Tag: Evolution
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Guiding Principles: An Exercise
I’ve been reading quite a bit about nature, physics, geology, philosophy and anthropological history over the past several years. Authors include Karl Popper, Hannah Arendt, Richard Feynman, Sir John Glubb, Max Tegmark, William Cronon, Will Stefen, Johan Rockström, Wade Davis, Immanuel Kant, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Joseph Campbell. The reason for my inquiry is to form…
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Power of Humanity: How Ideas Evolve
If you want to launch a revolution, don’t ask yourself how many people support my idea. Instead ask yourself how many of my supporters are capable of effective collaboration. – Yurval Noah Harai, Homo Deus Cooperation History as our teacher, societies that form social bonds and have learned to cooperate more efficiently than others have been…
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The Optimization Problem
What changes do you want to see in the world and what are you doing to achieve them? Control what you can, to see the change you want to see. The following is an introduction to optimization and an exercise in re-framing how we each see our world. I challenge you to be intentional with…
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