Steven Sullivan

Our new venture getting some coverage.

We've been working on this for a while. House of Complexity: A first gathering 18 speakers, 6 conversations Exploring how we think, act, and design in complex systems. Join us in person or online: houseofcomplexity.com/event

@victor_bigfield I’m building a tool that allows you to modify your experience on distracting platforms, like YouTube and X. Remove the bad parts, understand your consumption habits and set limits. algoasis.com Read the manifesto on the website to learn more.

@h_of_complexity is officially live: houseofcomplexity.com

@lavitalenta This is living.

Leisure, in Melbourne Australia

@souljagoyteller Edgar Morin

Noam Chomsky, I believe, is the only remaining towering intellectual of the mid-20th century

“If things were simple, word would have gotten around.” ― Jacques Derrida

@AnnaLeptikon So many. There’s nothing more eye and mind opening than jumping into a new field of thought.

I love these so much. What are your favorites? For me Beauty and Philosophy of Science come to mind first.

The House of Complexity brand needed to work across wildly different contexts, from strategic frameworks to messy organizational realities. The house motif is the constant. The wordmark has an open door (because you have to step into complexity, not around it). Everything else adapts. Crystalline when we're mapping systems. Organic when things are emergent and unpredictable. Geometric for structure. Atmospheric when we need space to think. Sometimes precise, sometimes painterly. Depends what the work needs. A brand that moves. houseofcomplexity.com

@philosopher70 How does one sign up? I’m based in Sydney, so timings won’t work for the live session but I assume I can just watch the recordings?

Here's a short piece about the special 1-day online seminar we've got coming up Saturday December 6 digging deep into three key short works by Martin Heidegger. We have a bit under half of the available seats left for the class as of today! gregorybsadler.substack.com/p/new-1-day-on…

@zebriez What is his concept?

Graham’s concept of “grip” quite literally changed my life.

@SeanHay1877915 @SIUChasmite William James.

@SIUChasmite Who is James?

Why are philosophers of early 1900s just awesomely concise at writing philosophy? I can just sit and read James for hours. I love his prose.

@ikesharpless @JDHamkins Can you elaborate?

@JDHamkins Mangle, rather (Pickering, not Cartwright)

This week's reading for my undergrad PhilSciMath core seminar. Looking forward to the discussion.

@AlexAndBooks_ Why wait for philosophy until your 60s? It gives meaning to everything else. Life’s too rich for a single language… read widely, and let the fields speak to each other.

My reading life plan: -20s: self-help books -30s: business books -40s: classic lit books -50s: history books -60s: philosophy books -70s: religious books

@robertwiblin Sad indeed. I enjoyed his uncompromising clarity with which he steers conversations.

Sad! The show was just starting to get good.

@algekalipso What if the world isn’t behind the interface, but made through it? What if the blanket we perceive through is always shifting, and there isn’t one world at all… only many, unfolding in motion?

People don't react to the world. For the most part, they react to the Markov Blanket that separates them from the world. Namely, their filter and interface to the world rather than the world itself.

@LetovCCRU I used to approach reading this way. I encourage you to experiment with multiple books on the go. Lots of insight that cut across and helps you get through dry but necessary material.

I love reading but I would never ever ever ever ever finish a book before starting a new one.

@e_angel999 @AdmechIssac You could also do research for social impact with not for profit orgs, local government, etc.

@e_angel999 @AdmechIssac Also look into strategic design, design research, etc. You will work on far more interesting problems than you would in advertising.

soooo haha how do i make money as a philosophy student

Orson Welles, one my favourite interviews ever