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> Some people will say that this essay is a missed opportunity: “How can you write this essay without mentioning crypto even once?” Or money, for that matter. If beliefs are networ…

> In 1998, Zimov brought the first horses to what he called Pleistocene Park, a fenced tract of land an hour’s boat ride from the research station. Since then, the park has grown t…

This attitude is a major reason why public education is so utterly messed up in the US. All of the social and mental work that should be done elsewhere is simply not done. Time aft…

> ... It's been a couple months and I have achieved nothing. Not a single PR merged. ... There's a lot to be said for getting into a rhythm of picking an issue, solving it, and mer…

> Searching my inbox, I found an email from April 16, 2020 where I told someone who’d me asked that the lab-leak hypothesis seemed entirely plausible to me, that in fact I couldn’t…

> You could argue that it doesn't matter that much where the internet's content is hosted. And whilst that's true to some degree a truly self-controlled personal website differs a …

The crux of the author's idea seems to be this: > Intellectual loneliness is a challenge that many people feel, but nobody talks about. It’s built on a paradox where you feel alive…

> 2021 was not too kind to me. I discovered that I not only have OCD but OCPD, a personality disorder. Then later... > I simply have to accept that there is nothing out there for m…

One would be to stop sending groups of people to that station. Whether or not that's "realistic" is another question. It really depends on what's at stake, which is not clear yet. …

> All staff members preparing to depart to the station had to undergo a PCR test in Belgium two hours before leaving for South Africa, take a PCR test five days after their arrival…

> ... It may sound strange but I almost feel I have to ask for permission to move on. Like it's not real unless I share it with someone else. Why not do that? Share it with someone…

> The central bank considers it important “to use these new technologies and latest-generation payments infrastructure as valuable options to advance financial inclusion in the cou…

It might be interesting to classify the various kinds of pivots. For example, one that gets covered from time-to-time is the one where customers start using the product differently…

Have any estimates been made for what it would cost to move all iPhone assembly to the US?

Missing from this actionable survey is the skill of answering questions that haven't yet been answered in the secondary literature (books, reviews) or even primary literature (jour…

> In a crypto economy crowded with vapourware and alpha-stage software, Axie Infinity stands out. Not only has it amassed a large base of users, the in-game economy has actually pr…

This may sound like a big deal, but Germany only currently consumes about 12% of its electricity from nuclear power, according to: https://www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/german…