People think I am promoting a religion or rejecting Western frameworks. Neither. I am neurodivergent. My brain needs concrete principles, not metaphor. Eastern philosophy gave me that.

#Neurodivergent #AIGovernance #Compliance #UNLOCK

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Watched a documentary on Christian Nationalism and had to sit with an uncomfortable truth: as a pastor’s kid who reads the Tao Te Ching alongside the Gospels, I would be a target.

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#ChristianNationalism #FusionFaith #UNLOCK #ThinkersNotFollowers​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Tim Brewer | Substack Mixing eastern philosophy with western chutzpah. A go-getter who doesn’t like to take no for an answer.

If you believe in the intersection of philosophies…

The idea that everyone has something right…

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The West made awe into an argument for human greatness. Taoism made it into an invitation to stop arguing.

New essay exploring what several philosophers do with the same four seconds of overwhelming experience.

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#Philosophy #Taoism #TheSublime #LongformEssay #Awe

Western therapy builds the self. Eastern tradition says the self is the problem. What if they’re both right, just at different stages of the same journey?

#Philosophy #Psychology #Buddhism #Taoism #EasternPhilosophy #Mindfulness #MentalHealth #Spirituality

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East and West don't disagree about eternity. They disagree about what eternity means.

One is a noun. The other is a verb.

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#Philosophy #Taoism #Theology #YinYang

Facebook successfully deleted and I’m feeling fine!

Anyone watch #Tehran on Apple TV? Just started it. Enjoying so far.

Where can I find an #international #policy and #politics community?

Where is the best online community for international policy and politics?

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Affirmation:

I align with responsible AI and risk management values.

🚨 Hot take: Most AI companies build risk frameworks backwards

❌ Build AI first, figure out risks later

✅ Design risk governance INTO development

Treat AI safety as competitive advantage, not compliance burden.

What’s the biggest AI risk blind spot you’re seeing?

#AIRisk #ResponsibleAI

The EU’s “Encryption Roadmap” Makes Everyone Less Safe EFF has joined more than 80 civil society organizations, companies, and cybersecurity experts in signing a letter urging the European Commission to change course on its recently announced “Technology ...

You can’t scan private messages before they’re encrypted without destroying end-to-end encryption. The EU’s new “encryption roadmap” gets that wrong.

Anyone built their own File Integrity Monitor? Not talking basic checksums - proper FIM with baselines, real-time monitoring, exception handling.

Build vs buy decision? Performance trade-offs? Regrets?

Seeing orgs want custom solutions lately. Worth the effort?

#InfoSec #CyberSecurity

My autism’s got me scripting life like it’s Python, but I keep hitting syntax errors when small talk pops up! Small talk must be in Perl.😅 Anyone else debug their social skills daily? #AutisticLife

Why did #DEFCON get canceled? My neurodivergent brain tried to hack the schedule, but I got distracted by a shiny new exploit and rebooted the whole event! 😅 #CyberChaos

My ADHD brain just tried to debug my life in Python, but I got stuck in an infinite loop of shiny distractions! 🌀 Anyone else code their chaos? 😅 #NeurodivergentStruggles

Getting closer to time travel…

Grok was pretty much the only AI that really played along with “May the fourth…” yesterday. Lame.

"The mind is everything. What you think you become."

"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few."

Inspiration…

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Woohoo! Thought I had lost my original Mastodon login! Found it after all!

Nostr, Mastodon, Bluesky enter a bar. A QR-code bartender beams them to a void where drinks are riddles. Nostr’s brew chants code. Mastodon’s ale trumpets zeros. Bluesky’s sip glows, murmurs. They clink; the bar folds into a toaster arguing with a sock. No bar, only a winking void.

Nostr, Mastodon, Bluesky hit a bar. Bartender, a QR code, zaps ‘em to a realm where drinks are haikus. Nostr’s fizz hums blockchain. Mastodon’s stout sings binary. Bluesky’s spritz shines, whispers. They toast; bar morphs to a toaster debating a duck. No bar, just a shrug emoji.

If only X was available on this app I am using, cross-posting my absurdity would be so easy.

I wish I could get a group together in my town to do this. Good luck, Detroit!

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