In which I explain the esoteric magical discipline I practice, and invite you to join me in it. I also teach you a neat trick for avoiding writer's block, and tell you a mostly pointless story about an orange tree and a hamster.| drmaciver.substack.com
I basically look at everything through the lens of evolution. You should too.| drmaciver.substack.com
Action generators| notebook.drmaciver.com
Practical wisdom is the quality of knowing what to do is in a particular practical contexts. We all have some of it, and we could all benefit from learning more of it. I talk about how this newsletter is primarily a place where I try to teach practical wisdom, and provide some theory of how it works and how to get better at it.| drmaciver.substack.com
It's easier to become good at restricted ways of interacting with the world than it is to grasp it in its full complexity. This is fine and good, but sometimes leads to limiting conceptions of the world that we need to be able to break out of.| drmaciver.substack.com
Sometimes, programming feels like magic: you chant some arcane incantation and a fleet of robots do your bidding. But sometimes, magic is mundane. If you’re willing to embrace the grind, you can pull off the impossible.| jacobian.org