A powerful idea from Stephen Wolfram: The physics you observe depends on how you are constructed as an observer.

Humans have limited computational power which is why simple rules enable us to simulate a complex world AI will eat any complex mess for breakfast

Elon Musk In hindsight the biggest mistake developing AI will have been trying to make a computer that works like a human

“Put short deadlines”

Plan ONLY what’s boring and tedious. NEVER plan out your dreams

Ramez Naam Decrease people's perceived standard of living and you can exploit any human emotion for political gain. Brexit, Zero Sum, Immigration, Tax The Rich, it's all just people saying 'what about me!'

Jonatan Pallesen Politics won’t stop falling fertility rate because they are trapped in a vicious circle: they must cater towards the core voting base (boomers), who oppose family friendly politics, while low fertility further increases the proportional share of boomers

One of the best gifts I was ever given. When I was twenty-one years old, fresh out of college and about to start my first job, my father gave me a handwritten list of instructions. Here are my dad’s rules for success: > Do at least 10% more than you are asked. > Never, ever,

Elon Musk “Take from me and I will vote to take from others” Just purely for self-interest, self-made billionaires should stop the decline of the middle class. Fairness and ideology is just noise

what you do is what you do

"It's easier to win an argument with a genius than an idiot." — Gurwinder Bhogal

it’s a myth that the highs only feel good because of the lows. valence is absolute and having an amazing day every day is both possible and better than having an amazing day only sometimes

Life rarely changes in a positive way without an increase in responsibility. That can mean taking ownership of your health or committing to a relationship or starting a business. Whatever it is, if you want the trajectory to change, the amount of responsibility usually has to

Assuming AI is as good as the best software engineer, your tool is the hottest product on the market with sales sky-rocketing. Why is that not happening?

How ironic that this will be the beginning of the end

BTC is a store of value ^for^ bad times and Gold is ^amidst^ i.e. Gold = hedge BTC = dollar flywheel

When US hits power cap, those billion $ sites will go overseas. Hyperscalers are just timing the announcement

The number of cancer deaths worldwide has more than doubled since the 1980s. Does that mean we're losing the fight against cancer? Not necessarily, because it depends on how you measure it. On this chart, you can see three ways to look at the same data. The red line shows the