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What I say in the book is "chronic busyness destroys creativity, self-knowledge, emotional well-being, your ability to be social" and that I would argue is true. Deliberate practic…

Well all physical systems are actually nonlinear; linearity is something we use when we can. I would call those types of nonlinear control toy problems compared with nonlinear syst…

I was in this business for a while too and did some really cool stuff. But in the end this system transfers public money to enrich these companies; and the DOD basically pays these…

Sure but the question is how much control is possible; people have been trying to control nonlinear systems since the 18th century without much luck. If society/economy/culture is …

I don't know how you feel about working for the military-industrial-tech-surveillance-state but companies or universities that get DARPA or IARPA money work on stuff like flying an…