2 of 2. Even in nature the same law runs. The selfish gene is a misreading—Dawkins himself later clarified it’s the gene that promotes copies of itself, including copies in relatives (kin selection = love). Wolves that will starve to feed the pack out-compete the pure lone

One of my favourite quotes: Rabbi Zusya said, ‘In the coming world, they will not ask me: Why were you not more like Moses?’ They will ask me: ‘Why were you not more like Zusya?’

Love, intimacy and connection are what’s already there for us when there’s nothing in the way... ...and all that’s ever in the way is contaminated thinking

If you wonder how paintings can sell for $50 million, this post explains it NB: Paintings have 0 intrinsic value- market value is a function of factors including scarcity, narrative, demand etc You, on the other hand, have huge intrinsic value, unrelated to what others think

Two thoughts from Nelson Mandela “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” “One cannot be prepared for something while secretly believing it will not happen.”

The Sun is 99.8% of all mass in our solar system. Even if you somehow burned Jupiter and everything that is not the Sun in a fusion reactor, the Sun would still round up to 100% of all energy. The Sun is all that matters long-term.

Google just dropped "Attention is all you need (V2)" This paper could solve AI's biggest problem: Catastrophic forgetting. When AI models learn something new, they tend to forget what they previously learned. Humans don't work this way, and now Google Research has a solution.

Top Tip: If you want to be more interesting *to* other people, start by being more interested *in* other people

McKenna is one of my "neurological heroes", alongside people like Robert Anton Wilson, Milton H Erickson & Timothy Leary This clip from 1999 gives an interesting interpretation of the strange, chaotic times we're living through atm

Taking notes for my LinkedIn profile refresh 🤣 "...a quantum leap through the liminal spaces of tech and spirituality."

New book by Shadi Hamid — much recommended! (And Interintellect 🧭 salon in one hour — online and public!)

Great article on "impact" from dave trott

When do you get your best ideas?

Timothy Leary said putting a man on the moon was the biggest evolutionary step since the first creatures came out of the ocean onto land To quote Doomberg, "Energy is life" In many ways, our evolution as a species is a function of our ability to harness energy The Kardashev

100% - antisemitism is a threat to us all It’s also breathtakingly stupid

For all my girl dads out there

Everyone needs to hear this… In a 1998 commencement speech at Rice University, author Kurt Vonnegut shared a story about his Uncle Alex, who had an uncanny habit we can all learn from: “One thing which my Uncle Alex found objectionable about human beings was that they seldom

The US Government is ordering to create a unified AI platform using federal supercomputers to cut scientific breakthroughs from years to days...  This is perhaps the largest tech push since the Apollo mission.  Is this America's AI moonshot?

This is a very important point by Elon Musk. When we have near full abundance, the definition of our human contentment will move to a much higher level, or unfortunately some will drift to the “lottery winner’s” abyss. We need to raise children with this awareness today.