Re: [silk] Empathy

On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 7:11 PM Heather Madrone wrote: > In game theory terms, it's great if everyone cooperates, but you need a > strategy to cope with serial defectors, too. > A few years ago, Dyson and Press published a paper[1] that showed that generosity and extortion are finely balanced

Re: [silk] Empathy

What you have said is unobjectionable, though I am not entirely sure if you are making an argument or stating a tautology. I understood it as - empathy is a skill that can be developed - local maxima are not Truth The mental processes that underpin empathy are the ones I use to manipulate or

Re: [silk] Empathy

My problem with empathy, I have found, is believing I have it. Example 934 of the problems arising from believing my own propaganda. On Sun, 17 May, 2020, 21:30 Dave Long, wrote: > OK, if I have to come up with a bête noire to see all of yours, I shall: > > Advertising: can produce slick

Re: [silk] Busting echo chambers and piercing filter bubbles

For me, understanding an opposite viewpoint is at least as hard as visualising a 4-d cube. With a systematic approach and a fair bit of effort, I might be able to improve my understanding but there is always the feeling that it is lacking. I'm sure the married people on the list know what I am

Re: [silk] How do you collect and retrieve information from what you read?

On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 11:52 PM Tomasz Rola wrote: > BTW, is there (or was there) a similar concept in other > cultures/civilisations? Sort of tangential but there is an oral tradition called ಹೆಳುವವರು (heLuvavaru) who are these wandering folk (I think they were shepherds) who go from house to

Re: [silk] Questions, or answers?

Do answers have meaning independent of questions? The questions of Socrates were answers in disguise. A little passive-aggresive, imho. They are the same thing, no? On Wed, 19 Feb, 2020, 09:12 Bruce A. Metcalf, wrote: > On 2/18/20 5:57 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > > Via a friend on another

Re: [silk] Questions, or answers?

On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 11:29 PM Radhika, Y. wrote: > It always ends up being a search for meaning which cannot be resolved all > the time. Heard recently (on YouTube): meaning is a jumper you have to knit yourself. And reality unravels it?

Re: [silk] Questions, or answers?

Heh. The artwork is very evocative, like Mignola. Sometimes you can answer a question with a question. And my answer to the final question is: What else are you going to do? Hopefully that is mysterious enough not to need spoiler alerts :) On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 9:28 PM Udhay Shankar N wrote:

Re: [silk] What did you change your mind about in 2019?

Excellent point on the question of caste. We seem to be seeing some synthesis rather than the antithesis that, I for one, was raised on. In 2019, I've given up on free will. I tried to sustain it as an article of faith but I'm not the faithful type. On Thu, 9 Jan, 2020, 11:24 Alok Prasanna

Re: [silk] Suleimani

Taking off from Udhay's connection to oil prices, this seems to be a situation that benefits all the allies. Tehran took a step up with the oil field bombings and this is a further escalation. It is a no-downside outcome from the perspective of the chief paymasters, Riyadh and DC. I'm sure they

[silk] Emacsconf 2019 - Nov 2 (UTC)

This time it is virtual. https://emacsconf.org/2019/schedule I am setting up a small viewing at my workplace. The room can accommodate about 5-6 people in comfort. If there is a quorum, we can prevail on the barista to organise a tasting of some local coffee. The location is

Re: [silk] In Bangalore June 20/21/22

I'm in. On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 12:22 PM Sumanth Cidambi wrote: > Lovely. Tentative +1 for now. Thanks. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On 13-Jun-2019, at 12:19, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > > > On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 12:17 PM Sumanth Cidambi > wrote: > > > > Udhay. What venue decided please?

Re: [silk] Silkmeet in Bangalore 18 Feb 2019

Hey folks, how much longer will you be around? I just got off work and would be happy to join a dinner plan, if any. On Mon, 18 Feb, 2019, 11:35 Deepa Agashe, wrote: > Hi Udhay, > > I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew in one day, so I don’t think > I will be able to make it to the silk

Re: [silk] Intro

Welcome Alok! I do enjoy reading your newsletter. I detested the email newsletter format at first but I have grown to like it. On Wed, 23 May 2018 at 13:02 Alok Prasanna Kumar wrote: > Oh yes! Thanks for reminding me Venkatesh :). > > I also have a newsletter called the

Re: [silk] Anonymous web hosting

I'm a member of a coop - hcoop.net. I'd be happy to sponsor a membership but no one wants to pick a fight with the powers that be. This is something that I'm interested in and I have setup a tor presence but I don't know if it actually provides any security in these times. I would be happy to

Re: [silk] Two history podcasts to top them all

There is a series[1] produced by Shekhar Kapur on YouTube which I found quite illuminating. I wouldn't say that it is a serious historical work but it does have some interesting nuggets of information in it. Footnotes: [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_3i0Hf8KMI=ELYR5txmTpa_c -- Alok

Re: [silk] Few MacOS questions [was: What's your primary computing device?]

On Mon, 25 Sep 2017 at 02:22 Tomasz Rola wrote: > Q1. I am becoming addicted to abusing Emacs (editor, but also host to > Elisp scripting language, which I am using to write more sophisticated > versions of some crude makeshift sh scripts from the past), but I have > read

Re: [silk] Mysore Masala Dosa in Bangalore

Sunheri (Woodlands) restaurant on a crisp Sunday morning. Small crisp uddin vades and doshas to remind you of your childhood. Its easy to get carried away by comfort food and ambience has as much of a impact as taste. -- — Alok