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Context is a fundamental condition for the error free transmission of reproducible and intelligible information. Nothing exists in isolation. Nothing exists in isolation, everything is intertwined. The more context we are aware of, the greater our understanding.
"A problem never exists in isolation; it is surrounded by other problems in space and time. The more of the context of a problem that a scientist can comprehend, the greater are his chances of finding a truly adequate solution." - Russell L. Ackoff ("The Development of Operations Research as a Science". Operations Research, Volume 4, No. 3, pp. 265-295, www.jstor.org. June 1956.)
Illustration by Christophe Vorlet:
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There are many brilliant minds in the field of AI, but ironically far more artificially intelligent people who are mere fools. Perhaps if the field shifted its focus from building "super intelligence" to cultivating "super love", the world would be filled with kind fools at least
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Coding AI while being assisted by AI creates an infinitely regressive loop that pushes the boundaries of human-machine collaboration & comedy.
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Does science actually deliver what is promises?
If the ultimate "claim to fame" and "right to exist" of western science over the past 200 years has been "it improves human life", wouldn't the vast majority of it be attributed to engineering innovations in sewage, sanitation and healthcare (primarily improving birth outcomes)?
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Is the cosmic speed limit a conspiracy?
If there are electromagnetic signals of extremely low frequency (ELF) whose wavelengths are thousands of kilometers long, can there not be wavelengths so long that they exceed the distance of the velocity of light (186,000 miles/s) itself?
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"This too shall pass" is a great attitude to have. In Japan there is the concept of shogiomujio (しょぎようむじよう). While complex to translate (more a cultural attitude than language), it means “the impermanence of all things”. In Arabic/Farsi "Inshallah" is related to this attitude as well.
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An insights from meditation: Rather than allowing your senses and awareness to constantly "reach out" to the world "out there", try the opposite: Keep your awareness anchored internally and let the world come meet you. In time, you'll seamlessly merge with your surroundings and become the room.
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"Existence is larger than any model that is not itself the exact size of existence (which has no size)." - Robert Anton Wilson (In "Nature's God" Book, 1988
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“Size is not a reality, but a construct of the mind; and space a construct to contain constructs.” - Robert Anton Wilson
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If you operate under the assumption that timetravel is real and retrocausality the norm, reality becomes much more interesting.
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The combination of opensource with remote teams is incredibly powerful. It is a glimpse of the future of work in a world beyond artificial borders.
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The equivalent of "Moore's law" but for open-source: Torvalds' law states that the number of software domains in which open-source leads doubles approximately every two years.
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Intelligence is the easy bit. Inter-species cooperation and ecosystem balance across the web of life is the complex bit. Love is the eternal mystery.
