Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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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…
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339 Hours Later
A little bit of data visualization to commemorate my first year of piano learning.
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I watched Thunderbolts*
As I walked out of the theater (after waiting for the full credits to roll so I could see the movie’s final scene, naturally) I thought to myself “that wasn’t bad, for a Marvel movie.” During Marvel’s Infinity Saga, it wasn’t uncommon for moviegoers to forego that qualifier entirely. Thunderbolts* isn’t a return to that…
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I read Fourth Wing
Fourth Wing was my first romantasy read and I wasn’t expecting much from it. How could I? I had people recommend it to me and the very next moment dismiss it as smut. Imagine my surprise, then, at Rebecca Yarros’ restraint, delaying the novel’s first sex scene until two thirds of the way through. If…
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