First screen, captured .
341 points by ent101 | 136 comments
Excerpt from "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman" where Feynman recounts recovering from burnout by playing with physics, starting with a wobbling plate.
295 points by exvi | 84 comments
601 points by surprisetalk | 161 comments
Terry Bisson's 1991 short science fiction story "They're Made Out of Meat," hosted on the author's website.
453 points by bx376 | 663 comments
An Economist Free exchange column arguing that artificial intelligence is losing hype and asking whether that signals the technology will eventually succeed.
15 points by speckx | 5 comments
Mark Manson Substack essay arguing that highly intelligent people get trapped by their own ideas, opening with the story of professor Malcolm Caldwell's 1978 trip to Cambodia.
8 points by Tomte | 4 comments
Noema Magazine essay arguing that establishing a human colony on Mars is fraught with risk and questioning why so many people are obsessed with it.
5 points by samstress | 6 comments
A plain-text essay arguing that AI will bring humanity's best era, addressing concerns like bioweapons, AI cyberattacks, and misalignment.
80 points by ciconia | 93 comments
Electrek article reporting that Tesla is taking on $30 billion in credit as the company nears unprofitability.