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Weekly Links, 08/30/2024

Published: August 30, 2024 20:38

I found myself in great agreement with the advice in this crisp essay on why you should quit your job, particularly a good job, and encourage productive leisure. Quit Your Job

Weekly Links, 07/05/2024

Published: July 5, 2024 21:32

Read this excellent summary of the state of the art in fusion energy: why progress has been slow and why it may now speed up. Or not! Highly recommended. Will We Ever Get Fusion Power?

Weekly Links, 06/28/2024

Published: June 28, 2024 20:21

The Author’s Guild — who should love libraries and readers — should also side with the Internet Archive Library Lending program to support their readers. @authorsguild 500,000 Books Have Been Deleted From The Internet Archive’s Lending Library This is a ……

Weekly Links, 06/14/2024

Published: June 21, 2024 22:16

Fantastic explanation of why AIs are NOT going to cause massive unemployent, post by Andrew McAfee @amcafee The Robots Won’t Cause Massive Unemployment This Time, Either

Weekly Links, 06/07/2024

Published: June 7, 2024 22:13

The decade that most people believe to be the peak of “the best times” will usually work out to be the decade they were 11. I’ve seen this all over the world, but here is data from the US: America’s … Continue reading →

Weekly Links, 05/31/2024

Published: May 31, 2024 22:11

Here is a great use for AIs: Feed audio / text into the program and get out sign language. SignLLM: Sign Languages Production Large Language Models

Weekly Links, 05/17/2024

Published: May 17, 2024 18:05

For the first time cultivated meat is being sold in retail stores — in Singapore. It is 3% death-free chicken meat, 97% plant based protein. I’d love to try some. GOOD Meat Begins the World’s First Retail Sales of Cultivated … Continue reading →

Weekly Links, 04/26/2024

Published: April 26, 2024 19:12

An update on the nearing completion of the 10,000-year clock as it begins ticking underground in west Texas. Danny Hillis answers frequently asked questions about the 10,000-year clock I am all for the Enhanced olympics. It’s an old idea whose … Continue…

Weekly Links, 04/19/2024

Published: April 19, 2024 19:10

Genetic rescue of endangered species is a good idea. Should We Change Species to Save Them? After an AI beat humans at the game Go, humans learned from playing AIs how to play the game better. AI did not kill … Continue reading →

101 Additional Advices

Published: April 18, 2024 21:04

Six years ago I celebrated my 68th birthday by gifting my children 68 bits of advice I wished I had gotten when I was their age. Every birthday after that I added more bits of advice for them until I … Continue reading →