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How the laws of physics could prevent AI from gaining sentience
TNW - Tristan Greene
A renowned theoretical computer science expert recently released an astonishing physics pre-print paper that tosses fuel on the fiery debate over… whether humans could use wormholes to traverse the universe or not. Don’t worry, I’ll explain what this has to do with self-aware robots in due …
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The history of our world in 18 minutes
ted.com - David Christian
Backed by stunning illustrations, David Christian narrates a complete history of the universe, from the Big Bang to the Internet, in a riveting 18 …
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From plant to paper cup: The economics of coffee in one chart
World Economic Forum - Omri Wallach
Breaking down the economics of coffee What goes into your morning cup of coffee, and what makes it possible? The obvious answer might be coffee beans, …
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Will humans go extinct?
Inverse
The short answer is yes. Will our species go extinct? The short answer is yes. The fossil record shows everything goes extinct, eventually. Almost all …
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The Nuclear Family Was a Mistake
The Atlantic - David Brooks
The family structure we’ve held up as the cultural ideal for the past half century has been a catastrophe for many. It’s time to figure out better ways to live together. The scene is one many of us have somewhere in our family history: Dozens of people celebrating Thanksgiving or some other holiday …
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The Anthropocene Is a Joke
The Atlantic - Peter Brannen
On geological timescales, human civilization is an event, not an epoch. Humans are now living in a new geological epoch of our own making: the Anthropocene. Or so we’re told. Whereas some epochs in Earth history stretch more than 40 million years, this new chapter started maybe 400 years ago, when …