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@AndrePMacedo @DavidDeutschOxf having one leg longer than the other and having one leg shorter than the other are the same things so no pondering required :)

@GadSaad “the farthest reaches” is currently #1,117,609 in Books and #24,419 in Philosophy and it’s been weeks since its release! And it’s cheap! And there’s a chapter at the end all about evolutionary psychology…and critiques thereof. 😜

@Neuro_Nomad_ @lord1769 satvik ones no good?

Best wishes Mr. Puti

@Nalin_Haley what are the Jats saying Nalin?

Wow Netanyahu is quite the antisemite

@alexisohanian @AOC love the setup 😉

Yes! You know I'm aligned here - this is a MASSIVE problem we gotta solve: "It’s more expensive than ever to have a home, go to the doctor, and feed one’s kids" Technology tends to be the reason all these things get cheaper over time and I think we can get to the bottom of why these other (even more impt) things keep going up.

The single largest form of theft in America is wage theft. $50 billion a year are stolen from American workers. If a billionaire amasses their wealth by underpaying their full-time workers so severely that they must rely on food assistance and government programs to survive, then no, that wealth was not earned by one individual - it was a wealth transfer subsidized by underpaid American workers and the public who get stuck with the bill for large corporations free-riding off our systems. The point is less about individual morality. It’s more about how our current economic reality of shattering inequality rewards screwing over workers and exploiting essential systems at scale. We’re talking monopoly power. Rent-seeking. Wage theft. Profiteering. Stock buybacks. Destabilizing housing markets. Companies using SNAP/EBT to underwrite their wages. Massive government subsidies or contracts to corporations following lobbying and dark money in politics with little to no oversight or accountability. Some people get enraged that I draw attention to this. That’s on them. Let them call me shrill, dumb, inexperienced, girly, uneducated - these folks will say anything to distract from or undercut the truth that working people are getting screwed, and giving people a fair shake means we must have a grown conversation about reigning in abuse of power.

@lexlimbu let's quit the loser mentality and scale up power to take advantage of this opportunity to grow. Water consumption rhetoric is way overblown and is addressable

Data centres use huge amounts of water/energy and bring heat/noise. We must plan smartly to protect our environment and local resources. kathmandupost.com/national/2026/…

@CoachDanGo can you do this at zone 2?

The 12-3-30 Treadmill Workout: · 12% incline · 3 miles per hour · 30 minutes total If you're looking for a cardio workout try this out.

@utsab_vaxson This is sad. I can't imagine @SwarnimWagle actually thinking that this is a good idea.

Terrible decision…we should depart from price control and adopt a free price mechanism…price control kills innovation and wellbeing.Let the market decide the price while the state makes sure contract disputes are settled promptly,either through state court or through arbitrage

@unpopularnepali @arjunsigdel94 💯

@arjunsigdel94 For risk of coming across as broken record, Nepali communist's activity is never ironic or out of norm. Nepali communists acted inline with how elected communists have acted all over the world. Only saving grace is our nation wasn't rich enough for them to be more communist.

A curious irony of Nepal’s communists is this: They held enormous power over year( every second person was communist sympathizer), yet they never truly touched land reform.

@subhash_kak what would that do, kaka?

My suggestion to Indian Government -- Officially change name of Mt. Everest to its local name of सगरमाथा (Sagarmāthā)

@delk @bobbyfijan do you guys have plans to open schools in and around Dallas for 2027/28 school year?

@bobbyfijan Perhaps we can add spouse-controlled rate limits before we launch in Dallas.

We're finally launching the feature I've always dreamed of as a parent: A real-time, transparent view into your child's academic progress. Available now for every Primer family.

@teachthemx3 @mbateman @yiran__c many versions available at under $30 on amazon

@mbateman @yiran__c Do you have links for the scope/materials? My 4 year old would love this!

gm to screen time

@ToKTeacher @ben_m_somers this totally resonates with me, Brett. The "indeed" comment was intended to go under your earlier response :)

@convex_bets @ben_m_somers x.com/tokteacher/sta…

Laurence Holt wrote a book called “The Science of Tutoring” that reviews all the best research on how to deliver results. Must-read for anyone making an AI tutor Here’s my favorite quote from it:

@ToKTeacher @samsenchal I heard DD say somewhere that evolution in the most general sense tells us that adaptive complexity necessarily involves random variation followed by selection and I've found this extremely helpful in better understanding evolution in linguistics, culture, technology etc.

@samsenchal Yes. More specifically: it’s about knowledge (a certain kind of information).

🧵An interesting parallel between biological life and explanatory knowledge: The Cambrian Explosion resembles the British and Dutch Enlightenment in some respects. Both precipitated the commencement of rapid change after long bouts of stasis and extremely slow change.

@ben_m_somers @ToKTeacher indeed!

@ToKTeacher What if the work doesn’t involve creation??

@arjunsigdel94 I know "secret" is doing a lot of work here but there are plenty of leftists who are rich and powerful that detest him.

Every rich, powerful people are secret Trump admirer.

@MomsAGAbbott then they will just attend the school they are zoned for... what's your rationale for why they should not have the choice to find an alternative school? make it make sense

@GeneBryant2 the poverty of reason here is astonishing

Texas sold a $billion school voucher program to the public to provide a lifeline for struggling public school students seeking better educational options. But the bulk of the money is going to families whose children are not enrolled in public schools. sanmarcosrecord.com/article/33358,…

I love this Von Neumann response on AGI mentioned in The Maniac: "Before he became unresponsive and refused to speak even to his family or friends, von Neumann was asked what it would take for a computer, or some other mechanical entity, to begin to think and behave like a human being. He took a very long time before answering, in a voice that was no louder than a whisper. He said that it would have to grow, not be built. He said that it would have to understand language, to read, to write, to speak. And he said that it would have to play, like a child."

Nice find. John von Neumann goes full prophet mode but (and I guess we might have expected this) does not descend like almost all others who engage in prognostication about an unknowable future - into a despairing pessimism. Not full-throated optimism. But: problems are soluble!

@apligrg what's your defence of the causal link (if you've thought it through)?

We already had basic infrastructure laid out back then. And then Bahudal happened.

@GoldNFT_Legend @mert overrated

@mert Solid list. Thinking, Fast and Slow” would fit right in here.

few good books worth reading: - the beginning of infinity by deutsch (this one is non negotiable) - candide (voltaire) - thus spoke zarathustra (nietzsche) - skin in the game (taleb) - the moon is a harsh mistress - amusing ourselves to death