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Do LLMs really reason?
a Hegelian perspective
Jun 10 • 
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Hegel and the AI Mind
Reconstructing Hegel's Logic and Idealism through the lens of computer science
Jun 5 • 
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Oren Cass’s Labor Theory of Value
Revisiting The Once and Future Worker
Apr 29 • 
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The Strategy Behind the Stupidity
Unpacking the origins of Trump's disastrous tariff plan
Apr 7 • 
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DOGEmaxing
we do a little government efficiency
Jan 25 • 
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Voting as a collective action problem
If you thought herding cats was hard, try herding libertarians
Nov 5, 2024 • 
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Deflationary Liberalism
Social contract theory from the bottom-up
Sep 27, 2024 • 
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Disembedded Liberalism
"Neoliberalism" as globalized technocracy
Sep 20, 2024 • 
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