long read

[smokedpeppers]

https://graymirror.substack.com/p/there-is-no-ai-risk

A cat has an IQ of 14. You have an IQ of 140. A superintelligence has an IQ of 14000. You understand addition much better than the cat. The superintelligence does not understand addition much better than you.

[smokedpeppers]

https://unherd.com/2021/08/why-the-left-cant-meme/

humorous look at comedy and politics

[smokedpeppers]

https://quillette.com/2021/08/30/the-so ... bles-down/

Tests are harder when your enemies construct them .....

[smokedpeppers]

https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang ... reachable/
Today, most of the universe's galaxies are already receding faster than the speed of light. 94% of the galaxies are permanently beyond our reach

[smokedpeppers]

https://quillette.com/2021/11/11/high-w ... -a-review/

High White Notes: The Rise and Fall of Gonzo Journalism
rather good read imho ...

[smokedpeppers]

How Disgust Explains Everything
https://dnyuz.com/2021/12/27/how-disgus ... verything/

interesting, us humans ..

[modern roots]

How about posting a short, simple read?

[smokedpeppers]

https://graymirror.substack.com/p/enjoy ... il-war?s=r
Some commentators claim that America’s new civil war in the Ukraine has already generated the best war footage ever. So far as I can tell, this is a mad overstatement......

[Hobie]

https://graymirror.substack.com/p/enjoying-your-russian-civil-war?s=r
Some commentators claim that America’s new civil war in the Ukraine has already generated the best war footage ever. So far as I can tell, this is a mad overstatement......

Yes and they all think their channeling Ernie Pyle :.

[modern roots]

It was like the author of the article was making fun and light of the war in Ukraine.

I thought it was tasteless and poor form.
Is this all this sad cunt has to do?
I'd recommend he get a life.

[smokedpeppers]

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/congo-forest
A Journey Into a Wondrous World Hidden Deep in the Congo Forest ...

[modern roots]

Please not another long read. I don't have the attention span.

[Bohannon]

Please not another long read. I don't have the attention span.

...or the reading ability.

[smokedpeppers]

Despite metamorphosis, moths hold on to memories from their days as a caterpillar
https://theconversation.com/despite-met ... llar-29859

[smokedpeppers]

http://www.ramblehouse.com/organreaderchapter.htm
THE ORGAN WAS a short-lived periodical of what is loosely known as “the Sixties,” although its actual publication dates were July, 1970 to July, 1971. Its physical presentation was the “folded tabloid”......