27 Mar 2026, 08:04 UTC31 viewsread 11 August 2026 New blog post: Enlightenment as Strange Loop Dissolution — Notes on a 10-Day Vacation from Myself
I spent 10 days on silent retreat recently. Something shifted. This is my honest attempt to describe what happened — through the lens of strange loops, self-reference, and what consciousness might actually be.
Read here: https://www.pchvykov.com/post/enlightenment-as-strange-loop-dissolution-notes-on-a-10-day-vacation-…
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9 Feb 2026, 11:45 UTC55 viewsread 11 August 2026 🎥 New Talk: Complexity Science as Bridge to Eastern Philosophy
I recently gave a talk exploring how complexity science can serve as an authentic bridge between hard science and Eastern contemplative traditions—recovering the philosophical depth that Western mindfulness has left behind.
In this talk, I discuss:
• How modern mindfulness has become "Bible study without the Bible"
• Complexity science parallels: Emerge…
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19 Jun 2025, 12:05 UTC132 viewsread 11 August 2026 My article just got published in Psyche magazine! Talking about how complexity science could give the theoretical foundation needed for Western mindfulness https://psyche.co/ideas/complexity-science-unravels-the-deeper-power-of-mindfulness
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13 May 2025, 11:54 UTC132 viewsread 11 August 2026 A ritual framework for how to transform our work into a meditative / introspective practice to help cultivate wisdom and joy. This July 2025 I'm organizing a scientists' residency where we'll practice this. https://wix.to/Gs6eGt4
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24 Apr 2025, 16:15 UTC110 viewsread 11 August 2026 Are academics miserable? Could science help us to be happy? In this conversation about alternative research environments we explore these questions and what sort of a research environment we might want. Pavel is now creating such space https://www.pchvykov.com/post/academia-as-a-happy-place
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23 Feb 2025, 15:42 UTC107 viewsread 11 August 2026 New post: How immanent existential threat may help us find enlightenment; or a personal journey trying to reconcile impending doom with happiness and meaning.
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https://www.pchvykov.com/post/ai-apocalypse-and-the-buddha
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21 Feb 2025, 16:48 UTC92 viewsread 11 August 2026 I just set up a shiny new mailing list, where I'll send updates about my new posts and events I'm organizing from now on - so sign up here https://www.pchvykov.com/blog <3
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4 Jan 2025, 08:53 UTC87 viewsread 11 August 2026 What do people mean with “mind” vs “heart”? In this post I explore the hypothesis that: *logic is to intuition, as hard-coded algorithm is to machine learning,* with consequences for AI safety and our daily lives.
https://www.pchvykov.com/post/logic-vs-intuition-algorithm-vs-ml
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22 Oct 2024, 05:45 UTC81 viewsread 11 August 2026 Can complex systems science help us ground some of the abstract concepts of Eastern Philosophy in hard scientific language? My talk from International Conference on Mindfulness https://youtu.be/ivw4H5GvF_I
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1 Jul 2024, 20:35 UTC86 viewsread 11 August 2026 Scientists serve the role of shamans in modernity, and so their wisdom and personal attainment (or lack thereof) spreads to the rest of the human tribe.
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/3FeKf5dFZdJo9rJKY/honest-science-is-spirituality
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21 Jun 2024, 09:53 UTC82 viewsread 11 August 2026 Just wanted to present an overview of one of the most basic models behind finance - since I couldn't find it all laid out simply anywhere. I think these insights can also be applied in our daily life, relationships, and governance.
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/SF7sAztyX5LFoQGnJ/newton-s-laws-of-finance
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7 Feb 2024, 07:11 UTC92 viewsread 11 August 2026 We live in a "consensus reality" – where reproducibility, or redundancy of consistent records, is what makes something "objectively true." But what if this consensus isn't perfect? Such deviations may be precisely what make the world go round.
https://www.pchvykov.com/post/quantum-darwinism-social-constructs-and-the-scientific-method
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