Building a society that optimizes for health and longevity and peacefulness is a complex task that requires a multi-faceted approach. We need to: Invest in healthcare and education and defund other initiatives: Investing in healthcare and education is crucial for…
Reach for the Stars not Weapons, War and Aggression
Based on current trends and human values, i have always believed that collaborative efforts towards building peaceful and constructive systems should always be the top priority for many individuals, organizations, and nations. Collaboration systems have a much wider and…
Is the Universe intelligent?
As far as current scientific understanding goes, there is no evidence that the universe is sentient or has consciousness. It all seems inanimate matter, energy, and physical laws that govern interactions. While some living beings may possess consciousness, it…
Why building a starship is so inspirational!
Building things that inspire children is a powerful way to encourage them to explore their curiosity and creativity and create things that are positive to humanity when they get to be adults. It’s important to show children that we can…
The Creation Tree
I always thought it would be amazing to create a global online art-project called the Creation Tree, where every single human could make one art contribution to it and watch it grow over time into it’s many branches. Everyone…
Dwee and her Mother
There has been much discussion on where Dwee and her mother came from. Readers have written to me speculating all kinds of wild ideas. All I can say is wait for the second volume to be released sometime later in…
Time to Act
As a long time environmental activist, I cannot stress enough how urgent the situation is with regards to the heating up of the Earth due to human activities. The consequences of inaction are catastrophic and will result in the…
Bridging East and West
The core theme of the book, The Last Fish, is that in our reality there isn’t Us. Vs. Them, it is only all of us. That’s the key to life, friendships, success, business, and countries. As we go into the…
Us Vs. Them
If there is a single cheat code to our reality it is that all, “us vs. them” mentalities and philosophies do not win over time. It is as if the machine god of this simulation has coded a ‘trap door’…
Brain resources in the 21st century
An interesting discussion to have is where the majority of funding comes from in the US for computer science and advanced artificial intelligence programs at the leading institutions, e.g. Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon, MIT, etc. These are publicly knowable. Sadly, the…