Burial At Westminster Abbey When Charles Darwin died in 1882, his family originally intended for him to be buried in the family plot at St Mary’s Church in Downe, Kent, where he had lived for 40 years. However, following his death there was a public and scientific outcry for a state-level burial to take place at Westminster Abbey. Why at Westminster Abbey though? Westminster Abbey is a historic…
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The satire lies in the notion that by making such a risky and ill-advised decision, this person has "improved" the human gene pool by not passing on their genes, oftentimes due to a lack of common sense or awareness. The goal of Darwin Awards is to serve as cautionary tales, reminding others to avoid similar mistakes. The r/DarwinAwards reddit community has the following quote in it's bio: "News…
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The Lindy Effect Assuming that human lifespan is 100 years, most of us are interested in predications of the future that can impact us during our lifetime. For example, we are far more interested in predictions about stock market performance over the next 10 or 20 years than the impact of climate change over the next 100 or 200 years. One line of thinking is - "Why worry about climate change if it…
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Six Skills To Learn In the Age Of AI According To Sam Altman In this Bloomberg interview, Sam Altman the CEO of OpenAI - the company behind ChatGPT, had the following to say when asked about "Resilience, adaptability, high rate of learning, creativity, certain familiarity with the tools & learning how to code." - Sam Altman While the question was specifically about "what kids should learn", Sam's…
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Making The Most Of Your Past, Present & Future Past, Present & Future In the book Author Bill Perkins articulates the concept of a . The following excerpts from the book elaborate on this idea: "Your Life Is the Sum of Your Experiences." "Unlike material possessions, which seem exciting at the beginning but then often depreciate quickly, experiences actually gain in value over time: They pay what…
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Pale Blue Dot Carl Sagan Carl Sagan was an astronomer who had several towering scientific achievements during his illustrious life. He is also very well known for his book "Cosmos" which was also adapted for the popular television series of the same name. At the suggestion of Carl Sagan, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft turned around in space after traveling for 12.44 years to take a stunning never…
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Currency of insights We are in the information age where the current challenge is excess information and not the lack of it. Excess information is creating more noise and less signals. To acquire meaningful knowledge, we have to first separate signals from noise. By going deeper on this knowledge you gain insights. Gaining insights was never meant to be easy. How long does it take carbon to…
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