Should you do what you feel like or what society wants you to be?
...t--what you'd be proud to do--does think about the externalities. We should all live aligned with our aspirations, always.
Topic: live aligned
10 chunks · 9 episodes
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- live aligned appears in 10 chunks across 9 episodes, from 2025-06-23 to 2026-01-26.
- Its densest episode is Bits and Bobs 10/13/25 (2025-10-13), with 2 observations on this topic.
- Semantically it travels with engagement maxing, qualitative nuance, and quantitative scale, while by chunk count it sits between limiting factor and optimization ratchet; its yearly rank moved from #98 in 2025 to #154 in 2026.
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When you live aligned with your principles, resonance is the default.
When you live aligned with your principles, resonance is the default.
Imagine software that doesn't feel like visiting the DMV, but like working with a master craftsperson who knows exactly what you need.
... a master craftsperson who knows exactly what you need. Software that helps you live aligned with your values, not manipulated toward someone else's quarterly earnings target.
When the situation is easy, it's trivial to live aligned with your principles.
When the situation is easy, it's trivial to live aligned with your principles. The only question that matters is: how do you live when the situation is hard?
You can be at peace when you live aligned with your values.
You can be at peace when you live aligned with your values. No matter what happens, you are proud of the choices you made. That's how your soul emerges.
LLMs can do qualitative nuance at quantitative scale.
...rs to engage, manipulate, or even blackmail you. But we can also use it to help live aligned with our aspirations.
If social media was the intellectual crack, AI could be intellectual fentanyl.
...ntellectual epidemics society has ever seen. But if it's put towards helping us live aligned with our aspirations, to grow and be curious, then it could be one of the best things the world has ever seen.[bu][bv]
Resonant computing resonates with what makes us human.
...aspirations, not your superficial desires. Everyone should have more support to live aligned with their own aspirations. Not to align with someone else's notion of what their aspirations should be, but their own aspirations. Living a life the...
What is the order of magnitude that people will spend on LLM-powered services in a few years?
... a few years? If LLMs integrated deeply with your life, in a way that helps you live aligned with your intentions, are super valuable, perhaps it's way higher than we think. Maybe the right order of magnitude is not Netflix (~$20 a month) but...
Intentional tech isn't about imposing what anyone should want.
...ch isn't about imposing what anyone should want. It's about helping each person live aligned with their own intentions. Their agency and aspirations.