The descendants of a dangerous predator have somehow integrated themselves into human society in a manner unmatched by any other species. How this happened is now being pieced together https://t.co/7bZnC2Fwcd ...

[Applause] We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time. These words by TS Iliot remind us that growth is never a straight road. We circle, we spiral, and we come back to the same place that we started from, but this time with a new pair of bikes. I've started from and come back to many such places.I've tipped my toes in many waters. I've always been a multitasker. Engineering, social sciences, neurosychology, b ...

Some think that it was fire—or, rather, the subsidiary technology of cooking—which permitted the evolution of big-brained hominids. The discovery of a 400,000-year-old tinderbox in England has palaeoanthropologists excited https://t.co/a7jOaawcX0 ...

So um first of all good afternoon everyone and uh happy to see that some people are still here which is good news for the speakers who are in the second half. I heard some amazing perspectives and you know thoughts that came through lot of you. So thank you for sharing an amazing uh perspective on the pressure paradox. Um I'm going to take a very different take on this topic today. I'm going to take you through something which is very philosophical, clinical and based on actual life experience. At the early ...

To understand why, consider the side-blotched lizard https://t.co/QKnEtez1As ...

Overcoming Adversity and Achieving Dreams - The speaker recounts a personal journey of recovery from severe post-traumatic stress disorder following a road traffic accident [1] - The journey involved overcoming fear, anxiety, and depression to fulfill a dream of driving from the United Kingdom to India [3][9] - The speaker drove solo through 32 countries in 57 days, covering 35,383 kilometers [4] Expedition Details and Challenges - The expedition included driving through nine mountain ranges, nine time zones, the Arctic Circle, and three major deserts [5] - The speaker acted as their own mechanic and doctor, performing car repairs and administering first aid in remote locations [6] - Pre-expedition preparations included cooking and freezing two months' worth of meals for the family [7] Inspiring Others and Personal Growth - The journey was described as a pilgrimage and a conversation with oneself, emphasizing personal exploration and growth [8][9] - The speaker highlights the importance of overcoming fear and taking journeys within oneself to inspire and motivate others [10] - The speaker emphasizes that anything is possible with determination and that individuals have the power to overcome their own challenges [9][10] Positive Interactions and Humanity - The speaker shares instances of kindness and help received from strangers along the way, highlighting the positive aspects of humanity [16][19] - Examples include a family in Kyistan offering a meal and a mechanic in China fixing a car suspension for free [16] - The speaker also mentions being treated favorably at the Russia-Latvia border due to being perceived as Indian [17][18][19]

[music] Have a look at these pictures. I tried to reproduce famous drawings of humans and rabbits embryos uh drawn by heckle. Can you tell for sure which one is human and which one is rabbit.Probably no. I wouldn't if it was not me who drew the pictures. Why they so similar.And how can such different organisms like humans and rabbits developed from a nearly identical embryo. Think of it. These are limps.Humans and horses. They are different for sure and they serve different purposes. Human arms are good for ...

it's 2025 and we are still arguing for committees over marketsthis is the most dangerous idea in governance, whether countries or blockchainswe have not learned our lessons from history, so allow me:- the question is not whether market voting is good or whether committees are bad- we *know* that all systems are imperfect and have their flaws- the question is: given we know that all systems are imperfect and full of errors, which system exposes its errors to criticism and correction?- this is the question th ...

RT Hunter Ash (@ArtemisConsort)I was a trans progressive. Not quite a communist. More of a stancil-style technocratic prog. I saw firsthand how transition failed to improve the lives of any of my trans friends. They were all mentally ill messes, before and after. Including me. The MtFs I knew did not seem psychologically feminine in any way. And generally, I was often frustrated by the lack of pragmatism of progressives. I shared their stated goals, but thought they were extremely illogical about how they w ...

Animal evolution: survival of the fittestDigital evolution: survival in the marketAndrej Karpathy (@karpathy):Something I think people continue to have poor intuition for: The space of intelligences is large and animal intelligence (the only kind we've ever known) is only a single point, arising from a very specific kind of optimization that is fundamentally distinct from that of our ...