This is the canonical website for !c{my}{(Mariven)} writings. Trim the URL and you'll find my old site; while it was powered by Notion, this site was built from scratch
Mainly, I try to understand the structure of intelligence and the nature of abstraction. My "official" focus is mathematics—see my 232 page monograph on category theory and mathematical physics if you need "credentials"—but you won't find much here (except as examples given for other points, of which it's a very rich source). The ultimate goal is to find the truth of reality that I might be as effective as I can at doing what is right; currently, this means making sure that artificial intelligence is pointed towards creating a better future rather than a blank one.
I follow no brand-name schools of thought, but my own is reminiscent of what other people call a !c{consequentialist}{There is only the state of the world, and morality
is found solely in one's effect on this.} !c{sentiocentrist}{prioritization of all sentient life}
my antipathy towards identifying with -isms;
affectively, I strongly support EA)}—instead, you can call me an Ethical Actualist, taking it to imply many of the same viewpoints and conclusions, but not their community or culture.
natural law, taking on various guises} ontology. But such artificial labels are never binding and never complete.
A list of writings follows. The blocks that are filled in lead to completed essays; the others are the ones I'm currently working on. Whether complete or not, you can hover over each block to get an idea of what it's about. Or, see the Thoughts page for lots of shorter notes on things of interest, from the causal structures underlying perception to the logic of quantum mechanics to the differential geometry of chakras.