I replied: There is nothing which for my part I like better, Cephalus, than conversing with aged men; for I regard them as travellers who have gone a journey which I too may have to go, and of whom I ought to enquire, whether the way is smooth and easy, or rugged and difficult.
@wolfejosh Josh, I’m a biotech specialist. Interested in what you see in AI in this sector. I personally view things like generative AI as challenged in this space. Respect your view…
And this is a question which I should like to ask of you who have arrived at that time which the poets call the 'threshold of old age' --Is life harder towards the end, or what report do you give of it?
I replied: There is nothing which for my part I like better, Cephalus, than conversing with aged men; for I regard them as travellers who have gone a journey which I too may have to go, and of whom I ought to enquire, whether the way is smooth and easy, or rugged and difficult.
@visakanv Maybe because you have a greater appetite for risk, real or perceived. I deviated from a traditional path and I would guess predictability and sunk cost fallacy prevent others from doing the same. The paradox here is that to the actor, the greater risk seems like staying course
@visakanv I’m a biotech investor and rock climber, lover of culture and complexity, inclusive of jazz and Indian classical music! Hope to catch you next time you come to NY
There is a hierarchy of personal feeling
The seeker of truth fights subjectivity
But the biologist recognizes adaptive computation of the world often takes the form of subconscious integration of sense data, secondary hormones, processing and re processing—the “gut”
@startingfromnix I had this recently with a love of jazz music shared with a long-since-seen family member. We instantly connected over loving the complexity, spontaneity…
The mutual feeling was like an epiphany. Instant, with no need to convince the other side