Kevin Munger in another smart piece, points out that the grant-making system is already breaking due to AI. Now is an opportunity to design something better, an opportunity so far, that European grantmakers are not taking. Instead they are imploring researchers to slow down and apply for fewer grants. But why would they when the incentives point in the opposite direction? Jubilee for Dysfunctional Institutions — Kevin Munger
Max Shen writes on trauma and the mind-body connection. This short piece argues that it’s better to think about trauma as a trapped prior / prediction rather than some kind of stored pain, but that Kotler et al miss the fact that these priors can be trapped in the body, and not just the brain.Contra Kotler, Friston et al. on ‘The body keeps the score’ — Max Shen
Matthew Gindin on the failings of Western Advaita communities. The key takeaway for me is not to view statements about non-duality as philosophical doctrine so much as they are experiential pointers. People (i.e. lots of people who “practice” Advaita) who view this as purely a philosophical position are missing the point. Why Is The Western Nonduality Scene So Nuts? — Matthew Gindin
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