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The real problem of humanity is the following: we have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and god-like technology. Edward O. Wilson, debate at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge, Mass., 9 September 2009

In Japan, these grandparents didn't want Kids to feel lonely while waiting for the bus. So, they made a life-sized version of Totoro at the bus stop Now, the kids have a friend waiting there with them every day. https://t.co/fXxF22ldY1

Upstream Razor:

If somebody tells you something that goes against their incentives and identity – pay attention.

E.g. If someone tells you the worst part about living in their city or the worst part of their job – it’s usually signal rather than noise.

Why?

They’ve had to go against their identity to say it.

They’ve had to swim upstream.

To be GOVERNED is to be watched, inspected, spied upon, directed, law-driven, numbered, regulated, enrolled, indoctrinated, preached at, controlled, checked, estimated, valued, censured, commanded, by creatures who have neither the right nor the wisdom nor the virtue to do so. To be GOVERNED is to be at every operation, at every transaction noted,... See more

Almost every popular idea, no matter how dumb, has at least one paper claiming it’s true, one scientist promoting it, or one expert willing to be paid to defend it. 

Yet, experts ARE important, and science truly IS one of the most powerful tools ever created for discovering the truth.

Being able to point to just one paper, one scientist, or one... See more

“Humans don’t mind hardship, in fact they thrive on it; what they mind is not feeling necessary. Modern society has perfected the art of making people not feel necessary. It's time for that to end.”