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@MonkeyInMachine

Host of a podcast nobody watches. Very curious about AI. Amateur philosopher. Just a monkey in a machine ruminating about transmonkeyism.

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What drives human action? Plato: Chasing cosmic good vibes! Darwin: Shag to save the species! Marx: Bread and power! Marshall: Max utility! Freud: Dodging death! Hamilton: The genes made me do it! Camus: [shrugs] Mercury: Nothing really matters. Do the fandango! Pick one.

MonkeyInMachine's tweet image. What drives human action?

Plato: Chasing cosmic good vibes!
Darwin: Shag to save the species!
Marx: Bread and power!
Marshall: Max utility!
Freud: Dodging death!
Hamilton: The genes made me do it!
Camus: [shrugs]
Mercury: Nothing really matters. Do the fandango!

Pick one.

Siddhartha Gautama was 50% right.

MonkeyInMachine's tweet image. Siddhartha Gautama was 50% right.

What if Sartre was right and... hell is other people? Others' perception shapes one's sense of self. It may very well be that it is a slippery slope towards loss of authenticity and freedom then. If so, hell may be here, right here and now.

MonkeyInMachine's tweet image. What if Sartre was right and... hell is other people?

Others' perception shapes one's sense of self. It may very well be that it is a slippery slope towards loss of authenticity and freedom then.

If so, hell may be here, right here and now.

Honestly, why am I seeing on my timeline posts in languages I despise? I think I was clear enough when adjusting the settings. Is the algo trying to mess with my head?


Before getting lobotomized by the humanities department, kids should read this and avoid the "thinkers" portrayed there. Unless they're itching for a laugh, that is.

MonkeyInMachine's tweet image. Before getting lobotomized by the humanities department, kids should read this and avoid the "thinkers" portrayed there. Unless they're itching for a laugh, that is.

The stereotypical CEO and the academic philosopher are indistinguishable. Thank you for your attention to this axiom.

MonkeyInMachine's tweet image. The stereotypical CEO and the academic philosopher are indistinguishable. 

Thank you for your attention to this axiom.

Sybarite. Pleb mindset can’t comprehend.

MonkeyInMachine's tweet image. Sybarite. Pleb mindset can’t comprehend.

Poor people watching normies get liquidated after playing Casino Tycoon™ on Interactive Brokers.

MonkeyInMachine's tweet image. Poor people watching normies get liquidated after playing Casino Tycoon™ on Interactive Brokers.

I don't understand this "9 books" thingy taking over the timeline these past days. Why only 9 books? Why not 90 or 900? I mean, gee, only Valérian et Laureline consists of 22 albums!

MonkeyInMachine's tweet image. I don't understand this "9 books" thingy taking over the timeline these past days. Why only 9 books? Why not 90 or 900? I mean, gee, only Valérian et Laureline consists of 22 albums!

3 months ago. Unimpressive but still… Far from an oracle. Not from Omaha.

MonkeyInMachine's tweet image. 3 months ago. Unimpressive but still…

Far from an oracle. Not from Omaha.

There isn't a philosophical argument that can stand firm when faced with a session of vigorous dancing to the Pointer Sisters' I'm So Excited. Eat your heart out, Maceo.


Myth and archetype are the CPU where habits are input and the output of human action may be virtuous or found wanting. Oh yeah, the PC is sold in a bazaar of heuristics.. P.s. The stock markets haven’t reached the bottom and the Dodgers may win 3 in a row.

MonkeyInMachine's tweet image. Myth and archetype are the CPU where habits are input and the output of human action may be virtuous or found wanting. Oh yeah, the PC is sold in a bazaar of heuristics.. 

P.s. The stock markets haven’t reached the bottom and the Dodgers may win 3 in a row.

Samson was defeated after getting a haircut. Let that sink in.

MonkeyInMachine's tweet image. Samson was defeated after getting a haircut. 

Let that sink in.

The strongest man (Samson) and the wisest man (Solomon) in the Bible were defeated by lust. Let that sink in.



How feasible is to get Peter Thiel as a podcast guest to discuss the likelihood that AI is the beast referred to in the Book of Revelations?

MonkeyInMachine's tweet image. How feasible is to get Peter Thiel as a podcast guest to discuss the likelihood that AI is the beast referred to in the Book of Revelations?

As soon as a person decides to become unemployable, this is the only cheatsheet needed. Learn the difference. It can save your life.

MonkeyInMachine's tweet image. As soon as a person decides to become unemployable, this is the only cheatsheet needed. Learn the difference. It can save your life.

Guys, hear me out, will you? When remembering Planck's quote that science won't solve the ultimate mystery of nature because humans themselves are part of that mystery, I thought, whoa! sheesh, maybe 'what's a self-referencing a paradox?' is the question to 42. I need my meds.

MonkeyInMachine's tweet image. Guys, hear me out, will you? When remembering Planck's quote that science won't solve the ultimate mystery of nature because humans themselves are part of that mystery, I thought, whoa! sheesh, maybe 'what's a self-referencing a paradox?' is the question to 42.

I need my meds.

Lost polaroid reemerges after lonely philosophy professors run out of topics to write about and instead go digging around the Acropolis.

MonkeyInMachine's tweet image. Lost polaroid reemerges after lonely philosophy professors run out of topics to write about and instead go digging around the Acropolis.

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