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Many people seem to think Capitalism is a problem, with a pathological hatred for Capitalists.They are tantamount to mini-Hitlers and should be expunged from this world, or so some say. I bought a game called, "Capitalism". It is a business game where you build products, supply chains, expand...

A phrase that seems to be everywhere nowadays is "empowerment." Just because someone says it, it doesn't necessarily mean it is a good thing. For example, if you have two individuals with equal levels of power, empowering one and not the other means you have comparatively reduced someone else's...

For me, I am using it for everything! Topics include: - Health - Programming - Non-fiction books - Evolutionary psychology - Wisdom - Exercise and diet - Work specific stuff - Rational thinking - Social and relationships What are you using it for? Are you a student and need to pass exams? Or...

There is some very interesting research that has been going on recently about the value of a sauna. Checkout this link and also the short video. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150223122602.htm A relevant keyword here is Hyperthermic conditioning. If you find you are still...

There are many ways to skin a cat, but this is my way: 1. Read pdf (or physical book), highlighting as I go. 2. Periodically add these highlights to a Supermemo Topic. How? Create subtopic for book. e.g. Chapter 1. Create subtopic from there and paste in sentence. 3. Cloze delete the sentence...

Is Area 51 a time-loop experiment? Perhaps our future-selves have come back in time, visiting our current-selves. Yet their appearance mimics the arrival of aliens. They have eyes like us, but thin long necks with a similarity to E.T. ("goes home"). But this is misleading. They are in fact a...

I've had enough. The blob has to go! My diet has gone to pot and I'm not making the progress I want. So, a personal revolution is coming! Starting Monday next week, I will be making significant changes to my environment, diet and lifestyle. A multi-faceted approach is called for. For this...

Happy New Year to all and sundry. 2019, OMG!

If I am me, is me the collection of cells within my body? If someone comes along and gouges out lots of my cells, am I less me now? I mean if those cells were me, they have taken part of me, so I am 'me - 1'. Is that right? If not, can someone come along and take all my cells bar one. I've...

Is it right that my mobile phone has the capacity to outlast me? Leave both of us in the same room together for 1,000 years and see what is left. Is this argument alone worth the moral claim to an eternal life? Or is your Samsung S9 deserved of its immortal place, despite lots of bugs and lack...

Consider the preponderance of writers in this forum, I think it is rather appropriate for there to be a thread on grammar! My English teacher would be proud! Are there factors for debate between writers, when it comes to grammar? Or has the tongue loosened somewhat, with the advent of text...

Justice is the application of the law, devoid of bias. At least that is what it should be. Yet endemic to what it is to be human, is irrationality. We are not machines. Just take the case of Hillary Clinton being let off the hook for email violations, amongst other things. Then consider Donald...

Is that moral?

Bestseller books are a thing of the past. Welcome to the brave new world of the uni-seller: a book custom-created for you by an AI that knows you inside out. It factors in all your likes/dislikes and inclinations. It spews out verbal garbage that it neither understands nor even tries to...

When I talk about the potential of human immortality, I am usually greeted by a combination look of 'poor deluded soul' and 'how naive'. After all, we are complex biological machines that inevitably mutate and decay over time. Some may quote the law of thermodynamics, where in a closed system we...

Yesterday, I spontaneously created a catchy book title that was so good - in my opinion(!) - that I had to write it down: My Father was a Silicon Chip Snowman! It is about a biological lifeform (me) being created by an AI super-intelligence, who designed my DNA from scratch. I added the snowman...

Have you heard of The Singularity before? What are your thoughts? Fact, fiction or pipedream? Here is an introductory video to light the fuse paper.

A Buddhist would say focus on the present moment, yet the future always holds a fascination for me. Let me list a few of the things that I find of interest. Example topics: - Breakthroughs in medicine, including cures and reversing ageing (aging if you are American!) - Artificial intelligence...

It is a pet topic of mine. Everything related to the future, be it tech, health, the singularity and more! Dip in if the topic interests you too.

The complexity of life is such that it is a miracle. To think of all the processes and systems working in unison to sustain life is almost incomprehensible. In fact, I suggest that it is beyond human comprehension. Yes, we have our theories of Darwinian evolution and medical science. But that...