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• Collective Behavior from Surprise Minimization

  A fascinating model for collective behavior from Heins et al.:SignificanceWe introduce a model of collective behavior, proposing that individual members within ... Read more

  The 15 may 2024 by   Deric Bownds
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• How the US is Destroying Young People's Future.

  

  When I wake up in the morning, I frequently remind myself to be grateful for the luck of having been born in 1942, and being able to ride the crest of a number... Read more

  The 13 may 2024 by   Deric Bownds
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• Blueprint - Nicholas Christakis on the Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society

  This opinion piece by Frank Bruni in the NYTimes motivated me to download and read Nicholas Christakis' Magnum Opus “Blueprint” (very much in the 'everything yo... Read more

  The 10 may 2024 by   Deric Bownds
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• Can There Be Scientific Criteria for What is Moral Behavior?

  I want to pass on an essay by Sam Harris updating his 2011 book "The Moral Landscape." I'm doing this mainly so that I can look back to this post when I want... Read more

  The 03 may 2024 by   Deric Bownds
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• How Blue Light Regulates the Body, Brain, and Immune System

  Here is the abstract from a PNAS perspectives article by Slominski et al. with the title "Photo-neuro-immuno-endocrinology: How the ultraviolet radiation... Read more

  The 01 may 2024 by   Deric Bownds
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• An Expanded View of Human Minds and Their Reality.

  

  I want to pass on this recent essay by Venkatesh Rao in its entirety, because it has changed my mind on agreeing with Daniel Dennett that the “Hard Problem” of... Read more

  The 29 april 2024 by   Deric Bownds
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• The World of Decentralized Everything.

  Following up on my last post on the Summer of Protocols sessions, I want to pass on (again, to my future self, and possibly a few techie MindBlog readers) a... Read more

  The 10 april 2024 by   Deric Bownds
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• New Protocols for Uncertain Times.

  I want to point to a project launched by Venkatest Rao and others last year: “The Summer of Protocols.” Some background for this project can be found in his... Read more

  The 08 april 2024 by   Deric Bownds
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• Our Seduction by AI’s Believable Human Voice.

  I want to point to an excellent New Yorker article by Patrick House titled “The Lifelike Illusion of A.I.” The article strikes home for me, for when a Chat Bot... Read more

  The 05 april 2024 by   Deric Bownds
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• Neurons Help Flush Waste out of Our Brains During Sleep

  More information (summarized here) on what is happening in our brains while we sleep is provided by Jiang-Xie et al.,, who show that active neurons can stimulat... Read more

  The 03 april 2024 by   Deric Bownds
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