Future Shocked
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Acceleration of Change. Information Overload. Transience. Uncertainty and Anxiety. Disconnection.
We are all future shocked.
We are all future shocked.
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Anthropic’s chief scientist says AI autonomy could spark a beneficial ‘intelligence explosion’ – or be the moment humans lose control buff.ly/i822TLs MUST READ #haltagi
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‘The biggest decision yet’: Jared Kaplan on allowing AI to train itself
Anthropic’s chief scientist says AI autonomy could spark a beneficial ‘intelligence explosion’ – or be the moment humans lose control
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December 15, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Anthropic’s chief scientist says AI autonomy could spark a beneficial ‘intelligence explosion’ – or be the moment humans lose control buff.ly/i822TLs MUST READ #haltagi
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Because of its proximity to Russia, Finland treats resistance to disinformation almost as a form of civil defence: an integral part of its broader security strategy.
Should we all be doing the same?
Should we all be doing the same?
Teaching when to trust
As fake news accelerates, we need to teach our children how to think critically. Finnish schools are leading the charge
newhumanist.org.uk
December 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Because of its proximity to Russia, Finland treats resistance to disinformation almost as a form of civil defence: an integral part of its broader security strategy.
Should we all be doing the same?
Should we all be doing the same?
AI-enhanced, wireless skin-patch lets people send and receive text through touch
AI-enhanced, wireless skin-patch lets people send and receive text through touch
A soft skin-like patch uses iontronic sensing, vibration feedback and synthetic-data learning to send and read all ASCII characters through touch, enabling a complete two-way tactile communication met...
www.nanowerk.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
AI-enhanced, wireless skin-patch lets people send and receive text through touch
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Walking with other people who are grieving a loss is one way to ease some of the pain and feel less alone. n.pr/4iW5b13
The 'magic' of walking with grief
Walking with other people who are grieving a loss is one way to ease some of the pain and feel less alone.
n.pr
December 14, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Walking with other people who are grieving a loss is one way to ease some of the pain and feel less alone. n.pr/4iW5b13
Where Do the Children Play?
Where Do the Children Play?
On the need for a world without us
unpublishablepapers.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Where Do the Children Play?
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 7, 2025 at 6:48 PM
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
We should all be Luddites
We should all be Luddites | Brookings
Courtney Radsch discusses rehabilitating the idea of Luddites as people concerned with the control and impact of technology.
www.brookings.edu
December 2, 2025 at 3:13 AM
We should all be Luddites
Democracy Is in Trouble. This Region (in Belgium) Is Turning to Its People.
Democracy Is in Trouble. This Region Is Turning to Its People.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Democracy Is in Trouble. This Region (in Belgium) Is Turning to Its People.
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“Intuition would make you think, the more entanglement we have, the better our quantum computer is,” said particle physicist Chris White. “That actually turns out to be completely false.”
Particle Physicists Detect ‘Magic’ at the Large Hadron Collider | Quanta Magazine
The supercollider is now being used to explore quantum phenomena, including a “magic” form of quantum entanglement.
www.quantamagazine.org
November 30, 2025 at 7:06 PM
“Intuition would make you think, the more entanglement we have, the better our quantum computer is,” said particle physicist Chris White. “That actually turns out to be completely false.”
The Batman effect: The mere sight of the 'superhero' can make us more altruistic
The Batman effect: The mere sight of the 'superhero' can make us more altruistic
If "Batman" appears on the scene, we immediately become more altruistic: in fact, research conducted by psychologists from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, shows that the sudden appear...
phys.org
November 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The Batman effect: The mere sight of the 'superhero' can make us more altruistic
Why Slow Listening Is The Cure To Your Playlist Paralysis
Why Slow Listening Is The Cure To Your Playlist Paralysis - Mixcloud Blog
In this article, we share how slow listening, radio and tuning in can help you chill out and unwind in the age of choice.
www.mixcloud.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Why Slow Listening Is The Cure To Your Playlist Paralysis
Scientists Say They’ve Figured Out How to Transcribe Your Thoughts From an MRI Scan
Scientists Say They've Figured Out How to Transcribe Your Thoughts From an MRI Scan
The team showed that the brain scan analyzing technique could generate accurate descriptions of a video someone was watching.
futurism.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Scientists Say They’ve Figured Out How to Transcribe Your Thoughts From an MRI Scan
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Schools had become deathly silent. Now that phones are banned, they're loud again.
Banning Phones in Schools Is Drastically Changing the Behavior of Kids
Schools around the world are banning phones, and the results can be unexpected. For instance, schools are getting loud again.
trib.al
November 9, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Schools had become deathly silent. Now that phones are banned, they're loud again.
"This show was made by humans."
an apt slogan for a series that is both a plea for humanity and freedom of thought.
an apt slogan for a series that is both a plea for humanity and freedom of thought.
Pluribus review: This new sci-fi from Breaking Bad's creator is 'one of 2025's smartest shows'
This series from Vince Gilligan stars Rhea Seehorn as a cynical woman living in a world where people are constantly happy. It's George Orwell meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
www.bbc.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:08 AM
"This show was made by humans."
an apt slogan for a series that is both a plea for humanity and freedom of thought.
an apt slogan for a series that is both a plea for humanity and freedom of thought.
NASA supercomputer made terrifying prediction for when the world will end
NASA supercomputer made terrifying prediction for when the world will end
Researchers from NASA and Toho University in Japan have used supercomputers to find out when the Earth will end
www.ladbible.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM
NASA supercomputer made terrifying prediction for when the world will end
A Thermometer for Measuring Quantumness
A Thermometer for Measuring Quantumness | Quanta Magazine
“Anomalous” heat flow, which at first appears to violate the second law of thermodynamics, gives physicists a way to detect quantum entanglement without destroying it.
www.quantamagazine.org
October 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
A Thermometer for Measuring Quantumness
The Age of Enshittification
The Age of Enshittification
In a new book, the technology critic Cory Doctorow expands on a coinage that has become bleakly relevant, in Silicon Valley and beyond.
www.newyorker.com
October 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The Age of Enshittification
AI designs antibiotics for gonorrhoea and MRSA superbugs
AI designs new superbug-killing antibiotics for gonorrhoea and MRSA
Two new potential drugs have been designed by AI to kill drug-resistant bacteria, in a major Massachusetts Institute of Technology study.
www.bbc.com
August 18, 2025 at 12:15 AM
AI designs antibiotics for gonorrhoea and MRSA superbugs
Our body is a mosaic of fungi. Some scientists think they could be influencing our brain
Our body is a mosaic of fungi. Some scientists think they could be influencing our brain
The fungi within our bodies may have a much greater effect on our health than we've long given them credit for.
www.bbc.com
July 21, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Our body is a mosaic of fungi. Some scientists think they could be influencing our brain
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Nostalgia ignores pessimism, it forgets:
The moon mission was unpopular
Novel reading was frowned upon
The Walkman was anti-social
The Bicycle 'corrupted' women
After all, why would anyone have thought the good old days were bad? newsletter.pessimistsarchive.org/p/most-ameri...
The moon mission was unpopular
Novel reading was frowned upon
The Walkman was anti-social
The Bicycle 'corrupted' women
After all, why would anyone have thought the good old days were bad? newsletter.pessimistsarchive.org/p/most-ameri...
Most of America Opposed the Moon Landing
July 20th, 2025 marks the 56th anniversary of the moon landing.
newsletter.pessimistsarchive.org
July 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Nostalgia ignores pessimism, it forgets:
The moon mission was unpopular
Novel reading was frowned upon
The Walkman was anti-social
The Bicycle 'corrupted' women
After all, why would anyone have thought the good old days were bad? newsletter.pessimistsarchive.org/p/most-ameri...
The moon mission was unpopular
Novel reading was frowned upon
The Walkman was anti-social
The Bicycle 'corrupted' women
After all, why would anyone have thought the good old days were bad? newsletter.pessimistsarchive.org/p/most-ameri...
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“In a world of infinite content, people will increasingly organize around curators — the ones they trust to filter the chaos and surface what matters.”
3 Human Skills That Make You Irreplaceable in an AI World
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3 Human Skills That Make You Irreplaceable in an AI World
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3 Human Skills That Make You Irreplaceable in an AI World
Jul 7, 2025
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July 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
“In a world of infinite content, people will increasingly organize around curators — the ones they trust to filter the chaos and surface what matters.”
3 Human Skills That Make You Irreplaceable in an AI World
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3 Human Skills That Make You Irreplaceable in an AI World
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Unique 1.5m year-old ice to be melted to unlock mystery
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Unique ice, 1.5m years old, to be melted to unlock mystery
BBC News went inside -23C freezers to see the ice that could "revolutionise" our knowledge of climate change.
www.bbc.com
July 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Unique 1.5m year-old ice to be melted to unlock mystery
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Mappa Mundi is a three-dimensional, immersive, and interactive view of the globe from a female perspective, as women make up only 0.5% of recorded history.
Mappa Mundi - LCFI
Mappa Mundi is a three-dimensional, immersive, and interactive view of the globe from a female perspective. This project has a simple but essential goal – to tell women’s stories – changing the world ...
www.lcfi.ac.uk
July 14, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Mappa Mundi is a three-dimensional, immersive, and interactive view of the globe from a female perspective, as women make up only 0.5% of recorded history.
Scientists Created an Evolution Engine That Works Inside Animal Cells Like a Biological AI
Scientists Created an Evolution Engine That Works Inside Animal Cells Like a Biological AI
This system accelerates evolution in living cells and it's open source.
www.zmescience.com
July 13, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Scientists Created an Evolution Engine That Works Inside Animal Cells Like a Biological AI