It takes energy to have fun. Adventures take energy. An investment of energy. But they return a gain of it. It is somehow the experiences that we have and the thoughts as we have them that creates who we are. Who do you build yourself to be? a reminder to be playful with life~

Global inequality is the result of two centuries of uneven economic growth— For most of history, almost everyone everywhere was very poor. Hunger was common, half of the children died, and, as the chart shows, average incomes were low across all regions. The chart also shows

FlyWire Data Challenge IV: extract dense subgraphs from a simplified wiring diagram of neurons (nodes) and synaptic links (edges). Your reward is a shiny trophy, the 3D IRL kind, and an invite to give a talk on your solution at Princeton Neuroscience Institute this fall. codex.flywire.ai/app/max_clique…

bringing childhood dreams to life

Where are people sharing their ideas these days? I’m not really looking for virality but rather thoughtful short posts / ideas on topics I’m interested in. From anyone anywhere

flywire2.0: The BANC. Community effort mapping an entire brain and central nervous system at synapse precision :) flywire.ai for my friends the data nerds, a challenge: codex.flywire.ai/app/max_clique…

Let your wearable data "speak" for itself! Introducing SensorLM, a family of sensor-language foundation models trained on ~60 million hours of data, enabling robust wearable data understanding with natural language. → goo.gle/4lSLwQi

Autocorrect making me question my sanity

Published a Forbes article exploring the philosophical undertones of Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters. My kids are obsessed with this movie! forbes.com/sites/amysterl…

My kids have listened to the soundtrack of KPop Demon Hunters approximately 4 million times. They don’t normally even like movies (too scary!) but keep asking for this one. Why is it so sticky? I explore the philosophical undertones in this Forbes article: forbes.com/sites/amysterl…

Fancy a fun evening of contrarian contemplation? Check out Steven’s book tour. I’ll be at the Cambridge/Harvard event Sept 26.

whatever you're passionate about, give yourself time for :) follow curiosity!

I've been working on a philosophical book of maxims and poems and sketches for the past 15 years. Am I finally brave enough to share it with a publisher? OG handwritten human stuff. ~25 Moleskine notebooks since ~2010. not serious about much but time to write #lifebonus