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Benjamin T. Awesome

Benjamin T. Awesome

How to Stop Wasting Time Online

If you’re here, that means you’re not supposed to be reading this story right now. Stop reading it and go do what you’re supposed to be…

1 min readMar 18, 2024

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Benjamin T. Awesome

LLMs Are Robot Arms, Not Brains

It is better to think of LLMs as a form of automation, not a form of intelligence. They are not intelligent. In the same way that a robot…

2 min readJan 25, 2024

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robot arms performing production tasks in a factory setting

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Benjamin T. Awesome

Jonathan Haidt is a Koch Stooge and The Heterodox Academy is an Outlet for Koch Propaganda

The Heterodox Academy is purely a right-wing operation. Period. It has no redeeming cultural value and exists strictly to propagate…

4 min readSep 25, 2021

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Jonathan Haidt is a Koch Stooge and The Heterodox Academy is an Outlet for Koch Propaganda

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Benjamin T. Awesome

The IDW Was Always a Clown Car of Anti-Intellectualism

The veneer of thoughtfulness and intellectualism is gone. These people are anti-science.

2 min readSep 21, 2021

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Jordan Peterson, Eric Weinstein, Ben Shapiro, Dave Rubin, Joe Rogan, and Sam Harris sitting at a table together in a dining or drinking establishment.

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Hail Satan Podcast Ticks All the Boxes of Sophomoric Authoritarianism

It’s unfortunate when Satanists adopt authoritarian politics. But is is also common. Many Satanic groups have documented histories of…

9 min readMay 3, 2021

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transgender flag with satanic pentagram superimposed

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Benjamin T. Awesome

My Fundamental Problem With Bitcoin

Bitcoin has the appearance of a Libertarian tax avoidance scheme that compounds the myriad problems associated with sequestering wealth…

1 min readApr 26, 2021

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My Fundamental Problem With Bitcoin

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Benjamin T. Awesome

Why is The Hill’s Rising Platforming an Alt-Right COVID-19 Conspiracy Theory?

Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti hosted Bret Weinstein, of intellectual dark web fame, in an absolute farce of journalism and conspiracism…

5 min readApr 7, 2021

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Why is The Hill’s Rising Platforming an Alt-Right COVID-19 Conspiracy Theory?

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Benjamin T. Awesome

What Jacobin Gets Wrong about Antiracism

Jacobin Magazine has long trucked in anti-antiracist rhetoric. They correctly point out that there are deficiencies in the antiracist…

10 min readApr 7, 2021

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Benjamin T. Awesome

Finding Good Information in the Disinformation Age

Social media is an irredeemable dumpster fire of disinformation. We knew this before The Social Dilemma aired on Netflix, but now it is…

8 min readMar 29, 2021

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Image of Labyrinth on the portico of the cathedral of San Martino at Lucca, Tuscany, Italy.

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Benjamin T. Awesome

Bret Weinstein: A Case Study in IDW Ignorance

Bret Weinstein was called out on social media for using “woke” as a pejorative. Which, so that we are clear, any white person who uses…

3 min readMar 24, 2021

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Bret Weinstein: A Case Study in IDW Ignorance

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Benjamin T. Awesome

Benjamin T. Awesome

Just the facts: Writer. Gamer. Feminist. Educated in Astrophysics. Professional Gambler. Student of Language. Satanist. Anarchist. He/Him.

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