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 Still thinking about how an AI model in 2020 said to me "... three horses that begun the world. The world was further lost when these horses galloped away, into the past, present, and future." 
 Time is linear, from beginning to utopia. 
 Interesting Chris Dixon interview https://youtu.be/PjSQBfxsgys?si=2rtdZ6SAlOYSReQo 
 Patiently waiting for the English Blossoms Shanghai subtitles

https://void.cat/d/FmZncnsVRTLFYhZ2TnsPSH.webp 
 It's 4am, thinking about the Pacific Ocean. 
 Been thinking about Project Xanadu and how Ted Nelson "records everything, but remembers nothing."  
 You can't stop something if it is not coming from the past. 
 https://wholeearth.info
nearly-complete archive of Whole Earth publications 
 When I close all my open loops, will I reach zen, or cease to exist? 
 "I don't know what's happening, but it feels biblical." 
 Leave, and don't explain why. But don't run away. 
 "6 years later and this shits still 10 years ahead of the game." 
 Big vision tempered by realism at every level, that is the way you actually get everything done. 
 Beautiful you, thanks for the smile.
(https://spotify.link/07ut4u7VzDb) 
 Is email newsletter really the answer? 
 Some things age into the past, others into the future. I stay the same. 
 "In the past life, he was himself." 
 Amazing essays on China (this one without a paywall)
https://samkriss.substack.com/p/numb-in-china-part-4 
 History is destiny 
 If you’re reading this, you’ve been in coma for almost 20 years now. We’re trying a new technique. We don’t know where this message will end up in your dream, but we hope it works. Please wake up. 
 Favorite copypasta. 
 Hello. I am here, you are here, shouldn't that be enough?