Hacker News: metanoia_https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=metanoia_Hacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Sat, 12 Sep 2026 08:47:55 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by metanoia_ in "A misalignment of AI in mathematics"]]>What defines important and why must it be solved in haste? Many issues and other problems arise during the journey in solving all problems; those that are needed and those that are pursuits for their own sake.

If AI gave us the plane to reach Everest without us having gone through the journey of aviation and flight, what would we have lost without that process?

But the most important problems to be solved are not technological challenges but social ones, involving humans and our relationship to one another. An area AI will forever ill-suited to handle.

]]>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 20:17:50 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49664753metanoia_https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49664753https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49664753<![CDATA[New comment by metanoia_ in "A misalignment of AI in mathematics"]]>In the Economist article Tao links, Hugo Duminil-Copin, draws a comparison: airdropping someone on the summit of Mount Everest is very different from climbing it.

The fundamental issue with AI solving any perceived difficult problem is that we have lost the journey. The sight atop Mount Everest looks much different when you have climbed compared to being dropped from above.

]]>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 19:03:34 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49663606metanoia_https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49663606https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49663606<![CDATA[New comment by metanoia_ in "A Misalignment of AI in Mathematics"]]>In the Economist article Tao links, Hugo Duminil-Copin, draws a comparison: airdropping someone on the summit of Mount Everest is very different from climbing it.

The fundamental issue with AI solving any perceived difficult problem is that we have lost the journey. The sight atop Mount Everest looks much different when you have climbed compared to being dropped from above.

]]>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 19:03:21 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49663603metanoia_https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49663603https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49663603<![CDATA[What the Panopticon Cannot See]]>Article URL: https://www.metanoia-research.com/essay-001-on-what-the-panopticon-cannot-see/

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]]>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:02:48 +0000https://www.metanoia-research.com/essay-001-on-what-the-panopticon-cannot-see/metanoia_https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49520801https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49520801<![CDATA[New comment by metanoia_ in "Dear people who work at the airport"]]>Do not let peace be given away as you cannot control what you cannot control.

]]>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 14:45:45 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49299409metanoia_https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49299409https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49299409<![CDATA[New comment by metanoia_ in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026)"]]>Yes! The WSJ had a small article, a picture with a caption, about that. We were there two weeks ago, and our guide mentioned how he had never seen it so active.

]]>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 21:13:36 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49235965metanoia_https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49235965https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49235965<![CDATA[New comment by metanoia_ in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026)"]]>That is quite the ride! You're welcome, glad to hear it brought back positive memories.

]]>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 21:12:17 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49235952metanoia_https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49235952https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49235952<![CDATA[New comment by metanoia_ in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026)"]]>Six months ago I began writing and publishing one essay a month. Last month my wife and I hiked Fuego Volcano in Guatamela for our 20th anniversary. Here is my essay on that: A Country Within Myself - https://www.metanoia-research.com/dispatch-005-a-country-wit... .

]]>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 17:53:23 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49233692metanoia_https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49233692https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49233692<![CDATA[New comment by metanoia_ in "DeepMind's WeatherNext model achieves breakthrough forecasting cyclones"]]>Hurricane Maria went from Cat 2 to Cat 5 in less than 24 hours, and turned making a direct hit to Dominica in 2017.

]]>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 13:54:06 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49221854metanoia_https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49221854https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49221854<![CDATA[A Country Within Myself]]>Article URL: https://www.metanoia-research.com/dispatch-005-a-country-within-myself/

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]]>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 17:24:12 +0000https://www.metanoia-research.com/dispatch-005-a-country-within-myself/metanoia_https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49136428https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49136428<![CDATA[Congressional Ratification of President Trump's Corporatism]]>Article URL: https://ronpaulinstitute.org/congressional-ratification-of-president-trumps-corporatism/

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]]>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 17:40:37 +0000https://ronpaulinstitute.org/congressional-ratification-of-president-trumps-corporatism/metanoia_https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48910393https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48910393<![CDATA[New comment by metanoia_ in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)"]]>I continue to write and publish one piece per month. July was a review of Vaclav Havel's The Power of the Powerless, integrated with a recent trip to Dominica:

https://www.metanoia-research.com/review-001-the-power-of-th...

Any thoughts or feedback are welcomed.

]]>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 18:47:47 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48897023metanoia_https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48897023https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48897023<![CDATA[Nobel-Winning U.S. Chemist Will Move to China to Lead A.I. Institute]]>Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/science/nobel-winning-us-chemist-will-move-to-china-to-lead-ai-institute.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48853182

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]]>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 22:24:32 +0000https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/science/nobel-winning-us-chemist-will-move-to-china-to-lead-ai-institute.htmlmetanoia_https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48853182https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48853182<![CDATA[New comment by metanoia_ in "Vaclav Havel, the Power of the Powerless (1978)"]]>I recently read his essay, and wrote a reflection after a trip to Dominica. Review 001: THE POWER OF THE POWERLESS - https://www.metanoia-research.com/review-001-the-power-of-th...

]]>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:25:11 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48806854metanoia_https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48806854https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48806854<![CDATA[The Power of the Powerless]]>Article URL: https://www.metanoia-research.com/review-001-the-power-of-the-powerless/

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]]>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 12:53:46 +0000https://www.metanoia-research.com/review-001-the-power-of-the-powerless/metanoia_https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48745919https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48745919<![CDATA[New comment by metanoia_ in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026)"]]>I continue to write and publish one essay a month, slowly perfecting the craft.

https://www.metanoia-research.com/dispatch-004-up-from-the-a...

]]>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:51:46 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48535096metanoia_https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48535096https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48535096<![CDATA[New comment by metanoia_ in "Do the Hardest Thing"]]>St. John of the Cross in the Ascent of Mount Carmel,

"You should take care always to be inclined

not to the easiest thing, but to the hardest;

not to the tastiest, but to the most insipid;

not to the things that give the greatest pleasure, but to those that give the least;

not to the restful things, but to the painful ones;

not to consolation, but to desolation;

not to more, but to less;

not to the highest and dearest, but to the lowest and most despised;

not to the desire for something, but to having no desires.”

]]>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 20:21:06 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48417662metanoia_https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48417662https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48417662<![CDATA[Up from the Ash]]>Article URL: https://www.metanoia-research.com/dispatch-004-up-from-the-ash/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48356502

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]]>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 13:21:46 +0000https://www.metanoia-research.com/dispatch-004-up-from-the-ash/metanoia_https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48356502https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48356502<![CDATA[New comment by metanoia_ in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2026)"]]>Thank you, much appreciated!

]]>Sun, 10 May 2026 21:58:03 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48088529metanoia_https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48088529https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48088529<![CDATA[New comment by metanoia_ in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2026)"]]>I continue to write. Unsure the end goal but in my recent dispatch I learned to get out of my way, stop intellectualizing life and let it be.

https://www.metanoia-research.com/

]]>Sun, 10 May 2026 20:18:16 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48087497metanoia_https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48087497https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48087497