appearsonline | 8 years ago | on: Technological Unemployment: Much More Than You Wanted to Know
Depending on how representative your family is of the overall population, that could mean that the doomsday scenario for most people is already here.
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appearsonline | 8 years ago | on: Technological Unemployment: Much More Than You Wanted to Know
If I may ask, what was your internal doomsday countdown before reading the article?
appearsonline | 8 years ago | on: Reality has a surprising amount of detail (2017)
Thanks!
appearsonline | 8 years ago | on: Reality has a surprising amount of detail (2017)
Come on dekhn, we want to know
appearsonline | 8 years ago | on: Unskilled and Unaware of It (1999) [pdf]
>Does this mean I'm incompetent?
>It's possible; I can't ignore the possibility.
Yes you can ignore it, just focus on things that actually matter. While other question their competence, you can actually get stuff done.
appearsonline | 8 years ago | on: A History of the Silmarils in the Fifth Age
>I would guess that Maglor survived, found his Silmaril, lost his Silmaril again, and that Pulp Fiction is an account of him getting it back.
And now I want to rewatch and reread everything again!
appearsonline | 8 years ago | on: When should behaviour outside a community have consequences inside it?
I find it funny how you go from
>This whole question really stems from a sad and pervasive tendency for 'intelligent' people to overestimate their general expertise
to
>Within a community, individuals should only be judged based on their contributions and value within that community.
and then justify that with
>Everyone is not expected to be right, or agreeable, about everything, with everyone else. Aiming for this is pointless.
I'm not sure you agree with yourself.
appearsonline | 8 years ago | on: Better living through subliminal messages
I'm sure this is too raw, to actually works.
appearsonline | 8 years ago | on: Study: A universal basic income would grow the economy
One wonders which humans you surround yourself with to consider that "basic human behavior".
appearsonline | 8 years ago | on: Study: A universal basic income would grow the economy
But it is detach from location. People can move if land becomes to expensive, unlike now, where land is tied to jobs.
appearsonline | 8 years ago | on: “Learning How to Learn,” the most popular course on Coursera
I would appreciate the notes. :)
appearsonline | 8 years ago | on: The Attention Economy and the Net (1997)
The British (by coming later) learned from the mistakes of the Spanish (who came first).
appearsonline | 8 years ago | on: Malware Encoded in DNA Can Hack Gene-Sequencing Software
Change Agent by Daniel Suarez is somewhat close:
In 2045 Interpol's Genetic Crime Division grapples with a new type of crime: illicit genetic editing -- and it isn't long before the fight gets personal.
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