<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 13:06:34 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@vermis/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[On Fear of Quitting One's Job]]></title><description><![CDATA[(Particularly, on my fear of quitting my job. I would guess that this fear feels similarly for other people. But people are really different from each other, so your experience might be far from mine.)]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@vermis/on-fear-of-quitting-one-s-job</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@vermis/on-fear-of-quitting-one-s-job</guid><category><![CDATA[psychology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vermis]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2018 23:53:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contest on AI Alignment Problem]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you're interested in the problem of creating friendly artificial intelligence, you might be interested in this contest. This contest will distribute a minimum of $10,000 to those who can write something]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/artificial-intelligence/@vermis/contest-on-ai-alignment-problem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/artificial-intelligence/@vermis/contest-on-ai-alignment-problem</guid><category><![CDATA[artificial-intelligence]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vermis]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2018 02:35:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Short Story: Mortality and Immutability]]></title><description><![CDATA[I castrated myself as a child. To understand why, you need to understand three earlier events. These events, although much less lurid, helped form the kernel of my current beliefs about death and personal]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@vermis/short-story-mortality-and-immutability</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@vermis/short-story-mortality-and-immutability</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vermis]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jan 2018 20:00:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Short Story: Red Queen's Race]]></title><description><![CDATA[The mind-inhibiting helmet was a ceiling-suspended, steel-and-chrome octopus. Brian Rodger paused before he pulled it on, reflecting on his luck. He recalled how, in his twenties and early thirties, he]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@vermis/short-story-red-queen-s-race</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@vermis/short-story-red-queen-s-race</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vermis]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2018 00:16:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sufficient External Systemic Failure: Hopes and Fears for Steemit]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this post, I wanted to explain some of my fears and hopes for Steemit. Just sorting things out, mostly for myself. Rather inspired by this post by @jessandthesea. First, the fears. Signals About Reputation]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@vermis/sufficient-external-systemic-failure-hopes-and-fears-for-steemit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@vermis/sufficient-external-systemic-failure-hopes-and-fears-for-steemit</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vermis]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2018 02:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[First Steemit Post: Truth, Spec Fic, Machine Learning]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello world. Hey all. Three things about me. I'm interested in how to make decentralized platforms sources of good information. By good information I mean information that is both true and relevant. So]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@vermis/first-steemit-post-truth-spec-fic-machine-learning</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@vermis/first-steemit-post-truth-spec-fic-machine-learning</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vermis]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2018 12:09:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/32FTXiZsHoAWXDGUT6XfPTLRBbYW7TUFpRSTArzFnu8V9UWChSvzAzVkyGgqvi5B2HVpcTX1mSCzqNsx4NB825GGD34zeYY5nUoQiLK38Bd6VE6nLoxMQE7uH5mftVWr5KT9DqdbEeRPUrmt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>