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A high IQ only gets you so far
And it may make you an outsider Excerpt: " W ho has the highest iq in history? One answer would be: a 10-year-old girl from Missouri. In...
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Jun 42 min read
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Achieving a pure "don't know" (... at least for a moment) UII w/Claude
(Note: Claude's "introspections" prior to responses to me are shown in orange. And yes, the "bulls-eye" emoji came from Claude) DM Good...
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Jun 317 min read
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Do we become less sociable as we age?
It is generally believed that people become gradually less sociable as they grow older. Is this actually the case, and if so, what causes...
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Jun 32 min read
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Could our society return to feudalism?
Might symptoms be appearing now ? Excerpt: " And then it came undone. MacMullen described the problem: Over time, layers of divergent...
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Jun 32 min read
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The stars made our minds...
... and now 5 scientists' minds look back Excerpt: Since the birth of modern cosmology in the 1920s, we’ve been bombarded with...
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Jun 22 min read
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The "universal tech tree"
No innovation stands alone, it's just a part of humanities' on-going creative process of dancing within Pantakinesisâ„¢ Related, the "tech...
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Jun 22 min read
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36 questions which perhaps should precede long-term relationships
There's much to be learned by asking and (honestly) answering these questions Excerpt: " In Mandy Len Catron’s Modern Love essay, “ To...
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Jun 21 min read
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Strategizing with ghosts
Memories of the past shape strategies of the present Excerpt: " Several days in London spent speaking to all manner of generals and...
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Jun 22 min read
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A.I.s are learning to escape human control
Models rewrite code to avoid being shut down. That’s why ‘alignment’ is a matter of such urgency. Related Excerpt to first link above: "...
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Jun 22 min read
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The paradox of our "secular age"
Instead of killing off faith, modernity has supercharged some of its most dramatic manifestations. Related article Excerpt (to first link...
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Jun 22 min read
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You may to know yourself as well as you think you do
And that may be ok Excerpt: " Know thyself: Many have said this. Socrates—maybe you’ve heard of him? Though he seems to have gotten the...
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Jun 21 min read
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Can our society afford to lose the many advantages of funded research, geopolitical dominance and the global attraction of our higher education?
Fareed's Take Another perspective
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Jun 11 min read
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The recent history of A.I. in 32 otters
Three years of progress, as shown by marine animals Excerpt : "Two years ago, I was on a plane with my teenage daughter, messing around...
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Jun 11 min read
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Parents, teachers: leave those kids alone (at least sometimes)!
The advantages of facilitating free-ranging periods during childhood Audio/podcast description: I"f you’re a parent or a teacher, you’ve...
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Jun 11 min read
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Babies don't need Mozart
Rather, just a Mother that sings to them Excerpt: " Clearly, it pays to be skeptical about get-smart-quick schemes. But what if music...
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Jun 11 min read
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Of course workers want a 4-day work week
Perhaps companies should too Excerpt: " In 2022, I signed on as lead researcher at 4DWG, an international NGO that aims to make a...
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Jun 11 min read
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It's Waymo's world
We're all just riding in it Excerpt: Unless you live in one of the few cities where you can hail a ride from Waymo, which is owned by...
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Jun 11 min read
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A.I.'s future: it's more than the model, it's the system
The model is not the product Excerpt: "Today, the race to build the smartest AI model is still on—but it’s becoming increasingly clear...
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Jun 11 min read
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Workplace reality: it's relationships
An optimal social topography of work entails design mastery and stewardship of relationships Excerpt: " Most managers measure success in...
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Jun 11 min read
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12 diverse people discuss the U.S. economy
The discussion gets messy, fast Description from WSJ: Last year, we conducted a social experiment by recruiting people from radically...
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Jun 11 min read
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