The more Iโm learning Calculus, the more Iโm sensing some of my long-held-but-half-baked notions of โhow the world worksโ feel dubious.
Itโs wondrous โ and also a bit frightful. You can see how it was so easy for fiefdoms & religions to be repulsed by such knowledge in the past
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To learn the Metric System is to learn how units relate to intrinsic elements of the universe.
To learn the Imperial System is to learn how units are whatever some medieval monarch felt like they were.
One inspires awe, wonder, & curiosity. The other, obedience & indifference.
In New York City, I can walk down the street for 5 minutes and encounter people representing almost every part of the world, holding almost every belief set imaginable.
And thatโs the โbubbleโ that doesnโt understand the โReal Americaโ? ๐ค
It is high time that humanity went beyond Earth. Should have a moon base by now and sent astronauts to Mars. The future needs to inspire. https://t.co/6HjDQnRSA5
One reason I donโt fear automation is because, rising right alongside it, is the availability of tools that allow us to express our human creativity in stunning ways.
@UnrealEngine, @Adobe, @Procreate... Da Vinci would be so jealous.
@JBWolfsthal @ArmsControlWonk I can't help but see it this way, too. Spearheading an NK war plan seems like the only reason McMaster woudn't have been fired months ago.
Robots like these will be tremendously useful for search & rescue missions. Doubtless that's only one idea on @BostonDynamics's list, though ๐ค. https://t.co/akW3E6GY1V