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• When Execution Gets Cheap, What Remains Scarce? - The Last Biological Moat.

  I have enjoyed reading a recent essay by Aneesh Sathe, which I recommend you read in full. I will pass on here the equally amazing job that Claude Sonnet 4. Read more

  The 27 april 2026 by   Deric Bownds
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• The Refusal to Dehumanize - Rewilding Creativity

  .. I find it impossible to keep up with the prolific output stream of Indy Johar on Substack, but two recent posts (The Refusal to Dehumanize and Rewilding... Read more

  The 24 april 2026 by   Deric Bownds
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• The Physiology of Agency in the Age of AI

  There is a question lurking beneath the current wave of enthusiasm about artificial intelligence that I think deserves more serious attention than it has... Read more

  The 22 april 2026 by   Deric Bownds
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• What a Self Is.

  Reading Michael Pollan’s account of his meeting with Anil Seth in his recent book "A World Appears" has prompted me to write down for my own use what I take a... Read more

  The 20 april 2026 by   Deric Bownds
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• From Animal to Humans - Multimodality as a Safeguard of Honesty in...

  I pass on the abstracts of an article by Hex et al to appear in Behavioral and Brain Sciences. Motivated readers can obtain a PDF of the manuscript by emailing... Read more

  The 17 april 2026 by   Deric Bownds
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• Call for Nominations: Blaumann Prize

  Call for nominations or self nominationsThe Blaumann Foundation announces the third Blaumann Prize to recognize a scientific or philosophical work of a young... Read more

  The 15 april 2026 by   Wuthrich
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• Executive Function: Universal Capacity Or Schooled Skill?

  A recent PNAS article by Kroupin and colleagues challenges one of the most widely assumed constructs in cognitive science: that “executive function” (EF)... Read more

  The 15 april 2026 by   Deric Bownds
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• The Default Mode Network as a Bidirectional Interface Between World and Mind

  I want to pass on the abstract of a PNAS contribution from Zhang et al. titled "Sender–receiver subdivisions of the default mode network in perceptual and... Read more

  The 13 april 2026 by   Deric Bownds
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• AI, Agency, and the Quiet Hollowing of Mind

  Reading through the article "A Rational Optimist View Of Preventing Agency Decay" is a rich experience. For readers with less patience, here is a ChatGPT summar... Read more

  The 09 april 2026 by   Deric Bownds
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• Memes Before Machines: The Real Cognitive Risk of the AI Age

  I strongly urge you to read a New York Times opinion piece by Willy Staley titled "Forget the A.I. Apocalypse. Memes Have Already Nuked Our Culture." (unlocked... Read more

  The 07 april 2026 by   Deric Bownds
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