Becoming a modern Renaissance man and staying sovereign in the age of AI
The Future
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I finally remembered that I still have a Substack and decided to start taking it a bit more seriously again.
From now on I'll be publishing weekly essays on sovereignty, culture, philosophy, history, technology and Weltanschauung.
The overarching theme will be how to become a Renaissance man in the age of AI. Exploring what it means to be intellectually independent and able to navigate an increasingly complex modern world...
Expect thoughts on:
- Western civilization and the Faustian spirit
- Technological progress
- Entrepreneurship
- Classical philosophy
- Little bit of Realpolitk and Weltanschauung
- Some Vitalist and health stuff from time to time
I'll be publishing four articles per month: two free essays and two for paid subscribers only...
My first (free) new article drops later today, exploring why Europe has lost its ambition to build the future and why we need to rediscover our Faustian spirit. If this sounds interesting to you go and subscribe, link in the replies and in my linktree.
The young white man longs for the next frontier.
The urge to explore the unknown, to leave the familiar behind and to build something greater than himself hasn't disappeared. It has only been supressed by this faggоt civilization.
There's a new world waiting to be built...
Alexander retweeted
I fundamentally disagree with Karp here; the age of the specialist is coming to an end and the age of the "Renaissance Man" is making a comeback.
AI is commoditizing general knowledge and automating increasingly narrow/specialized tasks. The one-trick ponies whose entire value rests on a single technical skill will find themselves competing with machines that never sleep or tire + improve by the day. The real advantage will belong to those with broad intellectual foundations (meaning deep knowledge across multiple disciplines) and the ability to connect ideas between different field while navigating unfamiliar situations and then act decisively.
Above all I truly believe the defining qualities of the future will be stress resilience and leadership. The abilities to:
- remain composed under pressure
- take responsibility
- make difficult decisions
- lead people through uncertainty
are all abilities that simply can't be automated away for now.
And moral judgment is not a problem we will outsource to AI anytime soon. When the stakes are real a human™ still has to decide what ought to be done and take responsibility for the consequences.
Therefore the future belongs neither to the narrow specialist nor the shallow generalist but to the modern Renaissance Man/Polymath.
Palantir CEO Alex Karp has a warning for the "classically high IQ" Yale type:
"If you are the kind of person that would have gone to Yale, would have kind of classically high IQ, and you have generalized knowledge, but it's not specific, you're effed."
His reason: LLMs commodify general knowledge. The people he says will make a lot more money have deep, specific skills, the kind "considered vocational training".
Via The Axios Show
Alexander retweeted
Last time Trump said he’ll “be softer on immigration” to the media, he double down and boosted in it reality
You don’t make Stephen Miller Chief of Staff when you think you “went to hard” on immigration… use your brain
These are the same NPCs that think Obama deported more people than Trump
I fundamentally disagree with Karp here; the age of the specialist is coming to an end and the age of the "Renaissance Man" is making a comeback.
AI is commoditizing general knowledge and automating increasingly narrow/specialized tasks. The one-trick ponies whose entire value rests on a single technical skill will find themselves competing with machines that never sleep or tire + improve by the day. The real advantage will belong to those with broad intellectual foundations (meaning deep knowledge across multiple disciplines) and the ability to connect ideas between different field while navigating unfamiliar situations and then act decisively.
Above all I truly believe the defining qualities of the future will be stress resilience and leadership. The abilities to:
- remain composed under pressure
- take responsibility
- make difficult decisions
- lead people through uncertainty
are all abilities that simply can't be automated away for now.
And moral judgment is not a problem we will outsource to AI anytime soon. When the stakes are real a human™ still has to decide what ought to be done and take responsibility for the consequences.
Therefore the future belongs neither to the narrow specialist nor the shallow generalist but to the modern Renaissance Man/Polymath.
Palantir CEO Alex Karp has a warning for the "classically high IQ" Yale type:
"If you are the kind of person that would have gone to Yale, would have kind of classically high IQ, and you have generalized knowledge, but it's not specific, you're effed."
His reason: LLMs commodify general knowledge. The people he says will make a lot more money have deep, specific skills, the kind "considered vocational training".
Via The Axios Show
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You simply can’t beat natural Aura and attraction.
Just have good genetics, brutal…
Low Sexual Dimorphism vs. High Sexual Dimorphism
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