Albert Wenger

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Just finished Olaf Stapledon's Last and First Men (1930). While somewhat laborious in style it is a sweeping and moving hypothetical history of humanity over billions of years.

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Blog post: Immigration and Citizenship https://continuations.com/immigration-and-citizenship

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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. - Charles Dickens about o3-pro and LA

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Philosophy Mondays: Qualia (Cont'd) https://continuations.com/philosophy-mondays-qualia-contd

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Philosophy Mondays: Qualia and Scientific Incompleteness https://continuations.com/philosophy-mondays-qualia-and-scientific-incompleteness

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Blog post: Energy Too Cheap to Meter (Star Trek Vision) https://continuations.com/star-trek-vision-energy-too-cheap-to-meter

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Review of Rutger Bregman's new book Moral Ambition https://continuations.com/moral-ambition-by-rutger-bregman-book-review

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Resurfacing this from Oct 2023 - since then nations have failed to push for a credible post-Hamas Palestinian state & the US has enabled Israel to use that as an excuse for escalating the death toll & allowing expansionist voices in government. Truly awful on all counts. https://continuations.com/israelgaza

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Resilience of decentralized systems will be a big advantage as AI-enabled cyber attacks ramp up.

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Whither Universities: Reinvention or Obsolescence? https://continuations.com/whither-universities-reinvention-or-obsolescence

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Philosophy Monday: Part 3 https://continuations.com/philosophy-mondays-values-part-3

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Why are trail cams such a mess? Terrible software. Either wifi or cellular but not both. No RTSP support. No APIs. Someone please make a quality product.

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Apple court decision + mini-apps on @farcaster: amazing news for app developers!

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I just joined wyat's waitlist 🗺️

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Book review: Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson https://continuations.com/abundance-book-review

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Medical Progress: A Personal Example https://continuations.com/medical-progress-a-personal-example

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Philosophy Mondays (admittedly on a Wednesday): Values, Part 2 https://continuations.com/philosophy-mondays-values-part-2

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New blog post: A Star Trek Vision for the US https://continuations.com/a-star-trek-vision-for-the-us

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New blog post: We Must Resist Trump https://continuations.com/we-must-resist-trump - includes a call for Senator Schumer to resign to make room for new people wirh new ideas

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Philosophy Mondays: Values https://continuations.com/philosophy-mondays-values

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