From e96272c297dfb11eff9c34c53e4c39d936e7a363 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joshua Seigler Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2025 02:59:27 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Updates --- feed-CV0DqegV.xml => assets/feed-CMMrl-n2.xml | 17 +++++++++++++++++ assets/feed-0a2yGepU.xml => feed-0a2yGepU.xml | 0 feed.xml | 2 +- feeds/links.xml | 2 +- index.html | 2 +- links/index.html | 2 +- 6 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) rename feed-CV0DqegV.xml => assets/feed-CMMrl-n2.xml (98%) rename assets/feed-0a2yGepU.xml => feed-0a2yGepU.xml (100%) diff --git a/feed-CV0DqegV.xml b/assets/feed-CMMrl-n2.xml similarity index 98% rename from feed-CV0DqegV.xml rename to assets/feed-CMMrl-n2.xml index 77ae96d..c1df927 100644 --- a/feed-CV0DqegV.xml +++ b/assets/feed-CMMrl-n2.xml @@ -10,6 +10,23 @@ + + Link: Why Facts Don’t Change Minds in the Culture Wars—Structure Does + + 2025-07-24T04:20:24Z + https://vasily.cc/blog/facts-dont-change-minds/ + <div class="markdown"><p>In 2019 Vin Armani was telling people we were transitioning from an age of rationalism to one of mysticism. Six years later this knowledge has begun to reach mainstream discourse. Charts and graphs are <em>tactics</em>, they come after the belief is formed and reinforce or justify it. A worldview has a structure to it, and in this article reframes persuasion and argument strategies as attempts to destabilize the structure of belief that supports a given worldview.</p> +<p>Thinking about worldviews with this lens is useful for maintaining or examining your own beliefs, and for understanding the motivation behind other people's persuasive efforts.</p></div> + + + + Link: The Hater's Guide To The AI Bubble + + 2025-07-24T02:35:19Z + https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-gui/ + <div class="markdown"><p>The final word in AI haterade. This is an economic bubble, where NVidia sells GPUs so a handful of other companies can use them to lose massive amounts of money. It makes up a significant fraction of the economy, and it won't last forever. </p></div> + + Link: Jujutsu VCS Introduction and Patterns | Kuba Martin diff --git a/assets/feed-0a2yGepU.xml b/feed-0a2yGepU.xml similarity index 100% rename from assets/feed-0a2yGepU.xml rename to feed-0a2yGepU.xml diff --git a/feed.xml b/feed.xml index c1df927..b812ce4 100644 --- a/feed.xml +++ b/feed.xml @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ 2025-07-24T04:20:24Z https://vasily.cc/blog/facts-dont-change-minds/ - <div class="markdown"><p>In 2019 Vin Armani was telling people we were transitioning from an age of rationalism to one of mysticism. Six years later this knowledge has begun to reach mainstream discourse. Charts and graphs are <em>tactics</em>, they come after the belief is formed and reinforce or justify it. A worldview has a structure to it, and in this article reframes persuasion and argument strategies as attempts to destabilize the structure of belief that supports a given worldview.</p> + <div class="markdown"><p>In 2019 Vin Armani was telling people we were transitioning from an age of rationalism to one of mysticism. Six years later this knowledge has begun to reach mainstream discourse. Charts and graphs are <em>tactics</em>, they come after the belief is formed and reinforce or justify it. A worldview has a structure to it, and this article reframes persuasion and argument strategies as attempts to destabilize the structure of belief that supports a given worldview.</p> <p>Thinking about worldviews with this lens is useful for maintaining or examining your own beliefs, and for understanding the motivation behind other people's persuasive efforts.</p></div> diff --git a/feeds/links.xml b/feeds/links.xml index 4e4b790..5e29b89 100644 --- a/feeds/links.xml +++ b/feeds/links.xml @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ 2025-07-24T04:20:24Z https://vasily.cc/blog/facts-dont-change-minds/ - <div class="markdown"><p>In 2019 Vin Armani was telling people we were transitioning from an age of rationalism to one of mysticism. Six years later this knowledge has begun to reach mainstream discourse. Charts and graphs are <em>tactics</em>, they come after the belief is formed and reinforce or justify it. A worldview has a structure to it, and in this article reframes persuasion and argument strategies as attempts to destabilize the structure of belief that supports a given worldview.</p> + <div class="markdown"><p>In 2019 Vin Armani was telling people we were transitioning from an age of rationalism to one of mysticism. Six years later this knowledge has begun to reach mainstream discourse. Charts and graphs are <em>tactics</em>, they come after the belief is formed and reinforce or justify it. A worldview has a structure to it, and this article reframes persuasion and argument strategies as attempts to destabilize the structure of belief that supports a given worldview.</p> <p>Thinking about worldviews with this lens is useful for maintaining or examining your own beliefs, and for understanding the motivation behind other people's persuasive efforts.</p></div> diff --git a/index.html b/index.html index 39d67d3..b4fca38 100644 --- a/index.html +++ b/index.html @@ -1 +1 @@ -Hello! - joshua.seigler.net

Hello!

I’m Joshua Seigler, a software engineer since 2010 and a living being since the 1980s. I’ve watched technology advance from dial-up and Geocities pages, to federated social media and decentralized autonomous organizations.

I currently work for a risk analysis startup called QI Path. My professional focus is on front-end development for web and mobile. See /about for more detail.

I would love to connect: send me electronic mail or drop in my unoffice hours.

Recent posts

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Hello!

I’m Joshua Seigler, a software engineer since 2010 and a living being since the 1980s. I’ve watched technology advance from dial-up and Geocities pages, to federated social media and decentralized autonomous organizations.

I currently work for a risk analysis startup called QI Path. My professional focus is on front-end development for web and mobile. See /about for more detail.

I would love to connect: send me electronic mail or drop in my unoffice hours.

Recent posts

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Links

  • Why Facts Don’t Change Minds in the Culture Wars—Structure Does
    July 24, 2025

    In 2019 Vin Armani was telling people we were transitioning from an age of rationalism to one of mysticism. Six years later this knowledge has begun to reach mainstream discourse. Charts and graphs are tactics, they come after the belief is formed and reinforce or justify it. A worldview has a structure to it, and in this article reframes persuasion and argument strategies as attempts to destabilize the structure of belief that supports a given worldview.

    Thinking about worldviews with this lens is useful for maintaining or examining your own beliefs, and for understanding the motivation behind other people's persuasive efforts.

  • The Hater's Guide To The AI Bubble
    July 24, 2025

    The final word in AI haterade. This is an economic bubble, where NVidia sells GPUs so a handful of other companies can use them to lose massive amounts of money. It makes up a significant fraction of the economy, and it won't last forever.

  • Jujutsu VCS Introduction and Patterns | Kuba Martin
    July 23, 2025

    I've used Jujutsu for a week or so. It's fantastic. I was going to write an introduction to Jujutsu article but this one is so much better than what I had planned. Read this one instead.
    I do wish it had a better name. Try looking up "Jujutsu conflict resolution" and you get a bunch of stuff about martial arts.

  • The EU as suicide pact, or: How Germany is slowly dismantling its electrical grid and why the EU won't let them fix it
    July 09, 2025

  • Voice of God - The Truth About AI Assistants
    July 06, 2025

    Insightful. Basically claims that AI has been made so convenient (at great expense and effort) because it gives AI providers/operators enormous benefit: control over narrative at unprecedented depth and scale.

  • htmz - a low power tool for html
    July 01, 2025

    Super clever approach for putting HTML into other HTML. "Is it a framework? It's a snippet."

  • Speed Catan - seanmcp.com
    June 29, 2025

    Speed Catan is a variation of the popular board game Catan that emphasizes game speed and simplicity for younger (or impatient) players.

  • How to Surf the Web in 2025, and Why You Should
    June 28, 2025

    Just as it’s still possible (though seldom necessary) to ride a horse, it is still possible to surf the internet. It’s a thrill not yet lost to time.

  • Comic Helvetic Font | dafont.com
    June 26, 2025

    I don't understand why this feels ok but Comic Sans makes my skin crawl.

  • NIKA:\git-revise\>
    June 18, 2025

    git-revise is a history editing tool designed for the patch-stack workflow. It's fast, non-destructive, and aims to provide a familiar, powerful, and easy to use re-imagining of the patch stack workflow.

  • Markdown Code Blocks With a Title / Filename - Lusitos Tech Blog
    June 15, 2025

    Smart alternative to immediately using some kind of markdown extension or plugin. Good perspective.

  • MidWord! The world's favorite word guessing game
    June 14, 2025

    Just found my new favorite long-car-ride verbal game!

  • Verissimo Monthly - May 2025 - by Binyamin Grobman
    June 03, 2025

    The Unreliability of LLMs & What Lies Ahead

  • Keeping up appearances | deadSimpleTech
    May 31, 2025

    The only reason that LLMs took root in the first place was because our societies in the anglosphere have already developed cultures solely devoted to gaining status and keeping up the appearance of doing things rather than actually doing them. All other values, increasingly including even the accumulation of wealth (while this is still very much a thing that people pursue, wealth is increasingly becoming a proxy for status more than something desired in itself) are becoming subordinated to symbolic status games completely detached from anything real.

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Links

  • Why Facts Don’t Change Minds in the Culture Wars—Structure Does
    July 24, 2025

    In 2019 Vin Armani was telling people we were transitioning from an age of rationalism to one of mysticism. Six years later this knowledge has begun to reach mainstream discourse. Charts and graphs are tactics, they come after the belief is formed and reinforce or justify it. A worldview has a structure to it, and this article reframes persuasion and argument strategies as attempts to destabilize the structure of belief that supports a given worldview.

    Thinking about worldviews with this lens is useful for maintaining or examining your own beliefs, and for understanding the motivation behind other people's persuasive efforts.

  • The Hater's Guide To The AI Bubble
    July 24, 2025

    The final word in AI haterade. This is an economic bubble, where NVidia sells GPUs so a handful of other companies can use them to lose massive amounts of money. It makes up a significant fraction of the economy, and it won't last forever.

  • Jujutsu VCS Introduction and Patterns | Kuba Martin
    July 23, 2025

    I've used Jujutsu for a week or so. It's fantastic. I was going to write an introduction to Jujutsu article but this one is so much better than what I had planned. Read this one instead.
    I do wish it had a better name. Try looking up "Jujutsu conflict resolution" and you get a bunch of stuff about martial arts.

  • The EU as suicide pact, or: How Germany is slowly dismantling its electrical grid and why the EU won't let them fix it
    July 09, 2025

  • Voice of God - The Truth About AI Assistants
    July 06, 2025

    Insightful. Basically claims that AI has been made so convenient (at great expense and effort) because it gives AI providers/operators enormous benefit: control over narrative at unprecedented depth and scale.

  • htmz - a low power tool for html
    July 01, 2025

    Super clever approach for putting HTML into other HTML. "Is it a framework? It's a snippet."

  • Speed Catan - seanmcp.com
    June 29, 2025

    Speed Catan is a variation of the popular board game Catan that emphasizes game speed and simplicity for younger (or impatient) players.

  • How to Surf the Web in 2025, and Why You Should
    June 28, 2025

    Just as it’s still possible (though seldom necessary) to ride a horse, it is still possible to surf the internet. It’s a thrill not yet lost to time.

  • Comic Helvetic Font | dafont.com
    June 26, 2025

    I don't understand why this feels ok but Comic Sans makes my skin crawl.

  • NIKA:\git-revise\>
    June 18, 2025

    git-revise is a history editing tool designed for the patch-stack workflow. It's fast, non-destructive, and aims to provide a familiar, powerful, and easy to use re-imagining of the patch stack workflow.

  • Markdown Code Blocks With a Title / Filename - Lusitos Tech Blog
    June 15, 2025

    Smart alternative to immediately using some kind of markdown extension or plugin. Good perspective.

  • MidWord! The world's favorite word guessing game
    June 14, 2025

    Just found my new favorite long-car-ride verbal game!

  • Verissimo Monthly - May 2025 - by Binyamin Grobman
    June 03, 2025

    The Unreliability of LLMs & What Lies Ahead

  • Keeping up appearances | deadSimpleTech
    May 31, 2025

    The only reason that LLMs took root in the first place was because our societies in the anglosphere have already developed cultures solely devoted to gaining status and keeping up the appearance of doing things rather than actually doing them. All other values, increasingly including even the accumulation of wealth (while this is still very much a thing that people pursue, wealth is increasingly becoming a proxy for status more than something desired in itself) are becoming subordinated to symbolic status games completely detached from anything real.

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