You learned not to be surprised by anything he did or did not do.
Augmenting Long-term Memory
One day in the mid-1920s, a Moscow newspaper reporter named Solomon Shereshevsky entered the laboratory of the psychologist Alexander Luria. Shereshevsky's boss at the newspaper had noticed that Shereshevsky never needed to take any notes, but somehow still remembered all he was told, and had suggested he get his memory checked by an expert.
US defence secretary Pete Hegseth is being an absolute crayon again
Hegseth may be the biggest crayon alive, and somehow America’s nuclear codes are in his hands — apparently, “bro-science” is policy now
Phantom Fluency
Why listening to smart people doesn't make you more thoughtful. You're not bad at remembering podcasts. Podcasts are bad at being remembered.
Boris Tane
Coding agents didn't make poor engineers dangerous. They made them unstoppable.
Ronald Reagan & the Biggest Failure in Physics
Mystified magicians of the mind
My conversation with neuroscientist Paul Cisek
Agentics: Memorizing Session Transcripts Isn't Useful
Keep track of artifacts, not scratch. Alt title: Claude, please stop trying to memorize random crap
Graduation Speaker Shocked When She’s Loudly Booed by Students for Saying AI Is the Future
UCF's commencement speaker was visibly shocked when graduating students booed AI as the "next Industrial Revolution."
People are not friction
The Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect of AI is a pretty well documented phenomenon: The Gell-Mann amnesia effect is a cognitive bias describing the tendency of individuals to critically assess media reports in a domain they are knowledgeable about, yet continue to trust reporting in other areas despite recognizing similar potential inaccuracies.
Belgian defense minister to Merz: ‘Keep your mouth shut’ on nukes
Belgium’s Theo Francken urges leaders to be more tight-lipped as talks intensify about European atomic deterrence.
Belgian defense minister to Merz: ‘Keep your mouth shut’ on nukes
Belgium’s Theo Francken urges leaders to be more tight-lipped as talks intensify about European atomic deterrence.
Wesley's notes
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How to stop a dictator
I spent months studying how authoritarians like Trump lose. The answer is shockingly simple.
Curtis Yarvin: An Extremist Walks into a Sauna
Curtis Yarvin is the court philosopher for the reactionary right in the US. He recently met with leading intellectuals at a luxury hotel in the Alps. How did he fare?
Child Prodigy Discovers Butterflies Remember Caterpillar Life, And Pass Down Memories To Offspring
Jo Nagai conducted an experiment on butterflies that would surprise scientists around the world. Are memories passed down?
