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Most humans are afraid of dying. I myself don’t want to die… if you offered me a way to become immortal, I would take it. I enjoy life and would like to extend mine as long as I can.

That is the wrong attitude though. We humans only have a 0.1% difference in genetics between even people from different continents.… read more “Fear of Death vs The Grand Cycle”

A good friend sent me this excellent email on drinking in moderation:

https://deepmind.com/blog/alphastar-mastering-real-time-strategy-game-starcraft-ii/

Border walls are stupid. China built the Great Wall and it completely failed to stop invaders from coming through many times. The amount of energy and expense it takes to put up a wall is far less effective than other means of defense.

Border walls are evil. I can’t tell you how many times people have said to me, “if you don’t like it here then move to another country”.… read more “Border Walls Are Stupid, Evil, And Racist”

https://youtu.be/ATTMB4gH3sU

1. Golf practice app that shows charts, average scores and best scores for practice items of your choice (like how many putts from 3 feet went in out of 10 or something).
2. Qwirkle
3. Gin Rummy

Great article on the most important issue of our time outside of the rise of AI.

The Economist | Trying to restrain the robots https://www.economist.com/node/21757464?frsc=dg%7Ce

I spoke with two men recently who shared my political philosophy of libertarianism. However, when we talked about current issues we were on opposite sides of the table. The only reason for this was they read one news source and I read another. We believed different facts. Truth however is real and one of us is wrong.… read more “Criminalize Fake News”