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Aaron Stupple Steven Johnson So, children raised in different decades might spend the same intellectual effort on their favorite hobby, but todays hobbyists are in superior situation. The tech nerd has faster computers. The photographer has better cameras. The musician has more instruments (and more great

Professors spend barely 10% of their time on primary research — and even that is constrained and judged by bureaucratic criteria, not freely pursued. No great idea can arise from such conditions. True scholarship requires freedom, not glorified administration.

We use computers all the time. We talk to people all the time. From an everyday perspective, all these things are normal. But, from another perspective, each is colossally complex and significant. Computers are unlike every other machine. We routinely use or create new software.

"We must extend the area of life" — Emerson

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By Conjecture Institute Fellow Arjun Khemani and President & Cofounder Logan 👇

“Compression” of information is never just a reduction or loss. It’s creation and discovery. You construct an alternative way to represent or approximate a thing, often using new building blocks that aren’t even in it. e.g. 10101010101010101010 can be compressed as: “10” x 10

In 20 years: "A good use of [future tech] is watching short videos that don't overwhelm. A really bad use is blah blah blah because of the dopamine."

What does bitcoin have to do with parenting? Sovereignty isn't just a nice idea, it is a deep truth, and it is owed to a person at birth. That's because a baby, and later a child, is a full-status person. And that's because children possess the essential feature of personhood -

Daniel Faggella I don’t think there can be a “successor” to humans. The future will contain people, with better ideas, with minds running on better hardware. Talking about a “successor to humans” is like talking about a “successor to thinking”. There’s no successor - there’s just more and

Tom Hyde (Tom Hyde ) will be speaking to Brett Hall tomorrow for Conjecture Institute's ongoing series of discussions with its Fellows. Tom is a polymath and creator of a new philosophy: Wonderism. Drop questions for Tom here, and in the meantime watch: x.com/tomhyde_/statu…

Conjecture Institute now has an audio stream podcast for its Youtube series of video interview with its Fellows. Available almost everywhere podcasts can be found. Episode 1 is an audio-only bonus chat with President and Co-founder Logan . podbean.com/media/share/pb…

My Google Scholar affiliation now matches my existential affiliation— Conjecture Institute !

Logan Chipkin speaks with Brett Hall about the formation of the institute. He outlines their vision, mission, initiatives, and fellows. More to come in a subsequent podcast episode with Brett interviewing CI Board of Directors members - Aaron Stupple, David Kedmey, and Logan. 🔥