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“The world is not driven by greed, it’s drive by envy.”
— Charlie Munger
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“Hatred has to be learned, Golden says: ‘We are all born with the capacity for aggression as well as compassion. Which tendencies we embrace requires mindful choice by individuals, families, communities and our culture in general. The key to overcoming hate is education: at home, in schools, and in the community.’ According to Dutchevici, facing the fear of being vulnerable and utterly human is what allows us to connect, to feel, and ultimately, to love. She suggests creating ‘cracks in the system.’ These cracks can be as simple as connecting to your neighbor, talking with a friend, starting a protest, or even going to therapy and connecting with an ‘Other.’ It is through these acts that one can understand hate and love.”
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Is AI intelligent?
AI is not intelligent in the human sense.
AI can process information, recognize patterns, and produce useful outputs, but it does not understand, feel, or intend anything.
Here’s the clearer distinction:
What AI can do
- Analyze large amounts of data
- Detect patterns and relationships
- Generate text, images, music, or predictions
- Follow goals defined by humans
This is often called narrow or functional intelligence.
What AI cannot do
- Have consciousness or self-awareness
- Understand meaning the way humans do
- Form intentions, values, or emotions
- Create from lived experience
AI does not “know” what it says. It calculates what comes next based on probability.
As a useful way to think about it:
“AI is a tool that imitates intelligence, not a mind that possesses it.” — Unknown
By ChatGPT
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“I don’t really care so much what people say about me because it usually is a reflection of who they are. For example, if people wish I would sound like I used to sound, then it says more about them than it does me.”
— Prince
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con art·ist
noun informal
noun: con artist; plural noun: con artists
a person who cheats or tricks others by persuading them to believe something that is not true.
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“The overriding element in chronic psychological manipulation is always an issue of power and control. Manipulators are driven by a need for power and control over every situation. In some cases, this can arise from past trauma… In more devious circumstances, it is a method of controlling others for outcomes like personal leverage, a need to feel better than everyone else, a bid for attention, or a desire to have an advantage.”
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The Real Miracle
When Bankei was preaching at Ryumon temple, a Shinshu priest, who believed in salvation through repetition of the name of the Buddha of Love, was jealous of his large audience and wanted to debate with him.
Bankei was in the midst of a talk when the priest appeared, but the fellow made such a disturbance that Bankei stopped his discourse and asked about the noise.
“The founder of our sect,” boasted the priest, “had such miraculous powers that he held a brush in his hand on one bank of the river, his attendant held up a paper on the other bank, and the teacher wrote the holy name of Amida through the air. Can you do such a wonderful thing?”
Bankei replied lightly: “Perhaps your fox can perform that trick, but that is not the manner of Zen. My miracle is that when I feel hungry I eat, and when I feel thirsty I drink.”