The relation between society’s increasingly invidious, focussed, and sinister patterns of selection (fascism, genetic engineering, “lifting”) and the cosmic arbitrariness … More
Tag: Humans
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 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
Forget about artificial intelligence, extended intelligence is the future – Joi Ito
Instead of thinking about machine intelligence in terms of humans vs machines, we should consider the system that integrates humans … More
Why Humans Run the World – Yuval Noah Harari
Yuval Noah Harari explores the journey of humankind — from being ‘just another animal’ seventy thousand years ago, to dominating … More
