"10 years ago, my colleagues and I looked at the prognosis for Climate Change, and it looked pretty hopeless. There really was no way out.”
Then, they found a way out.
In our first-ever Freethink Interview, Casey Handmer (
@CJHandmer
) explains how.
An example of what open minded skepticism looks like without the condescension and shithousery just dropped from astrophysicist Ethan Siegel in the
@bigthink
.
It alludes to the type of studies being implemented in both the
@GalileoProject1
and the recent Tedesco brothers paper.
i believe
@mbrendan1
is one of the smartest thinkers we have on how to navigate the complexities of artificial intelligence. worth following and hearing him out if you care about creating a better future for everyone.
Your ideas on human autonomy in the age of AI could take you to a Feast at Oxford with visionary thinkers.
We welcome you to the first ***Cosmos essay contest***
Think you can offer a fresh perspective on AI, or new ways to mine the wisdom of the past?
Here's what you'll win:
We'd like to share one of our favorite moments with Helen Fisher, which was filmed about 13 years ago, so excuse the video quality. She had a brilliant way of making information illuminating and showing us how we could use it to actually make our lives better—just like this:
“Some of the biggest beneficiaries of the post-pandemic economy have been states in the American South,” says
@JosephPolitano
.
Here’s why Florida and Texas are booming—and NY and California are not.
Timestamps
0:00 - America’s new economic geography
3:28 - Remote work &
The world creates moments when philosophy matters.
250 years ago, America's founders turned philosophy into law.
Today, our revolutionary AI moment demands translating philosophy into code, to promote human flourishing.
The Cosmos Institute launches to tackle this challenge: