Juan Orbea

NeuroengineeringStudents will learn the fundamentals required for understanding neural circuits and designing and building interfaces between neurons and artificial neural hardware. Suggested subjects are 6.002, 6.003 and 6.009.

This could occur in many different ways: For example, all organizational decisions could be determined by tokenholder voting, but token ownership and voting turnout could be widely dispersed among many “minnows” (persons each holding a small % of total token supply/total voting power). Alternatively, different types of decisions could be delegated... See more

The time old discussion of intelligence and its relation to morality. I like what Haier said here, that more intelligence is better. He is right to an extent, because a higher fluid intelligence increases the range of jobs you can do and problems you can solve effectively. But I believe fluid intelligence is a tool--a tool that can be used for good... See more

Within the AI space, she is the female founder who has raised most VC funding.

Crossroad #4 – First JobThe professional relationships you form during your first job are the seed of your professional network which influences the arc of your career — from how you think about work, to how you’re known, to the geography where you have advantaged job access for a long time.

You have about 80,000 hours in your career: 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year, for 40 years.

This is a significant innovation that reduces the amount of radioactive waste produced while generating nuclear energy more efficiently, making transport use and long-term storage simple and preventing security risks associated with moving the waste and fission products from fuel forms into storage containers as in the past.

That’s all well and good, but I worry that this is yet another example of us in education not wanting to level with kids about what’s feasible for them based on their level of academic achievement. Aptitudes show potential, but people can only realize their potential if given the opportunity for training and practice.