Are goodness, beauty, justice, and love real features of reality—or merely labels human beings have invented? This ancient philosophical debate invites us to consider whether the values guiding our lives are grounded in something deeper than language and preference.

We conclude our discussion of the book Neville Goddard and the Christian Imagination, emphasizing one of the later chapters on retaining spiritual gains via creativity.

If we are to avoid losing our humanity amid a paradise of machines invading and conditioning our daily lives, there is an urgent need for education in ethical discernment and the capacity to acknowledge the moral good.- Pope Leo XIV, 25th of September 2026

Sun Tzu Wrote is a podcast inspired by one of history's greatest works of strategy and wisdom: The Art of War. Written over 2,500 years ago by the legendary Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu, this timeless text has transcended the battlefield to become a guide for life, leadership, and personal growth. The Art of War is more than a manual for military commanders—it’s a masterclass in strategy, adaptability, and discipline. Sun Tzu’s teachings explore the art of understanding your environmen...

The Chinese AI researcher has read the Three Body Problem series of sci-fi novels since high school, and understand the concept of existential risk vaguely. He is fascinated by Ye Wenjie, the researcher that turned against humanity in that book, and decides that in the future if AI progress leads to a superior intelligence, he might be tempted to become Ye if there's no good alternative. He performs the duties of capabilities research in a Chinese frontier lab, seeking to one day achi...

Epistemic status: >90% confidence in the principle, >70% confidence that mitigating these would be hard in practice, no full implementation yet. tldr: it seems difficult for verification mechanisms to prevent chaining runs together or aggregating parallel ones; per-run FLOP caps could thus be covertly bypassed. 1. If governments want to regulate frontier AI training, one might want to cap individual training runs, e.g. putting bounds on the number of FLOPs per training run, and making sure

Every pattern you live by was built for a reason. This trailer explains what The Architect Speaks is about, who is behind it, and where to start.I'm Michael Lauria, a qualified therapist, author and philosophical mythologist. Each episode takes one pattern, traces it back to where it was installed, and looks at what it's costing you now and what it takes to stop living by it.The Architect books, thirty-six books in three movements: codexofthearchitect.com/booksMy books under my own name, including

Human Respect Labs presents: “The Spell That Made Everyone Good” —a short animated parable on force, freedom, and the power of human respect.Please watch and share so we can make more!Got a creative project idea about human liberation? Visit Human Respect Labs to see if you qualify for funding.There once was a city both ancient and great, Whose greatness gave way to a terrible fate.The city of Uz, its people once proud, Now lived in the dark of a terrible cloud.Around every corner, a mugger, a

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit reflectorsreflections.substack.comThis week, the Earth, Moon and Neptune converge in Gate 25, Line 6 - Innocence / Ignorance.Gate 25 speaks of innocence and universal Love being the Spirit of all that is. Its sixth Line 6 carries a sharp teaching: false innocence is eventually exposed through our actions.This makes integrity a central theme of this coming full moon conjunct Neptune and something that will be illuminated collectively.It is

A mathematical set needs a clear rule determining what belongs inside it. Our important conversations need similar clarity: when words such as success, justice, freedom, and faith remain undefined, we may argue without realizing that we are talking about different things.

Back in the day, I was a very active AI safety group organizer. I commonly notice people making the same mistakes across many clubs. I have written down a list of some of these mistakes hoping people will avoid them in the future: Reading groups often require that people read things before meetings. This is a mistake. People often don't do the readings. And the lack of common knowledge that everyone has read the reading degrades the conversation quality. Instead, have longer meetings, serv...

Sun Tzu Wrote is a podcast inspired by one of history's greatest works of strategy and wisdom: The Art of War. Written over 2,500 years ago by the legendary Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu, this timeless text has transcended the battlefield to become a guide for life, leadership, and personal growth. The Art of War is more than a manual for military commanders—it’s a masterclass in strategy, adaptability, and discipline. Sun Tzu’s teachings explore the art of understanding your environmen...

Below is the executive summary from our new paper at pacing.tech. The full paper is available on the site and as a PDF. The full author list is Raymond Douglas, Charles Dillon, Nikola Moore, Gavin Leech, Shahar Avin, Mathias Kirk Bonde, Rohit Krishnan, Noah Perez, Nathan Young, Cormac Slade Byrd, Stephen Casper, Jan Kulveit, & David Duvenaud “Pacing AI” usually refers to how to conclusively handle the most extreme risks in the face of race dynamics. However, even for the goal of handling

In this lesson, you'll learn about the customer flowchart, a powerful tool for visualizing and detailing how your social venture's idea will work. Beyond just defining your customer, this module helps you map out their interaction with your offering, including how they discover it, what motivates their engagement, and the anticipated impact on their lives.🎯 Learning Objectives• Understand the utility of a customer flowchart in detailing your social venture's operations.• Describe the complete

I avoid Twitter (𝕏) for similar reasons to drugs: I think itwould change me for the worse, and I would be unable to give it up. After staying off Twitter reasonably successfully for years, I cross-posted my AI Tweets there a few weeks ago. I had something very Twitter-shaped to say, and I thought it was important to get out, so I do think this was worth it. And it all went well: none of this is complaining about the comments I got there. Coming back a few times to check

COMING SOONWelcome to The Nature Within, with Dave Thomas.What if the answers we seek about life, growth, and our place in the universe are already reflected in the world around us—and within ourselves?This podcast explores inner growth and our relationship with nature and the universe.Together, we’ll discover new perspectives, and perhaps uncover a little more of who we are along the way.If you would like to take part in these podcasts send a message to dctaudioservices@gmail.com

From inside a maze, every turn is uncertain and each dead end can feel final. A hopeful worldview recognizes the limits of that ground-level perspective and asks whether our lives might be seen, held, and guided from a vantage point beyond our own.

The Chinese AI researcher has read the Three Body Problem series of sci-fi novels since high school, and understand the concept of existential risk vaguely. He is fascinated by Ye Wenjie, the researcher that turned against humanity in that book, and decides that in the future if AI progress leads to a superior intelligence, he might be tempted to become Ye if there's no good alternative. He performs the duties of capabilities research in a Chinese frontier lab, seeking to one day achieve parity

In this Reflection on Flourishing, Vince Berkley, DO, MBA, talks about first impressions, politeness, and the power of using a person's name.

Sin is real and real to God. We must be willing to extend to others the forgiveness God extends to us for maintaining good relationships. Transcript