http://thetarpit.org/2015/your-worth-to-humanity "Now I feel like I know less about what that blog is about than I did before." Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:21:57 +0000 http://thetarpit.org hourly 1 http://thetarpit.org/2015/your-worth-to-humanity#comment-2537 The Platform « The Tar Pit Thu, 14 Jul 2022 17:42:23 +0000 http://wp.thetarpit.org/2015/your-worth-to-humanity#comment-2537 [...] act of taking some item or individual which under some given context is not properly-speaking human and revealing or otherwise attributing it human characteristics is called humanization. This is [...] [...] act of taking some item or individual which under some given context is not properly-speaking human and revealing or otherwise attributing it human characteristics is called humanization. This is [...]

]]> http://thetarpit.org/2015/your-worth-to-humanity#comment-2475 Notes on Hofstadter's Coffeehouse Conversation « The Tar Pit Sat, 09 Jul 2022 13:22:41 +0000 http://wp.thetarpit.org/2015/your-worth-to-humanity#comment-2475 [...] at the end of this cycle, humanity will consist precisely of that thought which cannot be replaced by [...] [...] at the end of this cycle, humanity will consist precisely of that thought which cannot be replaced by [...]

]]> http://thetarpit.org/2015/your-worth-to-humanity#comment-572 On the utter death of musical arts « The Tar Pit Tue, 04 May 2021 11:12:18 +0000 http://wp.thetarpit.org/2015/your-worth-to-humanity#comment-572 [...] the realization that music itself is a sort of perverse phenomenon. Take, say, an archetypal Joe, the first human (and perhaps the last) to ever exist in this world: his ear and his geometric machine are connected [...] [...] the realization that music itself is a sort of perverse phenomenon. Take, say, an archetypal Joe, the first human (and perhaps the last) to ever exist in this world: his ear and his geometric machine are connected [...]

]]> http://thetarpit.org/2015/your-worth-to-humanity#comment-61 Things that interest me; things that don't interest me « The Tar Pit Fri, 11 Oct 2019 11:12:59 +0000 http://wp.thetarpit.org/2015/your-worth-to-humanity#comment-61 [...] any person aspiring to humanity, I have interests -- not in the "oh, I like picking flowers and listening to grasshoppers" sense, [...] [...] any person aspiring to humanity, I have interests -- not in the "oh, I like picking flowers and listening to grasshoppers" sense, [...]

]]> http://thetarpit.org/2015/your-worth-to-humanity#comment-47 Deșteaptă-te, române! « The Tar Pit Fri, 11 Oct 2019 10:36:42 +0000 http://wp.thetarpit.org/2015/your-worth-to-humanity#comment-47 [...] Well, there was a time when people used to learn the principles upon which their nation was built. Knowing their national anthem wasn't an option, uttering it daily was quite a common thing, while studying the struggle of the people who founded the nation was an obligatory step towards education -- that is, being human. [...] [...] Well, there was a time when people used to learn the principles upon which their nation was built. Knowing their national anthem wasn't an option, uttering it daily was quite a common thing, while studying the struggle of the people who founded the nation was an obligatory step towards education -- that is, being human. [...]

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