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- Kevin Kelly: Natural History of a New Idea.
- Our kids deserve better schools. Long but interesting read.
- So F/A-XX goes to... (The new strike fighter plane for those not used to military acronyms.)
- Don't care your political leanings - these three questions from Thomas Sowell can work in all aspects of your life.
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- Nice profile of Calvin Coolidge and the budget.
- Kevin Kelly: Predicting the Present.
- Define "weapons," as in "weapons in space"... if you don't mind. Kinetic actions in space. An twice in one post the Boring Company in space gets mentioned.
"Authors, artists, and even philosophers are much better off having a vey small number of fanatics behind them than a large number of people who appreciate their work. The number of people who dislike the work don't count - there is no such thing as the opposite of not buying your book, or the equivalent of losing points in a soccer game, and this absence of negative domain for book sales provides the author with a measure of optionality."
This sounds a lot like Kevin Kelly's One Thousand True Fans. Not inferring one copying the other only that when multiple people tell you something is true - follow their advice!
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- Which US states have the most tress per population? Was surprised by New Mexico.
- Cool.
- Kevin Kelly: Robot Basketball. Not sure if I'd watch robot basketball but robot football as the Jetsons prophesied that's completely different.
- The Brennan case keeps growing. Good - put him in jail!
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- Rams owner Stan Kroenke enters agreement to buy Angels from Artie Moreno for record $4 billion.
- Kevin Kelly: The Fast Life of a Hot Atom. 20-years old but new to me.
- The cost of living in every US state, Keep wondering why I stay in Mass.
- SEC may not budge on former NFL players not being allow to play in league.
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- Kevin Kelly: A Billion Dollars. Many have played the game "What would you do if you hit the lottery?" Well - what would you do? Your dreams may cost less than you think
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- What if the TLAM was combat ineffective tomorrow? Can't help but think of how the lessons of the Civil War were not learned y those who fought WW I.
- Glenn Greenwald: The tendency of AOC and her allies to giggle away the "craziness" of Woke-era abuses should not be tolerated. At long last AOC have you no sense of decency?
- Kevin Kelly: Worldbuilding with spatial intelligence. Don't sleep on Grok's potential access to all those Tesla cameras and videos of the real world.
- Job numbers are weak, but the labor market doom is overdone.
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Have a new Quotes for Today up on my Substack. As I've mentioned doing this as a way to thank those who have Subscribed. If you are a Subscriber - you should have received an email. Thanks.
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
Have a new Quotes for Today up on my Substack. As I've mentioned doing this as a way to thank those who have Subscribed. If you are a Subscriber - you should have received an email. Thanks.
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
Have a new Quotes for Today up on my Substack. As I've mentioned doing this as a way to thank those who have Subscribed. If you are a Subscriber - you should have received an email. Thanks.
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Americans use less energy than 50-years ago.
- Kevin Kelly with 88 prompts for long term thinking.
- I feel seen.
- More on the potential death of horse racing's Triple Crown.
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- Rocket science, as easy as IKEA .
- USDA relocation deadline nears - agency looks to move half of all DC jobs to five regional centers. Should e noted that employees who choose not to relocate could be jobs gained by local in those states.
- Kevin Kelly - Protopia. Try to become 1% better each day.
- Top US military commander in Middle East advised halting Hormuz bombing.
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- NFL players continue push for grass field on heels of World Cup. Concert goers chewing up grass fields and that costs are the underlying issue. Owners don't want to reduce the revenue from those events.
- President Trump's Middle East pipeline wars. Not only has the US become energy independents under his leadership we have also physically come to control the low of oil worldwide.
- Tim Ferriss on Kevin Kelly and differentiation in the age of AI.
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- AI will lead to more jobs not fewer.
- Our schools need freedom of expression. Agree - but also feel students should have to pass a US citizenship test to get a degree. They are still citizens but they don't get that degree unless they pass the test.
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- Federal Reserve working paper suggest Biden illegal immigrant wave drove up home prices 30%. Thought that Fed high interest rates depressed the housing market? How does this effect the housing market going forward? Especially if interest rates drop as expected?
- Kevin Kelly: Quiet My Exoself. Every person could be a potential Ironman.
- Springtime for Platner Ends. Golf clap for headline but allegations are horrific.
- The Last Stand and the Rockstar of American Literature. Admit that I've been put off by the casual racism of Jack London but maybe I should give him another chance.
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- The secret engine powering Anthropic's growth.
- CERN is powering down the Large Hadron Collider for upgrades. It will reopen in 2030.
- Many a truth is said in jest.
- Kevin Kelly: The Forever Book. An idea that will stick with you.
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- The rational optimist's guide to AI. "Instead of asking 'How do I use AI?' ask what you want to achieve."
- Learn something new every day - there was a reason Elvis was the King.
- Kevin Kelly: Why are LLM's smart?
- Jonathan Turley: Chicago teachers seek billions more despite failing schools.
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- A serious paper about the path to super intelligence.
- Have federal regulations caused America to embrace liquid gas over nuclear power?
- One whiskey you should bring home from each state. My daughter distills the choice from NJ.
- Kevin Kelly on is AI conscious or not? Excellent point on the creation of language.
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- Kevin Kelly on the myth of the lone villain.
- From the archives: Ben Franklin and the 13 necessary virtues.
- Heh Heh
- Is Russia losing the Ukraine war? Putin should have sued for peace a couple of months ago.