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by Dan Go at The High Performance Journal: At the time of writing this, I’m about to turn 45 years old. While most would consider this well past middle age,
Continue readingDan Go: 6 Powerful Exercises I’m Doing to Slow Down the Aging Process
Last week, researchers at Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (Ai2) released a new family of open-source multimodal models competitive with state-of-the-art models…. … Continue readingThese Mini AI Models Match OpenAI With 1,000 Times Less Data
Western capitalism is no longer the world’s colonial master. The American empire that succeeded the European empires has now followed them into decline. … Continue readingCapitalism, Mass Anger and the 2024 Elections
Rogue scientists are broadcasting humanity’s existence out into the universe. That’s a big mistake that could destroy us all. … Continue readingStop Telling Aliens We’re Here
Not much chance, completely cut loose from purpose, he was a young man riding a bus through North Carolina on the way to somewhere. … Continue readingPoem: ‘Nirvana’ by Charles Bukowski
Danny Crichton in City Journal: Digital quantification determines Americans’ quality of life. Algorithms select job applicants for interviews and employees for performance bonuses. They aggregate stories and products as we
Continue readingUnited States of Algorithms: The Case For Artificially Intelligent Government
Syed Rashid Husain at Dawn News: Toronto-based Energy Analyst Husain shares his outlook on how the Middle East’s regional economy has been affected over the past year by escalating conflict
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Have you ever stopped to wonder whether the way you experience emotion in your body is the same as someone raised in a different… … Continue readingHistory of Emotions: To Ancient Assyrians, the Liver Was the Seat of Happiness
Jay Garfield at Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews: A final idea that frames Harris’ interpretation of Śāntideva—one that is clearly correct, and unappreciated—is that the universal altruism and the attitudes of
Tracy Calder at Cupoty: Artist Amy Sillman knows how to ruin a painting. In fact, she takes great delight in it. Sillman is one of more than 40 creatives featured
Come quick feel the breath of life beating by; come take elixir poison to cut. Come quick gulp one breath, gasp not… … Continue readingCome Kneel to Me: A Poem By Irshad Salim
A regulator in Paris earlier this month briefly mentioned the steps in a 107-page report… … Continue readingIn a Growing International Spat, the French Govt. Has Claimed Ownership of the Spanish Steps in Rome—and the Italians are Furiosi!