The Maintenance Race by Stewart Brand
"‘My rule is, a new boat every day’. His years at sea had taught him that if you don’t fix something when you first see it beginning to fail, it is very likely to finish failing just when it is the most dangerous and the hardest to deal with, such as in the midst of … Continue reading The Maintenance Race by Stewart Brand
The Video Archives Podcast with Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary
"The iconic filmmaker teams up again with “Pulp Fiction” co-screenwriter and fellow former Video Archives coworker Roger Avary to discuss the classic collection of cult films. The duo met back in 1983 when working at the famed video rental store in Manhattan Beach, California. The long-closed shop housed close to 8,000 VHS tapes and DVDs, which Tarantino purchased in … Continue reading The Video Archives Podcast with Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary
Abortion Pill Demand Is Driving an Underground Network
To Aiken, the international abortion pill market feels resilient because it is beyond the purview of any one country’s authorities. “If someone’s based outside of the country, it is unclear how to exactly force them to comply with the law in another jurisdiction,” she says. “It's not clear what folks who are very motivated to … Continue reading Abortion Pill Demand Is Driving an Underground Network
How to Admit You’re Wrong
Related to yesterday's post, where the ideas are of a piece: "Kathryn Schulz loosely defines being wrong “as a deviation from external reality, or an internal upheaval in what we believe” — with the caveat that wrongness is too vast to fit neatly into either category.......“We’re highly motivated to reduce that uncertainty,” Fetterman says. “Oftentimes, … Continue reading How to Admit You’re Wrong
The Free Energy Principle, Minimizing Surprise
"The concept of free energy itself comes from physics, which means it’s difficult to explain precisely without wading into mathematical formulas. In a sense that’s what makes it powerful: It isn’t a merely rhetorical concept. It’s a measurable quantity that can be modeled, using much the same math that Friston has used to interpret brain … Continue reading The Free Energy Principle, Minimizing Surprise
Southern Mac & Cheese by Divas Can Cook
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=e8S1vFC8zYk I saw this in a Reddit thread and thought I'd save it for later.
কার ভাবে নদে এসে (Kar Bhabe Nade Ese) by নির্মলেন্দু চৌধুরী (Nirmalendu Chowdhury)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWdLn9uK77g Song title translates as "Who knows to come to the river?
Success: Deserve Has Nothing to Do With It
"It’s fashionable now to object on principle to the idea that writing is hard. Writing isn’t hard, this camp says; working in coal mines is hard. Having a baby is hard. But this is a category error. Writing isn’t hard the way physical labor, or recovery from surgery, is hard; it’s hard the way math … Continue reading Success: Deserve Has Nothing to Do With It
How a Public School in Florida Built America’s Greatest Math Team
"A single, otherwise unremarkable public high school in Florida has won 13 out of the most recent 14 National Math Championships, a staggeringly successful dynasty for an otherwise average school. It’s accomplished this through treating math competition as any other sport, identifying talent as early as elementary school and developing them over the course of … Continue reading How a Public School in Florida Built America’s Greatest Math Team
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