The relation between society’s increasingly invidious, focussed, and sinister patterns of selection (fascism, genetic engineering, “lifting”) and the cosmic arbitrariness … More
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What I worked on – Paul Graham
If anything is going to lead you astray, it will be the desire to impress people. So while working on … More
Jared Diamond: ‘Humans’
Humans 150,000 years ago, wouldn’t figure on a list of the five most interesting species on Earth’.. Jared Diamond.. Jared … More
The Collaborative Habit: Life Lessons for Working Together – Twyla Tharp
“A clearly stated and consciously shared purpose is the foundation of great collaborations.” “Creative disagreements between sympathetic collaborations spur new … More
Learn From The Past. Protect The Future. #WeRemember
#WeRemember International Holocaust Remembrance Day https://weremember.worldjewishcongress.org
The Leafless Garden- Mehdi Akhavan Sales (Poem)
The Leafless Garden The cloud with its cold and damp skinHas embraced the heaven tightly; The leafless orchardIs alone day … More
Carlo Rovelli: ‘Time travel is just what we do every day…’
I have thought much about the relation between music and our sense of time flow. The fact that so much … More
The Disadvantages of an Elite Education – William Deresiewiez
An elite education gives you the chance to be rich—which is, after all, what we’re talking about—but it takes away … More
The Hunt for Planet Nine – Shannon Stirone
Man’s sole greatness is to fight against what is beyond him,” Camus said. So why do we bother going to … More
