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AWM #75: On what distinguishes the two main branches of knowledge 📜

Étienne Fortier-Dubois

Apr 21

AWM #61: On careers, solving the metaproblem, and fallow periods 🌷

Étienne Fortier-Dubois

Jan 13

AWM #58: On 2021, escaping the neat boxes of society, writing a lot, and other misc weirdness 👾

Étienne Fortier-Dubois

Dec 23, 2021

Lessons from an imperfect but revealing meme about opinions and wisdom

Étienne Fortier-Dubois

Mar 18, 2021

AWM #77: On the three flavors of the good life: hedonism, eudaimonia, and psychological richness 🍦

Étienne Fortier-Dubois

May 5

And, uh, whatever the part in the middle about a Buddhist republic in Russia was supposed to be ☸️

Étienne Fortier-Dubois

Aug 19, 2021

AWM #73: AI art and its consequences on meaning and beauty 🎨

Étienne Fortier-Dubois

Apr 7

AWM #74: Making sense of aesthetics, from cute to sexy to kitsch 🪩

Étienne Fortier-Dubois

Apr 14

Joining online communities is the best thing that's happened to me in 2020

Étienne Fortier-Dubois

Dec 17, 2020

AWM #60: Existential risk, moralistic movies, and doomsday prophecies ☄️

Étienne Fortier-Dubois

Jan 6

The "how" of writing about the "how" of making friends

Étienne Fortier-Dubois

Dec 31, 2020

What are the evolutionary causes of finding beauty in people, food, or snow?

Étienne Fortier-Dubois

Feb 18, 2021

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