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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_White_Man%27s_Burden In "The White Man's Burden", Kipling encouraged the American annexation and colonisation of the Philippine Islands, a Pacific…

> For example, Christians turning a blind eye to certain negative character traits of God as he appears in the old testament. If I were to extend your analogy, the problem in moder…

> the number one way to avoid corruption is to pay public servants handsomely such that the job rivals the private sphere if this is true, then the public servant would earn only t…

A world where everyone is a Giver is not a stable world. Ask Gemini or Claude to explain. Cheating by definition works only in minority. If everyone is in line to buy tickets, only…

Ed Witten here : "So first of all thanks very much. I'm very honored to have the chance to give this talk. Of course Nima and I both wish we could do more for peace than just to gi…

> Poor countries tend to stay poor not due to fundamental resource constraints Sometimes highly shrewd rich countries infiltrate the power structure of poor countries through N-pro…

Humans can have original ideas because they forget 99% of their input. I am of the opinion there are no original ideas. Most of what most humans do is just remix and reshaping like…

Taste, Aesthetics, Gestalt Synergy now matter more.

Drift made me think of electron drift under applied voltage or electric field.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Aim_at_the_Stars > Despite his moral quandaries, von Braun participates in the Nazi's V-2 rocket program during World War II to further his ambition…

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/sharks-use-math-hunt A new study suggests that some sharks and other marine predators can follow strict mathematical strategies when foraging fo…