Juan Villoro How tasty are we? Some people lack salt, and others stimulate all the senses. Love is whimsical. No one understood it better than Italo Calvino, whose centenary is celebrated these days. His most fruitful reflections on food and passion occurred precisely in Mexico. …
In this lecture, Steven Pinker, renowned linguist and Harvard Psychology Professor, discusses linguistics as a window to understanding the human brain. How is it that human beings have come to acquire language? Steven Pinker’s introduction to the field includes thoughts on the evolution of spoken …
Eric Ralls, earth.com Staff writer In 1610, Galileo Galilei, renowned as the pioneer of modern astronomy, first laid eyes on Saturn’s magnificent rings. His initial observations through an early, rudimentary telescope led him to describe these celestial features as resembling “ears.” Now, centuries later, the …
Juan Villoro I dreamt of being introduced to a guru I had been searching for years. Each visitor was granted a question; when it was my turn, I said, “Master, what is the purpose of reading?” With a smile, he replied, “To read less.” Photo: VD Photography on Unsplash I woke up with that uneasiness …
Naval Ravikant THE ANTI-NEWSLETTER I’m creating the “Anti-Newsletter” — A Publication with only timeless information (the opposite of news). Why? The “Lindy Effect” states that the longer an idea has been around, the longer it will still be around. Thus the older the idea, the …
Harvard Medical School Loss of Epigenetic Information Can Drive Aging, Restoration Can Reverse It A 13-year international study in mice demonstrates that loss of epigenetic information, which influences how DNA is organized and regulated, can drive aging independently of changes to the genetic code itself. …
Monica Sheehan At the Author’s request, here is a much more moving and beautiful video that also incorporates messages visually, last but not least, it shows the book at the end. The illustrations and the captions are from the book “Be Happy: A Little Book …
Stephen Hawking, Arthur C. Clarke, and Carl Sagan (via satellite) discuss the Big Bang theory, God, our existence as well as the possibility of extraterrestrial life. https://www.youtube.com/@TheScienceFoundation More Videos:
Today, we mourn the early passing two years ago of Manuel Suárez Mier, one of our founding contributors, and miss his weekly columns full of wit, acute criticism, and scholarly accuracy. His generosity included sharing his thoughts, rigorous economic and political analysis, and vast knowledge …
Highlights from the latest #google I/O keynote presentation, featuring competitor technologies to #openai #gpt4 #chatgpt and many reveals across the entire suite of Google products and services. Highlights include Google PaLM, Google Gemini, #googlebard & more! Source: https://tickersymbolyou.com/ai/