I like the iPad ad. I find it thrilling how many things I can do with a little slab of glass.

I've done this. It's the lowest dignity possible thing. You never realize how much force you walk with until your face bones absorb it all at once.

My son hadn’t had a proper graduation since middle school. Here’s my commencement address at Michigan, written for him & Class of 2024.

Please share it — we all need more empathy.

“If you really want to shock the world, unleash your kindness.”

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I assumed this had to be fake so I tried it myself. Same result.

A model of the Neolithic proto-city Çatalhöyük (in modern-day Turkey) in 7300 BC. Around 5,000 people lived there in a dense jumble of homes (most homes could only be accessed by walking across the rooftops). Crazy to me that something this legit was happening 93 centuries ago.

FIRE supporters are a unique breed. A genuinely principled group who thinks the #freespeech rights of both the opinion they love & the opinion they hate must be ferociously defended. I know there are many more of you out there & I hope you will join us. thefire.org/donate

TFW you're reading Shogun and you're 42

whoa

I feel like I have free will but then I scroll past this and have literally no option but to waste four minutes on it

Elon Musk We reason by first principles, by analogy, or a blend of the two.

Tim Urban (@waitbutwhy) on the distinction between first principles vs analogy based learning:

The difference between the cook and the chef. While these terms are often used interchangeably, there is an important…

It's strange that beauty is entirely subjective. These are beautiful to us because of how we're programmed. Objectively, they're no more beautiful than any other arrangement of atoms and photons. The day humans go extinct, everything we find beautiful will cease to be beautiful.

It really is, because after seeing this I called and had a chat with her and it was so impressive that I felt the urge to retweet and tell you that.

My new existential fidget toy: one magnet for every week of a 90-year life.

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Just finished the book “What’s Our Problem” by Tim Urban.

America’s problem isn’t the left or the right. America’s problem is “low-rung”, “us vs them” thinking by our politicians, our media, our organizations, and our public.

The solution? Elevate our thinking.

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They burn it down.

While University of Austin builds.