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"Parents would do well to remember that their children are capable of doing hard things. They aren’t born with the knowledge; that has to come from us." @MaryRooke_ on building self-sufficient kids
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This is a fantastic essay on intelligence and potential, genius or otherwise - Substack reposted
Replying to @mattyglesiasA lot of advocates want to treat the *global* aspect of global warming as a small detail, but it’s actually central why this is such a hard problem and a lot of what advocates are working on has very poor cost-benefit profile when you take it seriously. - Substack reposted
Pixels & Patterns will explore how computational tools are changing the way we study history, politics, and society. We will share research in progress, workflows, datasets, visualizations, and lessons learned, with an emphasis on open science. - Substack reposted
🥵Why are so many Europeans/Britons unnecessarily sweating through a heatwave without cooling? Why are portable AC units so crap? The answers are both interesting and maddening. My latest on air conditioning👇 - Substack reposted
"AI, however, offers a fusion: power over what you do and power over what you think. Unlike political power, this is delivered in private, through one helpful interface, one person at a time." @Brendan_McCord on the soft despotism that wears your face. blog.cosmos-institute.org/p/greatness-an…
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👀 excellent new "State of AI" deck (66-slides) from @azeem @ExponentialView Excerpts here, 🔗next tweet
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Replying to @BrianCAlbrechtThe strongest argument in @SteveMiran’s piece is there was no retaliation. But retaliation is just 1 reason tariffs are bad. The worst reason tax on intermediate goods thus also harming manufacturing, still stands - Substack repostedFrom 2025: Why are people less weird than they used to be? From bland brands to plummeting cult membership, we're in a "crisis of conventionality", says psychologist Adam Mastroianni @a_m_mastroianni - link in replies
- Substack repostedTo understand the backlash against AI, @bcmerchant says, we should rethink the Luddites and their tactical rebellion against exploitation. "People cheered them in the streets; hymns were sung about them in pubs... For a few years, they were more beloved than Robin Hood"
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Replying to @davidbessisI do not think "all intellectual labor will done", but I do think that AI will cause major disruptions. There's always been good and bad reasons to engage in intellectual work, and AI will make the bad reasons infinitely worse. davidbessis.substack.com/p/letter-to-a-…
