dualmindblade [he/him]

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Cake day: September 21st, 2020

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  • Eh it’s good advice for some people but trying to draw up a category of “things I cannot control” can lead to its own form of madness. What about things I probably can’t control, or have very little control over, do I aim to eradicate those from my attention just because they’re long shots? What’s the cutoff? What about things which can be affected quite certainly but only if enough people do the same thing as me, voting for example? To what extent is my individual decision correlated with those of other similar people?

    This isn’t just abstract philosophical nonsense, it has real consequences apart from individual psychology. If no one does anything that has a low chance of working we lose out on occasional miracles that, although rare, can affect the course of history. If we adopt a decision theory which completely isolates us from others we end up reasoning that voting isn’t worth the effort because a single vote won’t affect the result and everyone stays home. Maybe a bad example since voting often isn’t worth the effort for other reasons but imagine you lived in an actually functional democracy.

    If you need to adopt a radical acceptance type attitude to function then by all means do so, but personally I find this to be impossible. And, frankly, I do pay a price in terms of happiness, but I tell myself it’s worth it for the tiny bit of extra sanity and cognitive consonance.




  • Honestly it’s been some years since I’ve put on his stuff, and my memory is shit. I recall ‘do you know squarepusher’ being kind of iconic for me, but it may not have been my absolute favorite. You have one in mind?

    VS I recall in much more detail, I like way over listened and yet I come back to him often. Songs about my cats is my favorite album and the unpronounceable album is I think the best, let’s say Neptalactone for the track. It’s basically all fantastic, despite being a little dated and there being a resurgence I’ve never encountered any breakcore that compares, if it’s out there I’d be very happy to find it.