The present state of so much ...
The real problem of humanity is the following: we have Paleolithic emotions; medieval institutions; and god-like technology.
- E.O. Wilson
Lots of food for thought and a welcome zooming out at a moment when it is tempting to panic about the present.
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.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. - Charles Dickens about o3-pro and LA
Medical Progress: A Personal Example https://continuations.com/medical-progress-a-personal-example 
Philosophy Mondays (admittedly on a Wednesday): Values, Part 2 https://continuations.com/philosophy-mondays-values-part-2 
New blog post: A Star Trek Vision for the US https://continuations.com/a-star-trek-vision-for-the-us
Blog post: Some Thoughts on the Trump Presidency https://continuations.com/some-thoughts-on-the-trump-presidency
A Humanist Vision for AI -- Speech at the Paris AI Summit (Alternate History) https://continuations.com/a-humanist-vision-for-ai 
My talk from the #DLD conference: Energy and Progress, aka Build, Baby, Build youtu.be/HKMAp5sttec?...
Happy New Year everyone! First time in years that Gigi and I celebrated in New York City
Who is building an AI-native version of Wikipedia? Humans and machines working together to build out the knowledge commons.
The real loss of trust comes from lying. Had Biden said upfront "he's my son and I will likely pardon him" one might still have disagreed but at least not felt misled.
And to read as a complement: Lords of Easy Money https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-lords-of-easy-money-how-the-federal-reserve-broke-the-american-economy-christopher-leonard/17277592?ean=9781982166632
BTC and ETH volatility over the last few days has been quite something.
Also: it used to be a star on Twitter originally, which I used to mark memorable tweets (I still use "Like" that way on Twitter today)
BTC above $30K