SOME Philosophical aphorisms & critical reflections Daily

  • The Trap of News Noise

    Too much information disorients; much of it is spread manipulation and low-quality noise. Like everything valuable, quality information is rare. Why? It requires a lot of energy, will, long-term investment, a trained brain.

    If people read less news and mass media, they wouldn’t, for example, fall into the trap of a foolish leader.

    Some sort of noisy information manipulation always precedes the direct zombification of people.

    The trap of noise is that it acts like a drug. This anxiety and wildness stimulate dark, ancient remnants of the brain, spiraling society by its own means. But by discussing and worrying too much about nonsense, you sort of co-create that nonsense yourself.

    Mastering the art of ignoring is a must; not to discuss or drag things out, but to keep a distance and maintain the clarity of the signal. Work on getting your flow and mind clear. It’s not a joke… It’s like water; who would drink poisoned, dirty water? So much information manipulation is being spread around—be critical, ask questions, and keep calm.

    Dark ages are coming… always be ready for war, deprivation, remove all excess, be ready to move—but remain noble and humanistic, avoiding the initiation of aggression.

    We are living through an information revolution, and it will be difficult for everyone in this age. The first thing to take care of today is a clear head.

    I’ve stopped reading daily news feeds, and I’ve never felt better. I still get information, but now I do so by weekly or monthly digests. There’s no perfect media source; you’re always going to have to be critical and filter everything twice.

    Anxiety, critical thinking, digital detox, information noise, information revolution, media influence, media literacy, mental clarity, Mental Health, mindful media consumption, News, news addiction, news consumption, social media influence
    February 28, 2025
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  • Reality of subjective

    The sky is blue… but only we see it like this; actually, it’s contains more details. And not only the sky.

    Many abstractions like countries or feelings also have an even more subjective connotation.

    The whole world we perceive is extremely subjective.

    The one who can and has enough honesty and strength to see the truth and perspective of distance is really to be alive, not illusions and phantoms; it’s all short-term… By the way, learn to recognize pain as well; life is a complex tapestry of all possible experiences.

    In the long run, you can’t ignore reality as it is. The path to true success (not luck or fortune based) lies in merging with reality and accepting it. The reality beyond our consciousness is very real, and we certainly don’t see it to the end.

    perception, questions, reality
    February 21, 2025
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  • Whatever the struggle

    Human being… not only builds, but also destroys as much.

    Sometimes some people, under certain circumstances, just have fun destroying everything in a brazen way.

    Don’t try to search for universal justice, this world is created to boil and rebuild again and again… whatever the struggle – the worst will lose sooner or later. 

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    human being, justice, Life, Philosophy of Life, Universe
    February 20, 2025
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  • Direct contemplatation

    I like to turn off everything and just contemplate.

    I like keeping it minimal, without internet, news, consumerism, and no worries: take the maximum of your time and the minimum of what could grab it, fully aware and complete in this time, we’ve got so little of it actually; why ever hurry, anyway you are going to die and will never predict it all.

    That acceptance of “nothing” gives you space of thought, gives you time to understand.

    No, it’s not like Buddhist meditation. You don’t hide yourself behind breathing exercises. You face this reality directly as it is, head-on.

    acceptance, contemplation, general philosophy, minimalism, Philosophy of Life
    February 19, 2025
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  • New sound

    I am not anticipating new music. I mean, exceptionally new music, like modern electronics compared to the 19th century.

    Do you expect electricity to be discovered again? Well, new music is electricity. Such significant discoveries happen rarely…

    There’s no point in rushing here, and what was relevant in the 90s, when electricity delved into digital, can still be relevant today. Who said 30 years is a far past? That stage is still here, and it might last for two hundred years, who knows.

    Neural networks can bring new sounds, but more likely – quantum computers.

    Today’s question is: do we all truly need new things so much? Perhaps today’s rush is just a blur.

    Are you waiting for the new forms? What they could be like?

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    AI, art, blur, contemporary, modern, Music, New, quantum computers, rush, technology
    February 18, 2025
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  • Paradox of Freedom, Stability of Expansion

    The paradox of freedom, first discovered by Plato, can be formulated as follows: unlimited freedom leads to its opposite because, without protection and restriction by the law, freedom sooner or later leads to tyranny.

    The first adequate solution was proposed by Kant: “The freedom of each person should be limited, but not beyond those limits that are necessary to ensure the same degree of freedom for all.”

    Freedom is a societal state rather than a personal matter. A subject’s field of action. No individual exists completely outside of a society. It’s not to be confused with free will – something that no one truly can take away from another.
    From that perspective, we see clearly that freedom is will for balance, and as any neutralizer it should be applied in same form for all elements; the law is a technique of freedom, set of rules to avoid bad precedents when an element foolishly destroys their own foundation.

    It’s interesting to note that a similar phenomenon applies to the expansion of a subject.
    Huge resources easily overwhelm an average person. People rarely grow in proportion to their bank account balance; instead, they are often “compressed” and “narrowed” by it.

    In fact, money distribution is generally a social phenomenon, it’s a property of system, rather than a personal matter. I’d not consider capitalism and socialism separately; both techniques should be applied together to give growth (capital and privacy) and stability (helping society); what is like with freedom: you do what you want and you’re welcome to grow, but you can’t harm others because you’re one of them.

    freedom, Kant, law, personal growth, Plato, social equality, Social Justice, Society, tyranny, wealth distribution
    February 17, 2025
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  • Computer music of 1980s and 1990s

    An interesting playlist of old video game music, with all tracks composed by David Whittaker.

    aesthetics, composers, Music, retro, video games
    February 15, 2025
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  • Ethics and aesthetics when dealing with first impressions

    A useful method to check if something is suitable or not is to catch the very first impression, the very first imprint from the consciousness when you come into contact with something. Then examine it honestly, before any biases or preconceived notions influence your conclusions.

    What has already crossed our minds may be contaminated or masked either by our own thoughts or by the source of the content.

    This method can help filter out junk and noise because almost immediately, any perception is absorbed through the sponge of consciousness and is colored the subtext.

    However, that was primarily discussed in relation to aesthetics.

    Ethics can be manipulated through aesthetics, so you might need additional filtering.

    I refer to it as a “perspective filter.” When dealing with morals, laws, politics, or any other human-related issues, before forming an opinion, you usually make a basic examination of how it might unfold in the long run. Then, true “good” or “bad” may come to your internal eye.

    Image source: 1995 Blue Iceberg Antarctica Cherry Alexander  

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    February 15, 2025
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  • Language is a map

    Language is a map of understanding, experiences transformed into a structured code.

    Knowledge is stable and reality-proven form of that code, while disinformation might not be actually real – it’s a phantom intended to generate quick profits regardless of consciousness.

    code, Experience, information, knowledge, language
    February 13, 2025
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  • Contemplation & consciousness: a memory and language related phenomena

    In the early years of life, even humans do not experience contemplation in the full sense of the word.

    There is merely an awareness of current existence, even before the formation of speech and the general conceptual apparatus. It is during this time that the first memories are formed…

    In other words, consciousness is partly shaped by the external environment, and naturally based on the foundation of mind and memory – the upper layer is language and memory. This is where consciousness further reflects and exists by itself…

    Were you, in the truest sense, in understanding and rational perception of the world before your first memories, that is, around the ages of 3-4 or 5?

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    February 12, 2025
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  • Depth of darkness opens opportunities

    A human is designed in such a way that even wrong may benefit them. We inherit this from nature as a whole. Dinosaurs didn’t work out, so it did even better – just developed another scenario. 

    Depth of darkness opens opportunities. Some imbalance provides true balance. If anything were extra smooth and perfect, without any movement, there would be no good. Good is just other side of bad.

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    February 12, 2025
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  • Movement is the essence, object – contextual

    Some try hard to build something… others try harder to destroy. In any case, everyone moves. Movement is the essence, object – contextual.

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    February 11, 2025
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  • The skill of skeptics

    Why is skepticism preferable to dogmatism? Because recognizing flaws allows room for enhancement. The entire aim of existence is to continually progress, so that aligns seamlessly.

    The skill of skeptics is not being simplistic or unwise. You don’t question everything; you focus on key facts. Dismissing thoroughly researched and verified information is just irrational.

    Acknowledge that you can’t know everything. Don’t attempt to be “overly intelligent.” You truly can’t grasp every detail; just let it be.

    Sometimes individuals hold onto incorrect beliefs simply because they fear losing their investment. Release it, always.

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    logic, progress, rationalism, skepticism
    February 10, 2025
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  • Neuron is not transistor

    “The main unit of a biological computer is a nerve cell, or neuron, which is internally very different from a (computer chip) transistor.

    Of course, the code through which neurons exchange information resembles the code based on a sequence of impulses used in digital computing machines, but an individual neuron is a much more sophisticated unit for processing information than a transistor.

    Instead of just three connections with other components, a single neuron can have tens of thousands. A neuron operates more slowly than a transistor, but it has achieved much more in terms of miniaturization, which has been the main focus in the electronics industry over the past two decades.

    This is easily evidenced by the fact that the human brain contains approximately 10 billion neurons, whereas a skull could only hold a few hundred transistors.” – R.Dawkins

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    February 10, 2025
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  • Afterglow 2025

    abstract, ambient, audio synthesis, Music
    February 3, 2025
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  • About ai… I can’t explain this to a computer

    As about ai… To be honest I barely use it, although of course as a computers fan I know tech news well and have tried almost everything.

    The thing is, I express not the emotions of a computer but my own. I feel… these things can’t be expressed in words. Words are another level. Can you translate music into words? Then why do you want to hear it?

    To do what I must do, I need to try different notes, different pieces, to feel the final result — that yes, it is it, that it solidifies and affirms my feeling, my emotion, my way there. Experience and tryings.

    It’s hard to explain this to a computer; it’s way too abstract and complicated to be just a couple of prompts.

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    In this regard, I would prefer a wider variety of sound synthesizers and image effects over direct artificial generators.

    The same goes for texts and thoughts… a computer cannot express my thoughts, my view and understanding of the world, my perspective.

    So far, the only place where I use neural networks is for correcting the grammar of my imperfect English…

    aesthetics, AI, artwork, creativity, my art, my way, technology
    February 3, 2025
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  • extremes of concentrated capitalism or ultra-socialism

    Capitalism, while natural, needs socialist elements to balance chance and luck. A healthy system combines capitalism’s natural exchange and entrepreneurial spirit with socialism’s distribution, avoiding the extremes of concentrated capitalism or ultra-socialism.

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    January 31, 2025
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  • The larger the crowd, the dumber it gets

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    Democracy… sooner or later, the crowd will elect a complete fool to lead… reflection.

    The larger the crowd, the dumber it gets; the bigger the state, the more prone it is to mistakes and deception.

    Leadership is better entrusted to the best people with experience, the most honest and intelligent, with an unconditionally clean reputation.

    But the essence lies in size—small communities are more stable than large ones.

    Redistribution of responsibility and loss of signal…

    With the human as we used to know, any large country is, by definition, prone to collapse.

    In the end, small structures will prevail, where the head of the community answers directly to the people who are nearby.

    The fragmentation of countries into smaller entities is inevitable.

    authority, Errors, fools, government, masses, organization, People, size, Society, structure
    January 31, 2025
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  • Survival is stability

    The secret to success in both evolution and survival is stability.

    This is why forming prohibitive measures is less effective than adopting an open and positive approach, as maintaining prohibitions can lead to exhaustion over time.

    Good scenario when you suggest nice and healthy alternative instead of prohibiting something.

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    January 30, 2025
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  • When a large monopoly is formed

    People use big tech monopolists not because of their quality, but primarily because of their monopoly. 

    When a large monopoly is formed, ideally, it should be divided into a universally accessible and neutral service, similar to a library or basic healthcare in developed countries.

    January 28, 2025
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  • Intervals

    In the nineties, the world basked in prosperity, but now we find ourselves amidst a deepening recession. 

    The cycles in life imply that prosperity will return, only to be followed by another downturn. 

    These recessions are not merely periods of hardship but serve as vital intervals for accumulating strength, paving the way for dynamic renewal and introspective reevaluation. 

    Through these ebbs and flows, we undergo a process of profound reflection and purification.

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    adaptation, cycles, dualism, general philosophy, Life, progress, recessions, regress
    January 26, 2025
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  • Unemployed

    Soon, there will be a significant number of unemployed intelligent individuals with aspirations. This situation presents fertile ground for revolutionary movements. Potential outcomes include the implementation of universal basic income and substantial restructuring of capitalism.

    jobs, market, revolutions, ubi, unemployed, universal basic income
    January 24, 2025
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  • Limit

    By default the internet constantly keeps you in tension. Too much noise.

    One can’t focus deeply while in tension because real signals come with some space around them. Watch the dosage.

    information, internet, overinformation, signal, space
    January 23, 2025
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