Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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The eight books I read in the first half of the year
Doing these in bulk since I didn’t write an “I read…” post for each. Here’s the list: Thoughts below. Along Came a Spider I first read this when I was a teenager. I didn’t remember anything about it except that I enjoyed it then. My reaction in 2026 is more tepid. It’s a fine thriller…
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You are not it if you don’t do the thing
You are not it if you don’t do the thing. You are not an entrepreneur if you don’t start businesses. You are not a writer if you don’t write. You are not a painter if you don’t paint. You are not a musician if you don’t play. You are not a leader if you don’t…
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The tail on this tooltip is the strangest one I’ve ever seen (Zen browser)
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An Unserious State of Play rollup
I didn’t watch Playstation’s State of Play live. Instead I took advantage of their State of Play – February 2026 YouTube playlist. In reverse, for some reason. Unfiltered reactions below. Kena: Scars of Kosmoraskipped. not interested but nice to see a sequel Ghost of Yotei: Legendsskipped. inevitable but not something I’ll play Death Stranding 2:…
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ClawdBot is a glimpse at a mainstream personal digital assistant
I don’t like being caught up in a hype cycle—I really don’t—but I have to talk about ClawdBot. It has impressed me more than any other AI branded product I’ve encountered thus far and it’s done so in a short amount of time. The closest analog for me was the first time I used Claude…
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Siri, Gemini, and luck
Just over a week ago Google released a joint statement with Apple on their blog, The Keyword, revealing Siri will be powered by Gemini in the near future. I’ll include the entire statement because it couldn’t be shorter. Apple and Google have entered into a multi-year collaboration under which the next generation of Apple Foundation…
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Forecasts & Commitments, 2026
Forecasts I’m hesitant to make forecasts this year because I don’t have a positive outlook on 2026. Starting the year refining a list of negative outcomes feels antithetical to this exercise… but my ego enjoys getting things right so here are a few anyway. The US job market will get worseThe day I finalized this…
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Punk Rocky cover art and PaRappa the Rapper
I don’t listen to a lot of A$AP but the cover art for Punk Rocky is 👌 10/10 executed nostalgia play that’s also thematic/topical
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Report Card, 2025
As is tradition now, how did I do with my forecasts and commitments for 2025? Forecasts I did good here, which is easy to do when your forecasts aren’t very bold. We’re going to hear the word “agent” a whole lot this year—just about as much as we’ll continue to hear “AI” uttered. ✅ True,…
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Claude memory file
If you allow Claude to keep memories from chats, it will store them in an easily accessible plain text file. It’s trippy to read through. It reminds me of those sparse Wikipedia pages that feel like they’re written by someone whose only knowledge of the subject is second hand anecdotes. Not all it thinks about…
Got any book recommendations?