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Hugo Ares

Saturday Letters

From one student of life to another.


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Oct 11

Humans’ Suffocated Strength - Saturday Letter #10

Humans’ Suffocated Strength - SL#10 During a lecture on his Predictive History YouTube channel, Professor Jiang Xueqin asked his students: “What makes us happy?” The students replied, intrigued: Money Power/Status Freedom Relationships (friends) Love But when the students ran out of answers, the professor challenged them: What you will discover about this list is this: you’re thinking about individual happiness. And this is actually unique in human history. If you go back 5,000 years and ask...

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Oct 04

A.I. Agentic Misalignment - Saturday Letter #9

Sep 27

The Paradox of Perception - Saturday Letter #8

Sep 20

The Paradox of Reality - Saturday Letter #7

Sep 13

The Paradox of Wisdom - Saturday Letter #6

Sep 06

The Cost of Blame - Saturday Letter #5

Aug 30

The Enemy of Greatness - Saturday Letter #4

Aug 23

Appraisal Theory and Dealing with Worry - Saturday Letter #3

Aug 16

The Fruit of Comparison - Saturday Letter #2

Aug 09

Ethics & Truth - Saturday Letter #1

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