“We do not exist without nature — unless Silicon Valley figures something out in their bunkers.” — Natalie Kyriacou Forget the Middle East for a moment. Or rather, don’t — because today’s petroleum war is an environmental catastrophe, perhaps even an ecocide. Militaries are the largest source of emissions on…
Episode 2840: Kevin Ashton on the Story of Stories https://keenon.substack.com/p/what-came-first-stories-or-language?utm_source=youtube
“Nobody’s reality is more or less real.” — Kevin Ashton It’s the chicken and egg question. What came first: stories or language? For Kevin Ashton, the answer is stories. In his new book, The Story of Stories, Ashton argues that rather than inventing stories with language, we invented language to…
Episode 2839: Nelson Dellis on Hacks to Restore our Focus and Boost our Memory https://keenon.substack.com/p/have-our-iphones-eaten-our-minds?utm_source=youtube
“I don’t like the idea of losing out to a machine because I feel like I’m losing a part of myself in the process.” — Nelson Dellis Most of us can’t remember our spouse’s phone number. We barely know our own. We haven’t read a physical map in years. Some…
