buDaoVoid — Writing https://budaovoid.is-a.dev/writing/ buDaoVoid is an anonymous builder working on urban infrastructure, data tools, and systems for thinking. Selected work and writing. en Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Open-Sourcing the Self https://budaovoid.is-a.dev/writing/open-sourcing-the-self/ https://budaovoid.is-a.dev/writing/open-sourcing-the-self/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Systems A structured record of how a mind works is more useful to strangers than another post about what it concluded. Rashomon Cognition: Same Event, Different Truths https://budaovoid.is-a.dev/writing/rashomon-cognition/ https://budaovoid.is-a.dev/writing/rashomon-cognition/ Sat, 15 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Notes At fifteen I concluded that no account is objective. The harder question was what to do once you accept that. Engineering a Life: Systems That Survive the Operator https://budaovoid.is-a.dev/writing/engineering-a-life/ https://budaovoid.is-a.dev/writing/engineering-a-life/ Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Systems Inertia, not willpower, moves a life. I have been trying to build systems that restart after they break. Mutual Aid Against the Machine https://budaovoid.is-a.dev/writing/mutual-aid/ https://budaovoid.is-a.dev/writing/mutual-aid/ Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Philosophy Kropotkin argued cooperation is an evolutionary advantage, not a moral one. The hard part is what happens at scale. Neither Fate Nor Freedom https://budaovoid.is-a.dev/writing/neither-fate-nor-freedom/ https://budaovoid.is-a.dev/writing/neither-fate-nor-freedom/ Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT Philosophy Determinism explains the script. It does not explain who stands at its edge, writing comments in the margin. Weak Free Will and the Social Machine https://budaovoid.is-a.dev/writing/weak-free-will/ https://budaovoid.is-a.dev/writing/weak-free-will/ Thu, 25 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT Philosophy Philosophy is cheap to quote and expensive to think. Most people never get a quiet hour to pay for it. Motion, Cicadas, and the White Night https://budaovoid.is-a.dev/writing/white-night/ https://budaovoid.is-a.dev/writing/white-night/ Tue, 23 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT Philosophy Some people are lost with a match. I was sixteen and lost with the whole board lit. Eight Questions Without Answers https://budaovoid.is-a.dev/writing/eight-questions/ https://budaovoid.is-a.dev/writing/eight-questions/ Mon, 22 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT Philosophy The question was whether a person who sees too much is doomed. The answer kept turning into another version of the question.