Shivon Zilis @shivon Twitter profile

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Shivon Zilis

@shivon

4 years

This makes me sad. No one’s perfect but I've never met anyone who goes through more personal pain to fight for an inspiring future for humanity - and has done so tirelessly for decades. Everyone’s entitled to their opinion but mine is that there’s no one I respect and admire more

Lorena Gonzalez

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4 years

F*ck Elon Musk.

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3 years

Oh, how different life would be if these toggles existed...

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3 years

Raise your hand if your brain processed this video as a simulation and not reality

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1 year

Announcing Neuralink’s new logo

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2 years

I think, therefore I am not an NPC

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3 years

Humanity’s history and future in a single photograph

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Happy birthday to a steadfast warrior for humanity, technology artist, epic king of memes, and wonderful father 💫

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3 months

Happy Birthday @elonmusk Thank you for 53 years of joy and excitement. Hoping you smile today as much as you did on your 4th birthday, after seeing the cake your Aunt Lynne made for you 🎂🎉 Proud of you. 🥰🥰🥰

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8 months

What’s the most low key flex you’ve ever seen? This one gets me every time 🥶

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6 months

In China this would have been expressed in numbers of days, not years. We need to re-figure out how to make physical things with haste if we want to be a competitive society.

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6 years

Cards Against Machine Learning

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10 months

I need to stop saying, “it can’t get any crazier than this.” I’ve been wrong every single time.

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4 years

I have found the Eye of Sauron San Francisco’s transformation is complete

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10 months

It feels like we’re headed into exceptionally difficult times in the next handful of years. If we do, it will make the vast majority of the stuff we spend our time fighting and bickering about seem downright frivolous. It seems worth taking time to understand what the most

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1 year

6 years of hard work. The most incredible team. And many more years of hard work to come. Worth it to fight so hard when the mission is so worthwhile ♥️💫

Neuralink

@neuralink

1 year

We are excited to share that we have received the FDA’s approval to launch our first-in-human clinical study! This is the result of incredible work by the Neuralink team in close collaboration with the FDA and represents an important first step that will one day allow our

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Not to say that anyone is perfect, but it seems obvious that historians will look back in horrified disbelief that the American government went so far out of its way to try to stymie its greatest technological asset

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3 months

The general curriculum I was exposed to growing up did not include much history and I’m realizing what a genuine liability that was and am trying to fill in the blanks. Without the scaffolding of all that’s come before one is too susceptible to accept with blind faith whatever

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10 months

The number one thing about becoming a parent is that you realize giving up on the future is not an option. Building the best and brightest future you can imagine becomes morally obligatory to the point of feeling like it’s embedded in your DNA.

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6 months

I’ve been hearing people ask at what point in a potential downfall should they leave the US. Now I hear the same from Canadians and Europeans. The issues with all of this is where will you go? We all need to fight to keep our countries in order or there will be nowhere to run.

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1 year

@Grimezsz At the end of the day it all ended up for the best! Thank you for taking the time to really connect and understand each other. So glad we had such a wonderful talk, was insanely overdue. You’re a total badass and I respect you very much as well. I can’t wait for kiddo play date

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11 months

The press: we’re not biased. Also the press:

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7 months

The simulation is either getting lazy or is trying to Dr. Seuss itself up. (Jen Gennai works on next gen gen AI to protect the next gen from AI)

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1 year

Those times where it feels like the simulation has chinks in its rendering armor…

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4 years

Even the nitrogen tanks have personality 💚

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7 months

It’s horrifying to see the term “activist judge” being used in a normalized way. Those two words should be in violent opposition to each other. Justice needs to be impartial. Tolerance of activism in *any* direction must be swiftly halted, lest we undermine the fabric of society

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3 months

@elonmusk Wow I didn’t realize how many people on this platform enjoy ornithology

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10 months

I wish there were a Nobel prize for manufacturing discovery and innovation. That’s the dimension that allows all of the other discoveries to actually improve all of our lives at scale.

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6 months

Neuralink’s epic first neural astronaut describing the technology and his experience with the implant in his own words 💫

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7 months

And of significant note, having the fortitude to give no f***s about people making fun of you for the first set of funny looking attempts because you know it’s the right iterative step on path to the eventual goal. Infinite respect to the SpaceX team 💫

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The evolution here is insane! SpaceX is one of the most innovative companies on the planet.

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8 months

America should be encouraging those who are willing to take literally zero unless they actually perform and get significant upside only when there is *sustained* and ungamable performance beyond anyone’s wildest dreams vs golden parachute exec packages that allow for payouts even

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1 year

I googled “average female height per country” and the first hit was this gem of an image 😅

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6 months

I realized that I subconsciously discount everything that starts with “experts say” by ~80%. If it’s that compelling of a point rely on a facts based argument, not credentials.

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1 year

Everyday I think, “It can’t get crazier than this.” And everyday I am wrong.

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1 year

My son just asked me to watch Harry Potter with him and every dream I’ve had of motherhood has officially been fulfilled ♥️⚡️🪄

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4 years

Find a man that looks at you the way Nikola Tesla looks at anything

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3 years

If I could have any superpower it would be perfect control of attention. It takes a lot of effort to consistently focus the laser beam, and doubly so when there’s too much context switching!

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7 months

Raise your hand if your brain initially thought this was computer generated 😅✋🏽

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2 months

Anything you could ever hope to know about Neuralink 💫 Elon on overall tech and vision, DJ on deep tech of implant, Matthew on neuroscience/neurosurgery, Bliss on turning brain signals into action, and Noland on his experience with the product + his incredible will and optimism

Lex Fridman

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2 months

Here's my 8.5 hour conversation with @elonmusk & @neuralink team. It is the longest podcast I've ever done! 🤯 It's a fascinating, super technical, and wide-ranging conversation. It's here on X & everywhere else, including YouTube: On X, it's split up

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6 years

New interview question: “You’re stuck on a deserted island with nothing but stones... what’s the fastest way to escape?”

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11 months

Damn… I got owned. There go my 8 mile dreams 😅 🫳🏼 🎤

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1 year

Man everything biology gives you really is use it or lose it, whether body, mind, or heart.

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9 months

You got to know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em

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@elonmusk

9 months

Optimus folds a shirt

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What an uplifting performance! It’s days like these that make you realize how much good there is in our species, and how much humanity is worth fighting for ✨♥️

Polaris

@PolarisProgram

14 days

HARMONY OF RESILIENCE: Recorded in space and sent to Earth via @SpaceX ’s @Starlink constellation, Polaris Dawn crewmember and violinist @Gillis_SarahE invites you to enjoy this music moment in support of @StJude & @ElSistemaUSA →

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4 months

Imagine how unjust (and stupid for future growth potential) it would be to retroactively take away an agreement shareholders had voted in favor of for Jensen. This is no different.

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4 months

Revenue growth in the past decade. Tesla: +3,333% Nvidia: +2,628% Meta: +1,357% Amazon: +626% Microsoft: +203% Apple: +99%

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The most dire tipping point that exists for America (and for democracies broadly) is when the political parties that exist care more about their own continued existence than they do the united good of the nation state. In America’s case it feels like the two battling political

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10 months

🤯🤯🤯

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1 year

My obscure theory on the Fermi paradox has been wondering if when we have truly immersive digital worlds (not VR, think 50 generations beyond that) that those become so much more high dimensional that the physical world becomes less interesting as the main domain for exploration.

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7 months

We’re rapidly entering an era where “seeing is believing” will no longer be a valid idiom.

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2 months

If one truly cared about rural Americans getting connectivity, the obvious win would be to connect them with Starlink immediately. Then if the efforts to burrow lines to remote places (however nonsensical given availability of space internet) ends up happening, make a swap then.

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In 2021, @VP Harris agreed to lead the Administration’s signature effort to expand Internet infrastructure. Congress then provided $42 billion for the work. It’s now been 9️⃣8️⃣7️⃣ days since the plan was enacted & 0️⃣ Americans have been connected 0️⃣ Shovels worth of dirt turned

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Can’t wait until it’s the norm to have something like community notes on every single piece of media regardless of where you read it We should demand transparency and push formal media outlets and citizen journalists to append directly to articles systems that evaluate veracity

SpaceX

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What’s worse, this story is super misleading! In one instance it claims, “three years of data collected by the Coastal Bend group near the SpaceX site indicated a 54 percent decline in the threatened piping plover population through 2021.” This is false. The frequently cited

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Let’s assume for a hot second that *something* sentient created the universe. Don’t you think it probably said “There is no way these compounds could assemble themselves into something that has true agency” the same way we say that about silicon brains? Don’t both seem equally

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3 years

This ♥️

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1 year

Any future Twitter files endeavors should be called X-posé

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3 months

Make the judicial system impartial again!

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2 months

It’s fascinating how different two little minds can be when given the same prompt. Just one of a thousand examples of a default to bursting creative energy vs thoughtful order. Is such a joy to nurture their emerging passions and preferences!

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1 year

What’s your best guess on the answer to the Fermi paradox?

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6 months

When does this video game drop? I wanna play. It looks 🔥🔥🔥

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8 months

When you realize the robot has more swagger in its walk than you do 🫣😅

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Going for a walk with Optimus

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Humanity is worth fighting for.

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3 years

Existence feels so fragile!

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@konstructivizm

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How the solar system moves through our galaxy.

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Do people who do well on 4 or 5 hours of sleep think the rest of us are fundamentally broken? 😅

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7 months

We should create a hyper-realistic video game called “Escaping the Late Stage Civilization Trap” and let everyone play it to see if anyone comes up with a successful strategy we can learn from.

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Occam would be proud. So impressive!

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1 year

🇨🇦 Canadian dream come true! 🇨🇦 What a legend.

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7 years

I can’t stop watching this. Optical sorter getting rid of those pesky green tomatoes.

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10 months

This guy taught Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts, right?

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2 years

Is life more about the main quest or all the side quests?

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👀✨

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@neuralink

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We have received Breakthrough Device Designation from the FDA for Blindsight. Join us in our quest to bring back sight to those who have lost it. Apply to our Patient Registry and openings on our career page

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My little girl needed extra snuggles tonight and is now fast asleep on my chest while I play Polytopia. This is some next level form of nerd maternal bliss.

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I’ll take what’s likely an unpopular position. We should not belittle a politician who is suffering from age related decline. Instead, let’s set up a system that celebrates an appropriate lifetime of work and has a mandatory retirement age or requirement to pass lucidity screens.

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Holding the belief that there is something to be learned from absolutely everyone is incredibly powerful. It helps preserve the trifecta of curiosity, humility, and empathy all in one fell swoop.

Physics In History

@PhysInHistory

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Galileo Galilei (1564 - 1642) on learning 💭

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4 years

In 2013 I was asked to brief Prince Harry about tech startups. Here I’m telling him how the Basis watch on my wrist came into existence through a crowdfunding campaign. At the time I wondered why he was interested in tech startups. 8 years later we finally know the answer!

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7 years

I can't decide if this is inspiring or devastatingly Sisyphean. Or both.

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2 years

Special guest via drone show 😅

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10 months

Do you think it’s possible for silicon brains to one day become more power efficient than organic brains? If not, why not?

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8 months

Did you know that 3 months ago CBS News did a MASSIVE RECALL of each and every one of its news applications on iPhones for completely undefined “bug fixes”?!?! If you were unlucky enough to be a user of their app this affected you and you have my condolences. 😱😱😱

CBS News

@CBSNews

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Tesla is recalling almost 2.2 million vehicles — nearly all of the cars that it has sold in the U.S. — because the font size is too small on its instrument panel for its brake, park and antilock brake system warning lights.

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Tesla is S-Tier when it comes to Easter Eggs, both digital and real world 🐣😃

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5 years

Meta

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8 years

The Current State of Machine Intelligence 3.0! @jamescham

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How did the Vision Pro not get released with Pokémon Go?? I swear this dude thinks he’s chasing down a Charmander🔥

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1 year

OH Palo Alto: “I always thought engineers sometimes just said nonsense, but it turns out they are just quoting Lord of the Rings”

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Met the ⁦ @shieldaitech ⁩ founders 7 yrs ago while investing in AI at ⁦ @BloombergBeta ⁩. They have a strong moral compass in a space where that’s insanely important to get right and stellar AI chops It’s an honor to help on this important mission

Shield AI Welcomes Shivon Zilis to Board of Directors - Shield AI

Shivon Zilis, Director of Special Projects at Neuralink and former Open AI board member, has joined our board of directors.

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Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is looking better and better as the days go on… ⚔️🧜🏼‍♀️

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6 years

...the one day we all dress up as @karpathy is the one day @karpathy does *not* dress up as @karpathy 🤦🏻‍♀️

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If you’re interested in brain interfaces watch this Neuralink all hands covering: •Noland’s story/path to becoming the first neuralnaut 🧑🏽‍🚀 •How it feels to use telepathic computer control 🧠 •Smashing world records🦾 •Beerio Cart (you’ll see!)🍻 •BCI video game Turing Test👾

Noland Arbaugh

@ModdedQuad

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Neuralink was kind enough to open their doors for me to tour their headquarters a few weeks back. It was an amazing experience and a day I'll never forget. This was at a company wide meeting at the end of the day. Thank you to everyone who made this possible. Hope y'all enjoy!

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@Rajeev_GoI @elonmusk Haha, yes, that’s true. We call him Sekhar for short, but the name was chosen in honor of our children’s heritage and the amazing Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

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Want to build artificial neural nets for biological neural nets to enable telekinesis for the millions that need it? (Yes, that’s a real sentence!) If you’ve shipped epic product before, make BCIs your next mission! No prior experience w/ brains required.

Apply | Neuralink

If you're interested in working at Neuralink, consider applying! Neuralink leads the development of cutting-edge brain-computer interfaces.

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11 months

The number of times I have said the word “literally” and not immediately regretted it is literally zero.

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The Never-ending Cycle

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What is the one thing in life that gives you the deepest sense of meaning?

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Sometimes the smallest things make a big difference. Not sure why, but I started smiling a massive smile at the end of strenuous workouts, just after you hit the failure point and force yourself to do a cooldown. Something about the hardwiring behind making your face muscles

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Yes, this risk is under appreciated. It will make us all Sauron-sympathizers and we’ll mass relocate to Mordor to fine-tune orc eugenics and training.

Culture Critic

@Culture_Crit

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Do you consider The Lord of The Rings an extremist book?

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Proprioception ftw!

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11 months

I wonder if we would be better off if we instead aimed for “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Meaning”

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@BasedBeffJezos Heartbreaking. That’s the one thing we should be united in. 💔

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Only 47? Must still be early in the day.

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Is it even remotely possible to win a presidential race without viciously attacking your opponents? I’m curious if a high integrity / high road strategy is potentially viable at this day and age.

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I’ve recently come to wonder how “general” our general intelligence really is. Have been reading a couple of books that delve into the environmental pressures that have governed biological evolution (particularly An Immense World and A Brief History of Intelligence - both

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SpaceX

@SpaceX

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Falcon 9 completes its 300th successful mission

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