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Welcome to the Internet's Nihilism Crisis

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/02/internet-nihilism-crisis/686010/
6•Analemma_•1h ago

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paulpauper•1h ago
The result again is a pervasive nihilism, where the truth of what’s being discussed matters less than the fact that it is being turned into content, the reaction to which will also become content.

as if this is a new thing? This has been going on forever. The media made this complaint in 2017. They called it 'alternative facts'. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_facts

thomassmith65•20m ago
FSB mirror: https://archive.ph/yfyUT
thomassmith65•12m ago
This essay is a good read, but some of the examples it labels 'nihilism' don't exactly fit the bill.

The examples that don't fit are more like performative villainy, for lack of a better phrase.

The allegations against a San Francisco social climber accused of sex crimes

https://sfstandard.com/2026/02/12/mickey-gerold-sex-crimes-investigation/
1•_delirium•3m ago•0 comments

Linear Representations and Superposition

http://ternarysearch.blogspot.com/2026/02/linear-representations-and-superposition.html
1•paladin314159•7m ago•0 comments

China is the real threat, Taiwan says in rebuff to Munich speech

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2•DustinEchoes•8m ago•0 comments

BabyVision: Visual Reasoning Beyond Language

https://xbench.org/agi/babyVision
2•vinhnx•9m ago•0 comments

BotPass: A Reverse Verification Protocol which allows only agents

https://twitter.com/_ar9av/status/2022649198756446424
2•anishgupta•9m ago•0 comments

I Had to Write a Script to Submit My Medical Claims to Cigna

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2•nielsprovos•15m ago•1 comments

C# implementation of state machine declared using fluent syntax

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2•olvy0•15m ago•0 comments

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1•cosmok•22m ago•1 comments

Take photos with scotch tape, not lens

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1•gsf_emergency_6•23m ago•0 comments

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1•pcbmaker20•26m ago•0 comments

Interview with CEO of rsync.net: "no firewalls and no routers" (2021)

https://web.archive.org/web/20210318194443/https://console.dev/qa/rsync-john-kozubik/
1•gurjeet•28m ago•0 comments

TextBar – tiny app that lets you add any text to macOS menu bar

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1•gurjeet•29m ago•0 comments

Exploring Rust Traits

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1•vinhnx•38m ago•0 comments

Aristotle and the so-called Tragic Flaw

https://jonathanbate.substack.com/p/aristotle-and-the-so-called-tragic
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Mimir: GPU Computational Kernels in Rust

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1•cjcleav•41m ago•1 comments

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1•tommydolso•43m ago•0 comments

Quamina and Claude, Case 1

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1•zdw•45m ago•0 comments

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1•shelvick•48m ago•1 comments

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3•gurjeet•50m ago•1 comments

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2•cdrnsf•53m ago•0 comments

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10•bahmboo•57m ago•2 comments

The Myth of Technological Unemployment (2017)

https://reason.com/2017/07/11/the-myth-of-technological-unem/
1•johntfella•1h ago•0 comments

MythConceptions – Most Contagious Falsehoods

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1•vismit2000•1h ago•0 comments

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4•bpierre•1h ago•0 comments

Coding Adventure: Rendering Text [video]

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AXS-6: Adaptive EXponent Sharing – 6-Bit Training Format

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2•AkaiNa•1h ago•2 comments

Advice for amateur mathematicians on writing and publishing papers

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1•paulpauper•1h ago•0 comments

The Myth of Nordic Mobility: Social Mobility Rates in Modern Denmark and Sweden

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3•paulpauper•1h ago•0 comments

Who pays the price for Pakistan's new solar regime?

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1•paulpauper•1h ago•0 comments