“Nothing exists.
All is a dream.
God—man—the world—the sun, the moon, the wilderness of stars—a dream, all a dream; they have no existence.
Nothing exists save empty space—and you….
And you are not you—you have no body, no blood, no bones, you are but a thought.”
~Mark Twain

Sometimes, when you think surely someone must be working on it, you find that, nope, you've got to be that someone.

'Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.' ~Margaret Mead

Had an epic chat with Bridget Phetasy for Infinite Loops 🎙 about her burgeoning media empire, how comedians and the 1st Amendment might be the first line of defense against all of the mind viruses making the rounds, and her mission to make burgers out of ALL sacred cows 🔥🔥🔥

Jerry Seinfeld turned down $110 million to make an extra series of his show.

Why? Dosage.

A good artist leaves the audience wanting more. A comedian can leave everybody happy with 70 minutes of content, but stretch it out to 90, and the audience will say “meh” on the way out.…

The search for hard-to-vary explanations is the origin of all progress. It's the basic regulating principle of the Enlightenment. So, in science, two false approaches blight progress. One is well-known, untestable theories. But the more important one is explanationless theories.…

Interesting Person from History

T.S. Eliot: Architect of Modernist Poetry

'Introduction:

T.S. Eliot, one of the twentieth century's most influential poets, reshaped the landscape of modern literature with his complex, dense poetic forms and a profound sense of tradition. His…

Two thoughts from Thomas Erikson

“Everything you say to a person is filtered through his frames of reference, biases, and preconceived ideas.”

“Flexibility and the ability to interpret other people’s needs is what characterizes a good communicator.”

I've long sought a way to incorporate the Big Five Personality Profile as a way of identifying people with a higher probability of succeeding as investors.

Now I'm intrigued by how it might help with founders.

every.to/napkin-math/th…

Happy Mother's Day!

Although I lost my mom 30 years ago at far too young an age, rarely a day goes by that I don't think of her.

I was so lucky to have such a wonderful woman as my mother. 💕

'Data is the sword of the 21st century, those who wield it well, the Samurai.'
~Jonathan Rosenberg

“Imagination is the eye of the soul”
~Joseph Joubert

open.substack.com/pub/infinitelo…

Interesting Person from History

Thomas Kuhn: Disrupting the Paradigms of Science

'Introduction:

Thomas Kuhn's seminal work, 'The Structure of Scientific Revolutions,' has left an indelible mark on the philosophy of science and our understanding of how scientific knowledge…

Two thoughts from Gene Wolfe

'What a man knows hardly matters. It is what he does.'

'There is no magic. There is only knowledge, more or less hidden.'

“What might have been and what has been
Point to one end, which is always present.
Footfalls echo in the memory
Down the passage which we did not take
Towards the door we never opened..”
~T.S. Eliot

🧐🤔🤨

arxiv.org/abs/2402.07591

Recorded a great chat with Mona Sobhani, PhD about her progression from being trained as a scientific materialist with a PhD in neuroscience into one seeking to unite science and spirituality with an openness to phenomena not usually accepted by scientific orthodoxy

We're living in an amazing era for the advancement of our ability to generate and understand new medical and scientific innovations

Listen in as my guest Grant W Mitchell gives an example 👇🏻

🤔

sciencealert.com/scientists-dis…

Interesting Person from History

Michael Polanyi: Unveiling the Human Element in Science

'Introduction:

Michael Polanyi, a polymath who traversed the landscapes of physical chemistry, economics, and philosophy, has left an indelible mark on our understanding of the nature of…

Two thoughts from John Crowley

“The better you tell an old story, the more you are talking about right now.”

“There is more than one history of the world.”