The future of fertility. “Sheila grabs her gym bag from the floor, leaves the house and closes the door with peace of mind, knowing that AR1, AR2, and AR3 will take good care of her 17 children.” Tomas Pueyo opens […]
The Promised Land for education has been 1:1 tutoring since Aristotle tutored the young prince Alexander the Great. “Exponentials are hard for even math teachers to internalize.” The piece argues that most edtech is still procedural, while LLMs are the […]
Al suit teaches you new skills by taking control of your muscles. “A user approaches an unfamiliar window, says ‘EMS, help me open this,’ and the system identifies the handle type and electrically guides their fingers, wrist, and elbow through […]
American Heart Association’s risk calculator. After I gave it a folder containing my labs, Claude did all the work to fill in this online calculator for me. “It is the first risk tool to combine cardiovascular, kidney, and metabolic health […]
I’m Oughties-Amish and it feels great. “An underappreciated fact about the Amish is that they’re not simply Luddites. They don’t oppose technology qua technology; rather, they oppose its deleterious effects. This is why nearly all of them accept washing machines […]
Six years of Al and the world got stupider. “The entire life of the artist, indeed, the life of the mind in general, is defined by resistance to slop.” Erik Hoel’s argument from experience: LLMs mostly scale output and efficiency, […]
All writers will end up AI-maxxing. “AI is so beneficial to writers and content creators that people will have no choice but to use it.” Hanania argues the real line is not human vs AI, it’s whether you verify claims […]
Caveman work good. “Same fix. 75% less word. Brain still big.” A tiny Claude Code skill that forces terse, caveman-style answers so you burn fewer tokens without losing the technical meat. ~ learn more
New tools create new biology. “Similarly it is by means of the new tools and techniques developed in many instances by the physical sciences that the door to a biology of molecules has only recently been opened.” Weaver’s bet at […]
High risk, low reward municipal spending cuts. “Eliminating IT positions at Austin Energy or the airport does not save you a dime in the general fund and therefore does not free up any money to prevent cuts to parks, social […]