Heidegger can often appear to be an impenetrable and esoteric thinker, whose ideas have little bearing on real life. But Simon Critchley works to undo this perception and bring phenomenology to bear on the everyday. In this interview, Critchley takes us from the atrophy of academic philosophy all the way to what philosophy can and should be. After reflecting on his own intellectual journey, as one in which he “ignored advice”, he discusses Heidegger’s and thereby offers an enlightening interpretive frame to understand Being and Time. Tap the link to watch now.

I used GPT-6 Astra to build guitar hero for an esoteric instrument 🎹 A microphone picks up the notes being played and compares the pitch to the correct one, giving you visual feedback on whether you're hitting the right key This is sooo sick im super hype about this

The worst part about AI engineering is how often does everyone think their weird esoteric bullshit actually matters. I think it's a combination of sycophancy + non-determinism + models getting better so fast that you can associate model improvements with random changes you made to your environment. The result is that everyone's brains fall out as they overthink things that don't matter.

The UFO phenomenon has two faces. One is ancient, written in esoteric texts most people will never read. The other is manufactured: confusion spread on purpose by the gatekeepers. You can't understand the first until you see through the second. They're ancient, the confusion around them is new and that is deliberate. The answers are in the old esoteric texts, not in the press briefings.

This week on The AI Hardware Show, @sallywf and I cover some of the more esoteric AI hardware designs on the market, from Waferscale to WTF. These include @cerebras WSE, @ceremorphic, @IBMResearch, @neurophos, @NextSilicon, @Tachyum and @Tesla Dojo.