“My ego was suspended somewhere in space, and I saw my body lying dead on the sofa.”
Rewriting Reality: Lessons from Michael Pollan’s Psychedelic Journey
2024 Year End Review
Michael, David and Cal discuss their readings from 2024 and goals for 2025.
Et In Arcadia Ego
"It makes no difference what men think of war, he said the judge. War endures. As well ask men what they think of stone. War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner. That is the way it was and will be. That way and not some other way."
The Dragon Within Us
"The next major structural development in human intelligence is likely to be a partnership between intelligent humans and intelligent machines."
Turning Pages: A Review of Books From 2018
Cal and I discuss and reflect on the books we journeyed through in 2018 along with reading goals for 2019.
A Helpful Look at Religiosity from One of The Four Horsemen of Atheism
One of Harris’s central themes, not just in this book but in his philosophy in general, is that a successful system of ethics can be erected outside of dogma.
The Lives of the Stars
Regardless of your religious convictions, this is a book worth reading. It will challenge any reader’s self-importance and humble him in the face of the awe-inspiring cosmos.
The Reader of the Cosmos
“A spirit is manifest in the laws of the universe – a spirit vastly superior to that of man, and one in the face of which we with our modest powers must feel humble. In this way, the pursuit of science leads to a religious feeling of a special sort.”
Questions & Answers: Sapiens
I think it is very possible to see humans create a synthetic man over time. It frightens me but mainly due to pop cultures predictions of how those artificial intelligent beings will develop and respond to us that is driven out of fear obviously. It excites me to see the possibilities that could play out while seeing the experiment in work.
The Expanding Universe
I have not read many science books in my life but Stephen Hawking's "A Brief History of Time" is a book that has been on my list for a while. Once I started, I finished it within a week. The topics in the book range from broad scientific historical thought to specifics about black holes.... Continue Reading →
Brains and Brawn 