Memory is Unreliable

Later, when you greet someone who has forgotten you, don’t make her remember you. You can pretend to be her fan while saying “take care” as you leave. Perhaps there is suppressed trauma related to you. Maybe remembering you will cause her to stop functioning and lose her big idea regarding a new theory or contribution to civilization. Perhaps you’re not that important to her. Perhaps you are a disgrace/stain in her memory....

February 17, 2024 · 3 min · 523 words · laataiasu

Hatred is 'Fitrah'

Some gay people flee from Indonesia, and I strongly despise them. They accuse me of homophobia just because I’m Muslim, and we insult each other. Insulting each other is ‘fitrah’. A person mocking doesn’t realize they are doing so. Examples include: Javanese with a thick accent, Sundanese, Batak’s roughness, Malay style like Upin Ipin. Mocking each other is ‘fitrah’; we can’t stop it. Tolerance has never existed. The will to mock is the truth....

November 30, 2023 · 2 min · 311 words · laataiasu

Peter Singer - Ordinary People Are Evil

Orang utilitarian gini mirip komunis lemah syahwat, selalu cari silver bullet untuk melengkapi lobang ideologinya. Kalo ga sesuai tinggal potong2 minoritas dan buang outlier selayak procustes tentang apa2 yang ga sesuai sama mereka karena kurang bisa menerima diversitas dan buru-buru ingin perfect. That’s why I love them. Dengan prinsip macam itu, saat mereka ditanya, “What makes you happy?” Jawaban paling berakhlak dan ethical yang paling dapat diterima harusnya gini:...

November 30, 2023 · 3 min · 543 words · laataiasu

Building Surveillence-Driven System to Understand More about Religion Groups

I simply want to know what makes people enjoy this. Is it because of the good music? Is it because of the sense of togetherness? How much do they really love their prophet? I suspect that all the people who gather there are proficient in Arabic, which allows them to truly enjoy it. But my hypothesis is that the combination of any of these factors gives them a sense of flow and perceived enjoyment....

November 1, 2023 · 4 min · 726 words · laataiasu

Empowerment, Beauty, and the Shifting Paradigm: A Reflection on Standards

When you throw away the concept and the dimension of time, you’ll find that the effort put into grooming yourself is a futile endeavor, contributing to the perpetuation of the “halo effect” ideology. We cannot be blind to the innovations in chemistry, pharmaceuticals, marketing, etc., that contribute to shaping our world in this way. Transforming someone from unattractive to beautiful is a form of empowerment. Much of the progress and growth appears empowering, until it becomes mainstream....

October 28, 2023 · 3 min · 542 words · laataiasu

Throw your ethics into the trash can!

If someone automates Instagram to like every account they follow, reply, and comment based on the context of the picture you post, you will find some sort of excitement if that someone is who you like, and otherwise if you don’t like. Humans can be easily fooled because of the feature of ‘feeling.’ Humans are not multitaskers, but with computers, they can be. Computers resemble the Jutsu of a thousand shadows from Naruto....

October 14, 2023 · 2 min · 327 words · laataiasu

The Stagnation of LDK and Many College Organizations

Many LDK/rohis campus or organization in general seem to not be contributing much to the nation, or even to the university, or their respective departments/majors. @fukifasilkom @gamaisitb @mt_binus etc They tend to provide unurgent seminars, lack research tailored to the needs of their members, and make little effort to help all members reach their potential. Most of what they do is conduct seminars that are mostly unhelpful, especially in areas where they lack deep knowledge of their religion....

October 2, 2023 · 6 min · 1181 words · laataiasu

The Fallacy of Effectiveness and Kemubaziran

God created all beautiful scenery. What is the purpose of beauty? And it is never enough. It is like the Alif Lam Mim and the likes Ayat. Or it is like the ‘yeee hawww’ from the Jackass. It indicates that it’s not the rational that leads, but the irrational, the redundant, the ineffective. That is the fallacy where they see others similar to them, so they feel like they are replaceable, unimportant, and useless....

September 6, 2023 · 3 min · 470 words · laataiasu

Sakamoto Unmasked: Navigating Tyranny with Elegance

Man is mortal; thus, every man is replaceable. Dependency is something I never force onto someone or any system. If I am somehow needed by someone, I try to help, but not to make them dependent on me. I want everything to be loosely coupled. I want to give every beautiful thing I have and then perish. For a company, organization, or family, I don’t want to be seen as irreplaceable....

September 5, 2023 · 3 min · 515 words · laataiasu

Dear Budiman Sudjatmiko

Untuk Budi, rather than building ‘BUKIT ALGORITMA’ the hills of wannabe Silicon Valley algorithms that are centralized, elitist, and stagnant, it’s better to develop a mosque-based social credit system like Chongqing. The title is ‘AKSELERASI SMART CITY MELALUI MASJID BERPRESTASI’ which is more decentralized and prioritizes equal distribution. It gets boring every time there’s a beggar, making it very difficult to verify whether they are genuinely in need or not....

August 20, 2023 · 3 min · 562 words · laataiasu