I had no idea..
"This man was born in 1809.
In 1816, at age 7, he was forced to work because his family was expelled.
In 1818, he lost his mother.
In 1828, he lost his sister.
In 1831, he opened his first business and went bankrupt.
In 1832, he stood in the legislative elections and lost.
In 1833, he borrowed money to open another business and went bankrupt again.
In 1835, he met a wonderful woman. He falls in love with her, they get engaged, and she dies.
In 1836, he entered a dark period of his life: deep depression.
He remains bedridden for 6 consecutive months. But he gets up.
He gets up and in that same year of 1836 he runs in the legislative elections and loses again.
In 1840 he presented himself as an elector; he loses.
In 1842, he met the woman he would end his life with.
They fall in love, get engaged, get married and she gives him 4 children and they lose 3 (three).
In 1843, he appeared at the congresses and lost.
In 1845, he appeared again at the congresses and lost again.
In 1850, his son died.
In 1854, he ran for the Senate and lost.
In 1856, he ran for Vice President, he didn't even have 100 votes.
In '58, he ran again for the Senate and lost again.
And in 1860 ABRAHAM LINCOLN was elected President of the United States of America 🇺🇸.
He was elected for two exceptional terms (he was assassinated in beginning of the second term.) He was one of the most respected and impactful Presidents in the history of the United States 🇺🇸.
It's important to tell this story of perseverance because we see the hero, but we don't see the backstage of the afflictions. "
Wow. ...
I think this is a great example of Never Never Never Give Up! 🇺🇸🇺🇸
Ngl… this is absolutely incredible.
Hundreds of people suspended in the air, each one depending on the next, moving together until somehow they become one massive living work of art.
Just think about the trust that takes.
One person alone could never create this. But together, they make something that almost doesn’t seem possible.
With everything we see dividing people these days, I love seeing reminders like this.
Human beings are capable of some truly extraordinary things when we come together.
Be honest… how long did it take you to realize what you were actually watching?
BREAKING: President Trump vows to eradicate what he calls a "horrible thread of cancer" quietly moving through the nation, issuing a stark warning against the rise of communism in America.
"We have a country that's just the hottest. It just is so hot and I'm working really hard to make it even better. We're going to get rid of some of the flaws. We're going to make it even better."
"But the biggest thing we have to do is we have to stop this, this horrible thread of cancer that's permeating our country called communism."
The Invisible Glass Experiment
Scientists once conducted a fascinating experiment with a pike and an aquarium.
They placed a transparent glass barrier in the middle of the tank. On one side was a large, hungry pike. On the other side swam several small fish.
As soon as the pike spotted the smaller fish, it launched itself forward to attack.
Bang! It crashed headfirst into the invisible glass and was thrown backward.
Undeterred, the pike tried again... and again. Each attempt ended the same way a painful collision. After repeated failures , its head became bruised and some of its scales were knocked loose.
Eventually, the pike gave up. It retreated to a corner of the tank, clearly frightened and defeated.
Then, the scientists quietly removed the glass barrier.
The small fish now swam freely around the entire aquarium some even passing right in front of the pike’s mouth.
But the pike never attacked again.
Even though it was starving, it refused to strike. In its mind, the invisible wall was still there.
A few days later, the pike died of starvation surrounded by abundant food it could no longer bring itself to eat.
This phenomenon is known as the Pike Effect (or Pike Syndrome).
It serves as a powerful metaphor for how repeated failures and setbacks can create invisible mental barriers that limit us long after the real obstacles have disappeared.
Godfather of AI: "If you sleep well tonight, you may not have understood this lecture."
This 47-minute lecture is the best thing I saw about AI in the last few months.
It will definitely help you understand how it actually works and where it's going.
Geoffrey Hinton built the neural networks behind every AI alive, then quit Google to warn the world about it.
The part nobody wanted to hear:
> AI is already developing abilities its creators didn't intend
> in most cognitive tasks it's already ahead of us
> the question is no longer if it surpasses us but when
> the only decision left is which side of that line you're on
Right now the average person opens Claude, types something, gets an answer, closes the tab.
They think they're using AI. they're using maybe 10% of it.
I went through his entire lecture, then mapped everything he described to what Claude can actually do today.
17 Claude features most people will never find on their own.
Full breakdown in the post below.