001509

“If a Messiah were born in this day, the three populations that would be nearly assured of overlooking or obliterating her would be those who identify as Christians, Jews, or Muslims. Moderns will assert their words and defend their categories to the death; of...

001510

“Formally, we should not call them intelligences at this point. They should be called AHS Artificial Heuristic Systems. That would reduce one of the dangers dramatically. Which danger? That we confuse algorithmic activity and minds… especially our own....

001511

“…and some ideas are compelling due to what they imply rather than what they declare or claim…” — infraheard

001512

‘When you form a new relationship with a member of the (cohort/clan/tribe/people), then, rather naturally, what usually occurs is that members of the (cctp) come and check you out. They see if you’re real. Authentic. Sincere. True. And often, this process...

001513

“I’ve often heard that we ‘spend half our lives sleeping’. But if you think about it, you can experience an entire lifetime in a single dream… so, in reality, we probably actually spend 97% of our experiential time dreaming.” —...

001514

“It’s the most important game that we almost always avoid playing…” — a worm