Wait But Why?
The web site WaitButWhy.com is so completely awesome, you should stop reading this article right now and go there instead. The author, Tim Urban, has created a repository of knowledge and musings that transcends the usual blather of blogs, like this one, and elevates into a fairly unique and eminently readable set of discourses about a far-ranging set of topics.
Unlike me, Tim spends weeks mulling over a particular topic and digs and digs until he believes that he has a complete understanding of that topic. Then he draws a series of amusing stick figures to illustrate certain key points. He weaves it altogether with fluid prose that is casual, completely readable but in no way simplistic. He is so good at this that he has been invited to do a TED talk and even more mind-blowing, he was personally contacted by Elon Musk to write a series of posts about Musk himself, Tesla, SpaceX and solar energy.
I find myself staying up late each night, reading and reading these articles as they are so engrossing. Some of the blog has been bound up into an e-book available on Amazon as has the entire Elon Musk series. It is the same content as the web site but may be a more convenient.
Of special interest, or perhaps crucial importance, is Tim's posts on The AI Revolution: The Road to Superintelligence. If you read nothing else, you must read this two-part article. It explains in very clear and relatable terms why the looming invention of true artificial intelligence may be the end of the mankind or the end of death itself. Again, you have to read this article.
There are many other articles, some on lighter topics such as Baby Names, How to Pick a Life Partner, 10 Types of 30-Year-Old Single Guys, Why Procrastinators Procrastinate (his TED talk), and so on. You can pick and choose after you read about AI, Musk and the Fermi Paradox.
And finally, to answer your question, no, they did not pay me to write this post. I just think this web site contributes to the betterment of mankind and is something you should check out. You can come back here when you are done.
Unlike me, Tim spends weeks mulling over a particular topic and digs and digs until he believes that he has a complete understanding of that topic. Then he draws a series of amusing stick figures to illustrate certain key points. He weaves it altogether with fluid prose that is casual, completely readable but in no way simplistic. He is so good at this that he has been invited to do a TED talk and even more mind-blowing, he was personally contacted by Elon Musk to write a series of posts about Musk himself, Tesla, SpaceX and solar energy.
I find myself staying up late each night, reading and reading these articles as they are so engrossing. Some of the blog has been bound up into an e-book available on Amazon as has the entire Elon Musk series. It is the same content as the web site but may be a more convenient.
Of special interest, or perhaps crucial importance, is Tim's posts on The AI Revolution: The Road to Superintelligence. If you read nothing else, you must read this two-part article. It explains in very clear and relatable terms why the looming invention of true artificial intelligence may be the end of the mankind or the end of death itself. Again, you have to read this article.
There are many other articles, some on lighter topics such as Baby Names, How to Pick a Life Partner, 10 Types of 30-Year-Old Single Guys, Why Procrastinators Procrastinate (his TED talk), and so on. You can pick and choose after you read about AI, Musk and the Fermi Paradox.
And finally, to answer your question, no, they did not pay me to write this post. I just think this web site contributes to the betterment of mankind and is something you should check out. You can come back here when you are done.
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