I've decided to pass on links to articles I have found worthwhile reading , realizing that I am not going to have time to frame their ideas into longer posts because I'm speading more time now at my Steinway B's keyboard than at my computer's keyboard. If you encounter a paywall with any of the links, you might try entering the URL at https://archive.is/.
An installment of Venkatesh Rao’s newsletter: The permaweird narrative
Jaron Lanier “There is no A.I.” in The New Yorker
‘Human Beings Are Soon Going to Be Eclipsed’ David Brooks in The New York Times commenting on Douglas Hofstadter's recent ideas.
Marc Andreessen offers a horrific commentary titled "Fighting" on Elon Musk challenging Mark Zuckerberg to a cage fight.
Learning from history. Archeological evidence that early hierarchical or authoritarian cultures didn't persist as long as more cooperative eqalitarian ones.
Arthur Brooks on "The illusion of explanatory depth", an installment in his series "How to build a life.""
Potential anti-aging therapy. One sample of the effusive outpouring of new ideas and widgets offered by New Atlas.
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