Jonathan Shedler For better or for worse, human memory has now been outsourced to machines and has been for a long time. Similarly, it seems that basic emotional processing/regulation and self-reflection (like the ability to reason/do math) is also being outsourced to machines. I see a lot of

How Long Do People Think Before Suicide? Suicide is complex and personal; data on those who die is scarce. Studies show decisions can be impulsive: • Wyder, 2005: 67% of attempters considered self-harm for under 30 minutes. • Deisenhammer et al., 2009: Nearly half (47.6%)

My 12-hour delayed flight with United Airlines was due to the airplane needing repairs. Not a real emergency. Instead of arriving 8 AM I got there 8 PM. My mom was intubated 4 PM and I could not say goodbye to her. The compensation? A $15 meal voucher and $175.00 to buy another ticket.

are there like…medical device hacking spaces/labs? feel like all of this happens in isolated research labs but there’s no hacker spaces for medical devices that I know of Bonus points if it’s a place for young adults to learn/experiment- feel like I only had wet labs as

Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering. It is not found in a forest or on a hilltop, nor is it given by a teacher. Where you experience suffering, you can also find freedom from suffering. Ajahn Chah

It's a very exciting time in tech right now. If you're a first-rate programmer, there are a huge number of other places you can go work rather than at the company building the infrastructure of the police state.

Ted Mabrey Paul Graham This is like the eleventh 500-word reply from Palantir employees and I haven’t read anyone answer the question. We’ve asked the same question to every public servant for 200+ years. No problem. But turns out Palantir can’t answer it. I wonder why.

Ted Mabrey Paul Graham Maybe there’s a much simpler question to ask Palantir: Would Palantir be willing to violate the constitution if it felt it was serving the mission/the noble goal of a highly functioning republic/“saving the shire.” It seems like the answer is “yes” from what I’ve read so far?

Geoffrey Hinton says the more we understand how AI and the brain actually work, the less human thinking looks like logic. We're not reasoning machines, he says. We're analogy machines. We think by resonance, not deduction. “We're much less rational than we thought.”

Our friends at Outrage Overload are hosting a panel discussion tonight. It's a discussion on how to balance seemingly opposing orientations - 1) the desire to combat creeping authoritarianism with 2) the desire to build bridges across the political divide. Tough question...it's

Nathan fielder: *creates TV show whose whole point is convincing you he can create elaborate sets & has countless trained actors at his disposal & the budget & writing skills to make something fake seem 100% real* Everyone: *ignores all that & believes his shows are 100% real*

Visakan Veerasamy I think 99% of everything, economics, finance included can be explained WITHOUT any terminology and jargon, using the vocabulary of an 7 year old. You just need to answer this question: Who Wants What (WWW). There's utility and efficiency to jargon/terminology but if you CAN'T

cool idea but while subcontracted super app concept sounds awesome- transaction costs exceed benefits. vertical integration wins over subcontracting. healthcare is regulated af which creates massive friction, even though AI solutions can get around this stuff compliance does

The paper, innocuously titled "Can AI change your view?" details the process researchers from the University of Zurich used to make AI interact on Reddit. This was done in secret, without informing the users or the moderators.

Visakan Veerasamy I see what you mean. Genuine signalling usually comes with some self-reflection that highlights a previously unflattering flaw.

Alexander Shulgin: “a real, productive laboratory is, in essence, a personal mess”

You cannot do venture today if you do not do pre-seed. Signals are clearer than ever. Access is harder than ever. If you don’t have pre-seed, you won’t win the next generation of venture. Hence, all mega platforms do pre-seed.

This is insanely hardcore

The best therapists are not concerned with “modalities” when working with a patient

It’s easy think you have all the answers about mental health and illness when you -don’t treat patients -have no skin in the game -think ideology is knowledge -your views are never tested by encountering reality