Why Empathy and Not Just Intelligence?

[vc_row el_class=”no-margin”][vc_column][vc_column_text] There are a bazillion ways to talk about all the things going on in AI, robots and human behavior/learning theory etc. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Capable of Empathy We decided to focus on “empathy” because it is the only common emergent, measurable state we’ve found between successful communities and individuals in good mental and physical health….

We Must Become What We Are Not

We Must Become What We Are Not

[vc_row el_class=”no-margin”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Hopefully when the sun rises tomorrow we can be done with the false narratives of hillbilly elegy and “it’s the economy,stupid”. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Experience of the Authors Why do I say that? Because the narratives reduce any human to a really silly data point. They don’t give agency to those people claim they do…

How Fast Can I Write 10,000 Words That Aren’t Pure Noise?

How Fast Can I Write 10,000 Words That Aren’t Pure Noise?

[vc_row el_class=”no-margin”][vc_column][vc_column_text] This is what happens when you sit down to write with only the goal of 10,000 words. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Time Free Started when I woke up. Typed as much as I could when I time free from regular other stuff. So in a way this is the stuff that fills the idle time between…

Hyper-Realism (Vr, Ar, Real Time News Feeds, Etc) Kills Your Imagination

Hyper-Realism (Vr, Ar, Real Time News Feeds, Etc) Kills Your Imagination

[vc_row el_class=”no-margin”][vc_column][vc_column_text] As our tech makes society more “real time” and “photo realistic” and “hyper” we lose our imaginations. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Brain/Body We’re effectively outsourcing power of suggestion (the work the brain does to fill in gaps in patterns) to external to the body technology.

We’re All on This Same Rock, Together

We’re All on This Same Rock, Together

[vc_row el_class=”no-margin”][vc_column][vc_column_text] A few minutes ago I witnessed a fight breakout between a street cleaner and a homeless person. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Reduce Suffering It turned violent and bloody quickly. I immediately called 911 and had police dispatched. Dispatch asked for the location, if there were any weapons and for the ethnicities of participants. I said I…

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