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

Smart people are a dime a dozen and often don’t amount to much. What counts is being creative and imaginative.

I believe many young people struggle with the insecurity of being intelligent. They often feel the need to prove their intelligence by overthinking, excessively planning, and acquiring knowledge before taking action. However, this approach is a waste of time. The more you research, the more you realize how little you actually know. Instead, you... See more

language models are not intelligent in the ways that even small children are intelligent, but they are already superhuman at tasks like summarization, translation (both linguistic and conceptual), and association. And when you apply those skills to artfully curated source material written by equally, but differently, gifted humans, magic can... See more

The heart actually has a brain-like intelligence of its own. Within the heart are tens of thousands of neurons, neurotransmitters, and support cells similar to those in the brain, enabling it to process information, learn, remember, and even sense its environment independently. This network helps our heart sense things and make decisions all on its... See more