P. Jordan Anderson @PJordanAnderson

Writing about technology and humanism evernotquite.substack.com Joined September 2023

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Nick Gallo @nickmgallo

2 months ago

Excellent article by @PJordanAnderson on how the political philosophy of Thomas Hobbes (and others) can help us understand our current technological moment surrounding "AI" and possible paths forward evernotquite.substack.com/p/welcome-to-t…

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P. Jordan Anderson @PJordanAnderson

2 months ago

@JOEBOTxyz Did they interview you for this one, Joe?

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James @james1ach

3 months ago

"An extinction event for the author sets the stage for the golden age of reading." evernotquite.substack.com/p/a-portrait-o…

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P. Jordan Anderson @PJordanAnderson

7 months ago

@jhendersonYT He won't regret it. Stick to the plan.

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P. Jordan Anderson @PJordanAnderson

8 months ago

Philosophers have always been suspicious of images on account of their capacity to deceive; there is no guarantee that an image is a trustworthy vehicle to knowledge of the real thing it represents. Traditionally, the meaning of an image—a painting or a photograph, say—has been tied to the deliberation of the image-maker: what judgments went into its creation? What choices had to be made? AI-video platforms have abandoned even the pretense that an image harbors either truth or meaning. I’m thinking I might try and develop this in a longer post.

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P. Jordan Anderson @PJordanAnderson

8 months ago

Bryan Johnson’s bid for biological immortality is a dead end—literally. substack.com/home/post/p-16…

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P. Jordan Anderson @PJordanAnderson

8 months ago

@jeff_bilbro Just read Adam Smith's review of Against the Machine. Nicely situates the new book in the context of Paul's work overall. Really well done. frontporchrepublic.com/2025/09/the-wo…

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P. Jordan Anderson @PJordanAnderson

8 months ago

Thesis I’ll be exploring in my next essay: Modern algorithms are mechanisms for coordinating data in order (in theory) to make human life easier/better by providing answers and making decisions which no individual otherwise has access to. Algorithms are descendants of modern nation states, which are mechanisms for coordinating people in order to preserve and protect the lives of their citizens by forming a single massive entity which is much stronger and more capable than individuals themselves. Understanding what is at stake with AI requires that we situate it within the context of earlier forms of social and political organization, with all their attendant complexities.

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P. Jordan Anderson @PJordanAnderson

8 months ago

Not my most sophisticated take, but I keep thinking that the message of the medium of these new AI-generated video platforms is best summed up as lol nothing matters🫠.

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8 months ago

It has become easier to imagine the end of the world (at the hands of AI) than the end of AI.

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P. Jordan Anderson @PJordanAnderson

9 months ago

It seems likely that if Jacques Ellul was alive today, he would be telling us that the reason AI might get out of our control is because technique is already out of our control.

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P. Jordan Anderson @PJordanAnderson

9 months ago

Planning to publish a new essay within the next few days. It’s been a little while.

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9 months ago

There are very few theological matters on which I’m willing to pontificate, especially publicly. But I am comfortable saying that, whatever God is, it definitely isn’t this. chatwithgod.ai

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P. Jordan Anderson @PJordanAnderson

9 months ago

"The dominant worldview seems to be: Why worry about actually learning anything when you can get an A for outsourcing your thinking to a machine?" theatlantic.com/technology/arc…