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As someone who struggles with their weight I feel that the root of the problem for most is food addiction. Exercise helps of course, but realistically the only way to lose weight reliably is through caloric restriction. It's easy in theory but not in practice. I can notice a palpable, negative diffe...

I saw that heart attack article and it has me wondering if we'll be able to use the same technology to regrow fresh skin in place of existing scars. That is one of the biggest medical technologies that I would personally love to have access to, on account of the fact that I really hate stretch marks...

The funny thing about Kurzweil is that he overestimated the performance increases due to hardware (failing to anticipate Moore's law slowdown), but seems to have underestimated how far we could get with good software. It would be funny if we invent AGI sooner than he expected on worse hardware than ...

Sam Altman is one of the few tech bros that I actually like (for now at least). It's nice to see an influential person expression optimism for once, who isn't also mired in controversy.

I find that its usually very difficult to untangle the concept of "socialism" from "regulation" in online conversations. Many people who purport to be anti-socialist have long supported or at least ignored massive government subsidies for agriculture, fossil fuels, and defense co...

It's interesting that Gen X tends not to get talked about despite being extremely influential in basically every aspect of the economy, politics and culture. Most well-known billionaires are Gen X including Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk. Most famous celebrities who shaped TV and music for th...

Ford Just Announced a Second Electric Pickup Truck https://jalopnik.com/ford-just-announced-a-second-electric-pickup-truck-1848844166 Ford CEO Jim Farley: We’re already pushing dirt down in Blue Oval City in Tennessee for another electric pickup truck that’s different than this one From the article...

Does all of this price gouging inevitably lead to a recession? The fear is that these companies will keep rising prices until Americans will be trapped, spending all of their income at the same rate they earn it, and becoming modern day serfs in a way. However, this suggests a level of planning and ...

Elon really can't keep his mouth shut for any period of time, can he? He seems chronically addicted to getting the last word.

The woke mind virus Is making Netflix unwatchable I have absolutely no idea what Elon Musk is even referring to with this statement. Which Netflix programs are emblematic of the "woke mind virus"? Not too long ago Netflix was notorious for greenlighting almost any show because they were l...