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Large-scale iterated singing experiments reveal music evolution

The biggest lie the rich ever told? That money can’t buy you happiness

The Age of AI has begun

Software Complexity Is Why AI Won't Replace Software Engineers

“Takumi No Waza” – Japan's famous Green Bell Nail Clippers

Why are most of us stuck with a belief in the soul? | Aeon Essays

Could UFOs be alien probes? A new 2023 Harvard study explores it [pdf]

South Korea has the lowest fertility rate, which has lessons for us all

Zippyshare Quits After 17 Years, 45M Visits per Month Makes No Money

Newer data once again shows: the human brain is just a scaled up primate brain

Sam Altman 'A Little Bit Scared' of ChatGPT, Will Eliminate 'Many' Jobs

On Roman Charity, or a woman’s filial debt to the patriarchy | Aeon Essays

Musicians, Machines, and the AI-Powered Future of Sound

A Growing Number of Scientists Are Convinced the Future Influences the Past

Translating XML/Epub using DeepL & ChatGPT

'We conclude' or 'I believe'? Rationality declined decades ago

Will AIs Take All Our Jobs and End Human History–Or Not? Well, It’s Complicated

‘The Era of Urban Supremacy Is Over’

Silicon Valley Bank unmasks the hypocrisy of libertarian tech bros

Modern language models refute Chomsky’s approach to language - lingbuzz/007180

Hofstadter: An esoteric programming language with concurrency, regex, and web requests

America and China are preparing for a war over Taiwan

Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen Paradox

The Quiet Political Rise of David Sacks, Silicon Valley’s Prophet of Urban Doom