I love this little article on so many levels. My once and (future? :P) cofounder Varun, made our startup team watch Devdutt's East vs West the myths that mystify Ted talk until we grokked it. Myths provide a way to sorta grasp at the water in which we live, to use that famous "This is Water" talk sorta way. In the "West," we take the worldview of the Abrahamic faiths as a given, even the growing number of secular folks operate within a monolithic paradigm rather than being comfortable with the idea of many truths, circular rather than linear views of history and the like. Rather than yet-another-ponderous take on that, I've been itching on a riff. Monkey King! That figure journeys to the "West" which as Devdutt notes is India from Tang era China (actually still true today). He has a lot of campy adventures that also offer powerful parables of well I suppose everything and nothing, the mysteries of the human yada What if he came West? Today. Planning to FAFO https://pioneeringspirit.xyz/epics-without-end
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This whole box problem seems sorta silly and how many angels can dance on the head of a pin academic ivory tower stuff The only thing that gives me pause is the thought that AI predictions will be predictable and there's some awareness there Otherwise as classically posed (first I'm hearing about it so take this all with a grain of salt) this Newcomb's paradox seems like an impossible abstraction par excellence Like what is a predictor that can perfectly model another persons choice a priori. I've never experienced that
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!!!! Fervo Energy CEO Tim Latimer says America's struggle to build transmission lines is the "biggest threat" to the U.S. economy. Meanwhile, fellow geothermal startup Zanskar announces a major new milestone.
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