Stray thoughts on the emphases I found helpful from anarchists and Marxist-Leninists—and why I am neither an anarchist nor a Marxist-Leninist.
A basic discussion of the role and conceptual space of philosophy, and how it relates to science.
I worry that many people on the left are too quick to leave democratic styles of organizing because they think it hasn’t been politically effective enough. Even if their experiences with ‘democratic’ organizations have been disappointing, I think we ought to be more rigorous and intentional about democracy before we compromise on it.
Some basic benefits and discussion around horizontal and democratic organizing structures.
I discuss and explain how I understand 'motivated reasoning’, and ways to avoid it.
Finding Meaning in Paragraph Breaks
Paragraph breaks and other syntactical breaks are used to imply different but interacting abstract concepts. Also, three tips for myself to improve my writing process.
An understanding of patterns of behaviors within institutions, taking notes from natural selection and the works of G.A. Cohen and Anwar Shaikh.
Common problems that can sink an organizing group: staying non-hierarchical for too long, and having too inflexible of a structure in response to changing circumstances.
Reflecting on what helps spontaneous movements successfully get over the initial hurdle of effort required to set up the structures and norms for effective organizing, my thoughts settled on three things…
Three Points About Socialism-As-I-Understand-It
From a conversation with friends
Speed (in the Brain, on Social Media, and in Government)
Stray thoughts about how the speed of our decision-making can change the kinds of actions we end up taking.
Concepts, Methods, & Heuristics in Proofs and Refutations - Chapter 1, §4
An ongoing list of the concepts, methods, and heuristics used by the characters of Proofs and Refutations: The Logic of Mathematical Discovery, by Imre Lakatos. This is what I would have found useful the first time reading Proofs and Refutations, and I hope you find it useful too.
Chapter 1, §4 focuses on methods for responding to global counterexamples of a proof.