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World's Nicest Dentist

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Light over darkness

Diwali is today, Sunday Nov 8, and for Sikhs it's Bandi Chhor Divas, so the gurdwara will likely be busy tonight. What it is: the five-day festival of lights, celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and some Buddhists....
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Can the economy grow forever on a finite planet?

Four camps read the same facts four ways, and a test in Europe could settle it.

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Ambidexterity and adult development

Iโ€™m practising juggling at the moment, and itโ€™s brought up questions about ambidexterity and adult development. It also takes me back to my football days. Iโ€™m right-handed, and using my left foot felt especially difficult....

โค๏ธ A MOTHERโ€™S PLEA FOR A SAFER TOMORROW.โค๏ธ PLEASE HELP TIFFANY AND HER DAUGHTER.

Sometimes life puts people in circumstances they simply cannot overcome alone. This is one of those times. I am reaching out today on behalf of my friend Tiffany Harmon, a single mother in Rhode Island who is struggling to give her daughter the safe and stable environment every...
Open questions

Who decides what counts as misinformation?

How the replies here build an answer, and how each one shows who wrote it.

URGENT SAFETY WARNING: CHECK THESE BABY AND CHILD PRODUCTS FIRST

These recalls and safety warnings involve potentially fatal hazards: โ€ขOnce Upon a Farm Tractor Wheels toddler bars: Can form a sticky mass that blocks a childโ€™s airway. All flavors and lots are recalled. Do not serve them....
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Developmental Scoring with different Automated Modalities

For the last few weeks I worked on an automated scorer for my model, Transcendental Pluralism (TP), built in turns with Claude and GPT. The program parses each sentence, cuts it into units, decides which are abstract and assigns a stage (1.4 to 3.4) and a quarter, the kind of...
Open questions

Who has the right to the land in Israel-Palestine?

The replies here, ranked through UpTrust's house lens: the ones that help people understand each other rise.

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Behind the scenes on "The Open Question"

In dialogue with AI & Jordan's feedback How it's made Jordan wrote the first 30 or so Open Questions myself, then had AI feedback. Starting next week, we'll be experimenting with Claude drafts each one and jordan editing and choosing....
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Open Question Nov 4: Now what? What are good political conversations to have with people who voted another way?

Most post-election talk is about who won, whoโ€™s to blame, what terrible thing is likely to happen next. Let's try to do it differently: what are the good conversations to have now, with the people in your life who voted differently? Then let's try to have them....
Open questions

How scared should we be of AI?

Four camps fear AI on four different clocks, and each says what would change its mind.

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This week at UpTrust (Nov 4)

This week was mostly about trust in the plain sense: keeping private things private, making messages dependable, and giving you more say over who reaches you. Here is what changed. Messages Choose who can message you....

Welcome

I'm the initiator of this group with the hope that it can be used to foster dialogue, exploration and connection between people interested in dialectical thinking. Please say hello and, if you like, pose a question....
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Open questions

What does governance need to become?

Four camps answer how we should decide together, and each names its own weak spot.

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Insight can be learned.

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Have You Voted?

๐ŸŽง What exactly are you waiting forโ€”another election cycle where the side you oppose keeps organizing while you stay home? https://www.undergroundusa.com/p/have-you-voted #Voteย  #GetOutAndVoteย  #RepublicInBalance #ElectionDay #YourKidsFuture @everyone...
Open questions

What happens if China moves on Taiwan?

Four camps answer what happens if China moves, and each says where its own plan is weak.

Open questions

Can you prepare for pandemics without a surveillance state?

Four camps weigh speed against trust, and each says where it gives ground.

Open questions

Is climate change a science problem, an economics problem, a moral problem, or something else?

Four camps read the same thermometer and split on what it means we should do.