why is philosophy like childbirth?

In which contem*platonist* finally posts something about Plato

May 30 •

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To-do lists considered as evil magic

Towards indicative-verb activity lists

May 16 •

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April 2025

Limbic language vs pre-frontal language

I recently discovered the concept of ‘limbic language’.

Apr 28 •

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Spontaneous and responsive desire: a useful frame for non-sexual desires too?

What are spontaneous and responsive desire?

Apr 7 •

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February 2025

I gaze at my navel because it blocks out the view

I sometimes wish I wrote and thought less about what’s going on in my mind, and more about literally anything else.

Feb 18 •

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September 2024

Are you uncertain about facts, or just what you want?

I’ve recently been doing some daily career reflection, or, perhaps more precisely, career typing-into-a-Google-doc-at-the-problem.

Sep 5, 2024 •

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July 2024

Beauty matters, but we find it difficult to talk about

Something that feels weird to me: beauty matters a lot socially, but it’s often considered gauche to talk about it honestly.

Jul 18, 2024 •

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The phenomenology of 'nnnggg, I don't wanna!'

Sometimes there’s a task which is on my to-do list, or which I “have” to do, and I powerfully, deeply, intensely do not want to do it.

Jul 10, 2024 •

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June 2024

The person who wants to do it first, does it much more

Call this 'activation disparity'?

Jun 27, 2024 •

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