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The real problem of humanity is the following: we have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and god-like technology. Edward O. Wilson, debate at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge, Mass., 9 September 2009

Margret Atwood in The Atlantic feeld Murdered by her Replica and compares the AI-copyright situation to the scifi-horror-classic The Stepford Wifes: "In that 1975 horror film, the human wives of Stepford, Connecticut, are having their identities copied and transferred to robotic replicas of themselves, minus any contrariness that their husbands fin... See more

“Born This Way” and the Hauntology of Gender & Sexuality

Queercoded Dividual open.substack.com

To be GOVERNED is to be watched, inspected, spied upon, directed, law-driven, numbered, regulated, enrolled, indoctrinated, preached at, controlled, checked, estimated, valued, censured, commanded, by creatures who have neither the right nor the wisdom nor the virtue to do so. To be GOVERNED is to be at every operation, at every transaction noted, ... See more

"The amount of serendipity that will occur in your life is directly proportional to the degree to which you do something you're passionate about combined with the total number of people to whom this is effectively communicated." https://t.co/KfFpouh7Dm

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Paris Syndrome

Almost every popular idea, no matter how dumb, has at least one paper claiming it’s true, one scientist promoting it, or one expert willing to be paid to defend it.

Yet, experts ARE important, and science truly IS one of the most powerful tools ever created for discovering the truth.

Being able to point to just one paper, one scientist, or one exper... See more

One helpful idea

A note to young folks: download the things you love

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Personal Knowledge Management

Idea Compass North UPSTREAM: Where does X come from? What are its origins? What belief does X support? What domain exists an order of magnitude higher? zoom out. What gave birth to X? What causes X? West REINFORCING: What is similar to X? What other disciplines could X already exist in? What other disciplines could benefit from X? What are other ways to say/do X? South DOWNSTREAM: Where can X lead to? What does X contribute to? What group/category could X be the headline of? What domain exists an order of magnitude lower? zoom in. What does X nutrure? East TRANSFORMATIVE: What competes with X? What is the opposite of X? What is X missing? What is a disadvantage with X? What could supercharge X? Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7r9t9T9Aww