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Oh, interesting pointer: (The modern origin of "transhumanism" is Julian Huxley. Who was also a prominent eugenicist, a connection I think is much more noteworthy than has been explored.)

One of my favourite little facts: Thomas Sprat published a history of the Royal Society in 1667... roughly 7 years after its founding

Peter Putnam was a promising student of John Wheeler who became obsessed with a computational model of the mind, was tormented by a pathological relationship with his wealthy mother, and ended up contributing to community politics while working blue collar jobs.

Science writer Amanda Gefter spent more than a decade tracking down the people who knew him, and diving into a vast store of his unpublished work and private papers. A long read, but fascinating and moving. Link: nautil.us/finding-peter-…

In one thousand years time, which group will have colonized the stars:

"Once upon a time..." I don't understand what story is very well One approach: a string of words that makes some people *want* to keep reading, and that gives them some sense of completion at the end You can layer in lots of extra fancy stuff - plenty of books on storytelling

The fact capital and creative will-and-opportunity are separate is a tremendous invention of humanity. But it's so frustrating sometimes seeing the matching problem go unsolved...

“Originality consists in returning to the origin.” - Gaudi I partly agree, partly disagree. Nature is, it is true, more imaginative than we, the source of the deepest surprise. And in some sense all we do is already latent in the universe. But we can also choose, and in that

ChatGPT finished reading the internet, and has now buckled down to work answering our questions about it....

I love this trick of Gary Oldman's (well, James Cagney) for looking tough. I'd enjoy a book of actor's tricks!