Category: Post
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What if the kids are alright? considering all the content i consume about society’s rapid decline, it’s consistently disorienting to put the phone down, step outside, and look at how little has changed since my childhood. And more: we have spent roughly equal amounts of time letting strangers on the internet tell us what the…
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“the most important lessons from history are things that are so fundamental to the behaviors of so many people that they’re likely to apply to you and situations you’ll face in your own lifetime.”
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“It is not a surprise that changes occurred – using your brain for new things helps it grow, but the specifics are interesting at least to me.”
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“what i stumbled upon wasn’t just a collection of silly memes; it was a masterclass on the language of the ultra-wealthy.”
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“In my experience, high-level enjoyment, like a sport, is composed of many interlocking micro-skills that must be trained individually, but which reinforce each other.”
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“The whole process, including detection, deployment, tracking and capturing the hostile drone is fully automated removing the need for a human pilot.”
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“This new frame could help us sidestep some potential alignment problems…”
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One writer’s wish list for the future
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“When you think, ‘Social media is terrible,’ which are you thinking of most?”
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“I don’t define myself by my hobbies, let alone feel the need to broadcast my interests in them through textiles.”
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The US, compared to the rest of the world, is optimistic because it is still the land of possibilities. You can remake yourself here, because we are generally forgiving, and provide everyone many chances to reclaim who they are.
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“There may be a light at the end of the tunnel for anyone that seeks an escape. I believe we are going to see the opposite of the context collapse of the internet today.”
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“Some lean towards the soft and hyper-feminine, others erupt with anime iconography, but all are united by a sense of unapologetic presence.”
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Are we done organizing the world’s information?
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“‘Smart’ is the ability to solve problems. Solving problems is the ability to get stuff done. And getting stuff done requires way more than math proofs and rote memorization.”
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Overall the results are mixed (76% average recovery post pandemic) with better results in entertainment areas like Las Vegas and worst results in areas reliant on office workers, particularly workers who can work remote. Transit ridership is also down (<60% of 2019 levels in major downtowns like Chicago, Philly and SF), which impacts recovery. Best…
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When Katsuhiko Hayashi and his colleagues announced in March that they had produced mouse pups from the cells of two male parents, the news literally floored some researchers.
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Eve Online is a massive, multiplayer game featuring thousands of players who navigate the universe in spaceships, make trade deals and form alliances. When one player missed a routine payment, it opened part of the world to an online invasion. The invasion and defense thrust in-game generals into combat against each other, in total the…
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Managers do more than manage people. They build machines: Entrepreneurship is really just a fancy word for delegation. It’s a continuous process of removing yourself from the equation step-by-step and empowering your team to do the things that they do best….Henry Ford didn’t build cars, he built factories. To me, a great leader’s job is…
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