The Last Algorithm: Maps, Minds, and Monads Part I: Minds as Indivisible Monads or Emergent From Interconnected Mathematical Algorithms Chapter 1: Maps, Monads and Mathematics Definition of Maps, Monads & Algorithms Sujasha's map of the world and the map’s evolution along her journey from theist to determinist, first as a student of hinduism, second as a student of fluids, materials and mechanics, third as a neuroscientist at Johns Hopkins University, and finally as a DARPA r

Robotic Thinking If any part of you is secretly rooting for Venezuela to blow up in Trump’s face, congrats, you just met your tribal brain at the door. That part of the mind loves a cheap story. Heroes and villains. Pure good and pure evil. It wants the world to behave like a children’s cartoon because cartoons are easy to run in your head when you’re tired, angry, or afraid. And the cleanest cartoon is the one where Donald Trump  is 100% wrong, so anything that hurts him (ev

Om Ohm! Chapter 10 - The Symbols & Stories Sapiens Share: Integrating Set Theory, Category Theory & Systems Theory Indra’s Net, 8D/E8 Crystal Lattices, Simulations, Ruliads, Recursive Strange Loops, Emergent Fractals, Monads, Mayan Mythology & Maya (A Concept in Hinduism) In a Nut-Shell: 1.) Complex worlds can be built from simple mathematically composable relations and repeated/recursive rules. 2.) Both physics and cognitive neuroscience indicate that all observers experien

So Long 3I/ATLAS, and Thanks for All the Snow! Mimetic Disclosure - 3I Prelude - The Flash That Drew Attention When the first atomic bomb bloomed over the New Mexico desert in 1945, the Culture noticed. Not “noticed” the way poets mean it. It registered as an anomalous sensor event in the middle of a world war. A bright, sharp fingerprint that shows up when a young species finally learns that matter has seams, and that seams can be torn. Out in the quiet gaps between the loud

What if I told you that atleast a portion of the stress, conflict, friction and other sources of frustration in your life are not just normal, but NECESSARY for life to be stimulating and rewarding. In the 1970s, ethologist John B. Calhoun built a mouse utopia, an enclosure called Universe 25. Food, water, and nesting material were unlimited. Predators were gone. Disease was minimized. In raw material terms, it was paradise. Then the social world broke. For the second generat

The below are excerpts from Chapter 3… We mistake our reflexes for our identity. You are not your thoughts or feelings. Those are rapid automatic reactions arising from small regions of the brain, but you are far more than these quick immediate impulses. You are the entity that actually manages them. To manage them well, you need friction, to buy time so that the rest of your brain can also have input. The following five exercises will help you harness other parts of your br

There are several internally coherent maps/models of reality, and the fastest way to get dumb is to marry any single one of them… We are wired to see analogies and those analogies birthed many maps Playlist of Logically Consistent Models/Maps of Reality: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfCtC4yiDI_KwP_eAmV0eI99mhCUGJGfk&si=l84l8wiAg2NS64qX A “map” can be coherent and still be wrong in the only way that matters, it doesn’t predict your life well. Humans confuse coherence wit

The meta-algorithm: the unifying principles that emerges from the four complex algorithms covered earlier: The Scientific Method, Life, Intelligence & Consciousness The following is another excerpt from Chapter 19: The Last Algorithm - Life is a Game... The meta-algorithm: the unifying principles that emerges from the four complex algorithms covered earlier: The Scientific Method, Life, Intelligence & Consciousness Synthesizing math, minds, and meaning Final thesis: “If life

From Survival to Flourishing Imagine waking up, stretching, and deciding whether you want to paint a mural, learn astrophysics, or just sit outside and vibe with your neighbors over coffee. No “adulting” dread. No bills stalking you like a loan shark. No calendar full of pointless errands that exist purely because society is badly designed. Just room to breathe, to build, to broaden your horizons and become your best self. That world isn’t a fairy tale. It’s the logical endpo

“The future is already here — it’s just not evenly distributed.” — William Gibson AI Alignment as the Civilizational Lever AI alignment isn’t just about preventing catastrophe. That’s the bare minimum, like saying seatbelts are “nice.” Alignment is about direction. It’s about making sure intelligence itself grows toward human flourishing instead of growing into a cold, perfectly optimized machine that keeps us alive while quietly stripping away everything that makes life wort

We mistake our reflexes for our identity. You are not your thoughts or feelings. You are the entity that manages them. To manage them well, you need friction. How to insert friction in real life: 1. Wait 90 Seconds: When triggered, freeze. Let the chemical surge pass. Don't let your nervous system make decisions for you. 2. Name It: "I am angry." "I am anxious." Labeling the feeling breaks its spell. 3. Check the Body: Unclench fists. Relax the jaw. Fix your posture. You cann

The Thought, Feeling, Behavior Triangle, conceptualized by Aaron Beck, creator of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy A Manual for Your Mind - The Mathematics Map The user guide you should’ve gotten at birth You just opened the instruction manual for the most chaotic, brilliant, occasionally unhinged machine you will ever own. Your brain. This is not a sterile document written by a lab-coated neuroscientist who has never cried in a Target parking lot. This is the field notebook of s