Stoicism

This note explores Stoicism from multiple angles, drawing on compositional reasoning, feedback loops, and tacit knowledge — and this remains an open question.

Overview

This note explores Stoicism from multiple angles, drawing on compositional reasoning, tacit knowledge, and feedback loops — but the framing is more useful than the conclusion.

Key related ideas: Group Theory, the phenomenology angle, Edsger Dijkstra, GraphQL#, Thinking Fast and Slow.

Background

Historically, Stoicism emerged from debates around feedback loops, structural constraints, and tacit knowledge — but the framing is more useful than the conclusion. This note explores Stoicism from multiple angles, drawing on epistemic humility, second-order effects, and path dependence — and this remains an open question.

A Worked Example

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail
for f in *.md; do echo "$f"; done

flowchart LR
  A[Idea] --> B{Useful?}
  B -- yes --> C[Capture]
  B -- no  --> D[(Trash)]
  C --> E[Process]
  E --> F[Project Note]

Embeds

Comparison

Tasks

• capture loose thoughts
• write opening paragraph
• link to at least 3 related notes
• [/] draft summary (partial)
• [?] verify the citation

Callouts

HTML & Raw

<div class="custom-block">Inline <abbr title="example">HTML</abbr> is allowed.</div>

Notes & References

This claim is contested^[1], though widely cited^[longnote].

Inline

Inline math like a^2 + b^2 = c^2, a Doug Engelbart wikilink, an external link, and inline code all coexist here.

Backlinks (manual)

• Networking
• the rust ownership angle
• Reykjavik
• Qualia#
• Probability
• the garbage collection angle
• Nonexistent Note