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quote:with-one-motion-the-door-of-possibility-slams-shut-and-so-we-collapse-our-world-into-something-less-magical-but-more-manageable-one-clench-at-a-time-tanha-is-cringe"With one motion the door of possibility slams shut. And so we collapse our world into something less magical but more manageable, one clench at a time. Tanha is cringe."
Poetic description of the latch-bridge mechanism and its phenomenological effect.
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- Blog post/research essay that introduces the Vasocomputation framework, linking Buddhist tanha with vascular smooth muscle cell function, active inference, and physical reflexes.
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