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there is a revolution taking place in biology before our eyes
I spent the past month reading the papers & interviews of @drmichaellevin, and wrote a long-form essay explaining his work and why it's important
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when you look for it you cannot see it; when you listen for it you cannot hear it; but when you use it, it is inexhaustible
- excellent threadThere’s been a lot of discussion around the idea of “flaky breakthroughs” lately. I think it's awesome that more people are investigating this, and I wanted to share my view on it. I believe it confuses two different things:
- “We might have to let go of this goal of merely being safe. What’s better than being safe? What is the actual thing we’re fighting for?”safety is not enough
- “The smoking gun isn’t the clever line. It’s the load the clever line was quietly holding up.”how to write good, by claude
- let’s not forget about birds that sleep with half of their brain at a time so that they can sleep while flying long distances for their migrationMarine mammals are the most insane group of animals. Like what do you mean you sleep in a place where have to wake up every few minutes to go find some air to breathe.
