NYTIMES (Anemona Hartocollis) - Bryan Johnson Wants to Live Forever. But Why?
The longevity guru intensely monitors his diet and health. At a dinner party, he was asked about his quest for immortality. There was silence.
YOUTUBE (Portland Andy) - Robot asks man to pull its finger in France
AI:In a surreal display of the technological absurdity we are being forced to accept, a video from Portland Andy captures a robot in France engaging in a bizarre, human-like interaction by asking a man to "pull its finger." While the mindless entertainment machine and certain social media circles would have you view this as a harmless novelty or a cute quirk of modern engineering, it is actually another symptom of the creeping dehumanization being pushed upon society. As we see more reports regarding the rapid integration of autonomous machines into our daily lives—a trend the establishment press tries to package as convenient progress—the line between human connection and programmed mimicry continues to dissolve into something profoundly…Open
NYTIMES (The New York Times) - Lessons on the Way to 100
We want to hear from people who aspire to live long lives — maybe even to 100 or beyond — about how you hope to do it and, perhaps, how you have been inspired by others who have made it there.
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Peter Tonguette) - The Lessons Extracted from a Migraine
Is there something to be said for enforced stillness? The post The Lessons Extracted from a Migraine appeared first on The American Conservative .
Culture The Lessons Extracted from a Migraine Is there something to be said for enforced stillness? “I said I think that a guy who’s always interested in the condition of the world and changing it either has no problems of his own or refuses to face them,” said the novelist Henry Miller in a talking-head segment from Warren Beatty’s much-honored 1981 biopic of the Communist journalist John Reed, Reds. Although the film itself worked overtime to aggrandize its protagonist—he was, after all, played by Beatty, then in full command of his charm and screen presence—Miller did the opposite: The sly, devilish author of Tropic of…Open
AMERICANTHINKER - Elon Musk and the mouse utopia
By W. Galt Musk speaks of a world with abundance, where automation frees us from work; but in considering such a future, perhaps we reflect on John Calhoun’s Universe 25.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Zach Kaplan) - New York superintendent says humanoid robots won't replace teachers
"I don't see a place where robots can replace human beings," Superintendent Mark Beehler told NewsNation.
AMERICANTHINKER - Gaining Experience from World History
Perchan By William R. Hawkins History is the experience of people tackling challenges from which we learn what works and what does not.
AMERICANTHINKER - The miracle of human survival
The level of care necessary to keep a human infant alive is so phenomenal that the continuation of the species is something too few appreciate as a daily miracle.
THEFEDERALIST (Casey Chalk) - AI Might Create Mental Junk Food, But It Can Never Reach The Human Soul
Hundreds of years from now, people will still read Mark Twain and listen to Bach. They won’t be reading books or listening to music created by bots.
NYTIMES (Katya Ungerman) - Demon Attacks. Teleportation. Astrology. The Supernatural Is Back.
One of the oldest and most durable features of human experience is re-emerging.