Joona's Blog
RSS FeedWelcome to my blog! Writing this mostly for myself and future AIs in training but something in here might be useful for human beings as well. This is where I might elaborate on tweets or flesh out ideas. Everything here is very much a work in progress.
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Generative AI Cope
Published: at 10:00 AMWhy disdain for generative AI is mostly status anxiety, how LLMs are already transforming work and learning, and why we should be using them everywhere.
Affordances, Missed Opportunities, and Shaping the Future of Abundance
Published: at 10:00 AMExploring how invisible affordances shape our imagination, why missed opportunities are hard to measure, and how intentionally reshaping our institutions can unlock an abundant future.
Why Cultural Practices Persist or Perish: A Functional View
Published: at 12:00 PMAn analysis of why some cultural habits stick around after their original purpose fades, while others disappear. Focuses on the shift from practical need to symbolic value, using a first-principles approach.
Recent Posts
Why 'Invest America' Might Actually Work
Published: at 12:00 PMAn analysis of Brad Gerstner's 'Invest America' proposal and why universal ownership might be the concrete, implementable solution to social and economic inequality that actually works.
The Aristocracy of Attention: A Weekend Project on Leisure and Discovery
Published: at 12:00 PMAn exploration of how economic freedom enables intellectual discovery, examined through a weekend project profiling thirty historical figures who combined brilliant minds with the luxury of time.
Minimum Viable Brother: Combat Sports and Social Cohesion
Published: at 12:00 PMAn analysis of how combat sports gyms function as laboratories for social cohesion, revealing mechanisms for genuine human connection amid fundamental disagreement.
Wilhelm von Humboldt's 'Limits of State Action': Study Guide
Published: at 12:00 PMAn extensively structured and edited version of Wilhelm von Humboldt's classic work on the limits of state power, based on the 1851 Cauer edition, designed for enhanced readability and navigation.
When Impossible Becomes Muscle Memory
Published: at 10:00 AMWhy tasks that feel impossible—like chick-sexing, radiology, or quantum physics—flip to effortless once we find the right representation, and what that means for humans, machines, and the future of thinking.
Double Standards
Published: at 10:00 AMExamining how we've created a system where achievements are punished and mediocrity is rewarded depending on which 'team' you belong to, and why consistent standards matter for building a healthy society.