information Information I'm writing a book on What Information Wants. But nailing down a definition of information is hard. What is information? Let's look at the Wikipedia definition. That should be helpful, right? (Right?!?) 1.
how to How To Beat Procrastination For the first 30 years of my life, I coasted and procrastinated often. I am pretty ashamed of it. đ In the last few months, I've beaten procrastination. I'm proud of this! â¤ď¸ Here's how
writing How To Write Well In summary: Write concisely. When editing, look to cut. Write in chunks. Have fun with it.1. Alex Danco's 5 Writing Tips Write in parallel tracks using "meanwhile". Meanwhile establishes parallel tracks of
knowledge Why You Should Use Anki If you're a knowledge worker doing Tyler Cowen calls an intellectual athlete training, you should use Anki or some other form of spaced repetition. See the responses to Michael Nielsen's tweet here for
effective altruism FTX Future Fund and Longtermism Roote is writing a grant application for FTX Future Fund's first grant round. (You should too! Apply by March 21.) As part of that, I wanted to research how important FTX Future Fund
operations Stripe Email Transparency As we build Roote, I'm trying to use best practices from the best startups. One easy heuristic is What Would Stripe Do? The one I'm most interested in right now is email transparency.
war 15 Learnings From an Extremely Online War The internet's impact on Russia's invasion of Ukraine Here are 15 things Iâve learned from Russia-Ukraine as the first Extremely Online War. Â Â Â I. Web3 Crypto Funds The Meme Of The MomentNot So
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#94 Alta Charo: Utopia and Dystopia of Genetic Engineering Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify Rhys Lindmark: Hello, listeners, today I'm excited to chat with Alta Charo. Alta is a Professor Emerita of Law and Bioethics at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
cultural evolution Rewriting Genes Before DNA I am currently writing a book titled What Information Wants. It looks at how information flows have changed over history. It starts by looking at the past: how the big bang led to
#93 Alan Durning: Making Housing Abundant Again Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify Rhys Lindmark: Hello, listeners. Today, I'm excited to chat with Alan Durning. Alan is the founder and executive director of Sightline Institute, a think tank for sustainability in
frameworks Self-Help Cube There are lots of self-help phrases out there. Here's a simple example from our friend Kim Jong Un: Live, laugh, love. Three steps. Got it! Thanks Kimmy. ⤠Live, Laugh, Love (LLL) may look
podcast #92 Tamim Ansary: Understanding The US Exit from Afghanistan from an Islamic Worldview Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify Rhys Lindmark: Hello, listeners. Today, I'm excited to chat with Tamim Ansary. Tamim is an Afghanistan-American author and public speaker. He's the author of the excellent books, Destiny
blockchain CryptoBoomer's Guide To DeFi 2.0 Web3 from 2017 to 2021I saw this tweet from my friend Jill the other day: I am going to have to spend time understanding Olympus now aren't I — Jill Gunter
memes Native Spaced Repetition The medium is the message. Right now, the internet medium enables short-term viral memes as a message, but not much else. Think about TikTok. Every day, users spend an hour in the app,
podcast #91 Susan Blackmore: How Memes Gave Rise To The Third Replicator Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify Rhys Lindmark: Hello listeners. Today, I'm excited to chat with Susan Blackmore. Susan is a visiting professor at the University of Plymouth who researches consciousness, memes, and anomalous
economics More Startups Should Use Credit Unions Update: Lol, we ended up switching from a Credit Union to Mercury. I just finished signing up for a bank account for my nonprofit, Roote, and wanted to share my thought process. In
podcast #90 CĂŠsar Hidalgo: How To Understand Sociotechnical Systems Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify Rhys Lindmark: Hello listeners. Today, I'm excited to chat with Cesar Hidalgo. Cesar is in the Chilean-Spanish-American scholar in economic complexity, data visualization, and applied artificial intelligence. He's
housing Abundant Housing Slogans The slogan "America is a melting pot" is a great slogan for ensuring that America accepts its changing demographics (through immigration). (It's not perfect, of course. We discriminate new immigrantsâIrish in the
housing Building Abundant Housing in California I recently learned the political mechanism (and a possible theory of change) for how California can build abundant housing. SF currently has 900,000 people but only 1/3 the population density of
podcast #89 Grace Lindsay: Your Brain Is Math Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify Rhys Lindmark: Hello, listeners. Today, I'm excited to chat with Grace Lindsay. Grace is a computational neuroscientist who recently wrote the book, Models of the Mind: How Physics,
podcast #88 Andy Clark: How Brains Model The World Rhys Lindmark: Hello, listeners. Today, I'm excited to chat with Andy Clark. Andy is a British philosopher and a professor of cognitive philosophy at the University of Sussex. He's written some great books
abundance Non-Duplicative One of the Roote values is to be network-driven. This means that we're constantly aware of our role in a larger network of human progress. We stand on the shoulders of giants. It
abundance Compersion Compersion is when you feel happy for someone else's happiness. It comes from the polyamory communityâfeeling happy when your partner has great sex with someone else. Compersion is the self-domestication of competition
podcast #87 Casper ter Kuile: How Religion Is Changing Rhys Lindmark: Hello, listeners. Today, Iâm excited to chat with Casper ter Kuile. Casper is helping build this beautiful world of joyful belonging in the midst of these enormous changes and how
