Intelligence
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Intelligence
The Keatsian endeavor has never been popular, but is particularly unfashionable today. Religious fundamentalists reject it on the grounds that revelation and commitment are needed to orient oneself in the world. The amorality of a poet who is a “thoroughfare for all thoughts” risks heresy or destabilization. Tell me where you stand, where your... See more
Zohar Atkins • The Liberal Arts Are Dying Because Liberalism is Dying
Modern Wisdom: #482 - Tyler Cowen - The Secret To Finding Great Talent
modernwisdom.libsyn.comIn late 1970, Lockheed was near bankruptcy because of the large debt they had built up to fund the L-1011 Tristar commercial aircraft program. They approached the Nixon administration for a $250 million loan guarantee to avoid insolvency. That is about $1.9 billion in today’s dollars. Here was an opportunity to transfer the assets to a private... See more
Condorman • A Conceptual View of a UAP Reverse Engineering Program
from Jeff Bezos on the Lex Fridman podcast:
there are 1000 ways to be smart. when I go around and I meet people, I'm always looking for the way that they're smart. and you find that's one of the things that makes the world so interesting and fun, is that it's not like IQ is a single dimension. There are people who are smart in such unique ways.