Laura Pike Seeley
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Laura Pike Seeley
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Artificial intelligence is already deeply embedded in our culture, yet all too many of us seem to think of it as something new, something we might recognize if we saw it, something we are not already living with.
Tool or Terror? Looking to Literature to Better Understand Artificial Intelligence
To solve for this, Yale psychology professor Laurie Santos recommends a set of practices, dubbed “re-wirements.” These practices include prioritizing social connection, being other-oriented, focusing on gratitude and blessings, and incorporating exercise into our daily routine.
Why humans are surprisingly bad at being happy
The more I think about it, the more I think this is why so many of us, myself included, are attracted to data-based optimization. We’re painfully aware that we are vulnerable, fallible creatures. Our shame about that is reflected in Western religious traditions: The Bible tells us that upon first creating the world, God “saw that it was good,” but... See more
You can’t optimize your way to being a good person
Want antifragile kids? Get out of their way
bigthink.com
Both public and private failures bring their own problems and their own kinds of pain. But private failure is unique in that it often depends on your own, unseen reserves of resilience and fortitude. It is a kind of test between yourself and yourself, with yourself as the judge. And so, it’s easy to cheat. It’s easy to give up and claim it as a... See more
Jonny Thomson • How the “Two-Day Rule” Can Make Your Daily Work-Life Much Easier
A Better Way to Think of Stress, According to Science
vice.com
It's a complex mess that'll ultimately require a ledger of interventions to remedy in full -- but last week, scientists presented an intriguing way to help alleviate the burden.
Scientists Say We Could Feed 1 Billion More People With One Change to the Global Food System
This heightened attitude of censoriousness has led many to believe that the internet is no longer the free and open platform it once was. And while this may be true to some extent, there is still one corner of the internet that remains relatively untouched by censorship: The decentralized web, or Web3.