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polymathwannabe

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Journalism dropout turned philosophy dropout, and that does a better job at defining me than the business degree I do have. I’m an amateur science fiction writer.

LINK: Com­pe­ti­tion is toxic

polymathwannabeJun 2, 2015, 5:53 PM
−9 points
31 comments1 min readLW link

LINK: Diseases not suffi­ciently researched

polymathwannabeJan 17, 2015, 4:03 PM
9 points
37 comments1 min readLW link

LINK: Guinea worm dis­ease close to eradication

polymathwannabeJan 16, 2015, 4:08 PM
9 points
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Open thread Jan. 5-11, 2015

polymathwannabeJan 5, 2015, 12:48 PM
5 points
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LINK: Ne­ma­tode brain up­loaded with success

polymathwannabeDec 23, 2014, 11:27 PM
4 points
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The cry­op­reser­va­tion of bad people

polymathwannabeDec 1, 2014, 7:41 PM
−17 points
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Link: Snow­den interviewed

polymathwannabeNov 12, 2014, 6:48 PM
12 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

My third-of-life crisis

polymathwannabeNov 10, 2014, 3:28 PM
39 points
29 comments5 min readLW link

Link: Open-source pro­grammable, 3D print­able robot for any­one to ex­per­i­ment with

polymathwannabeOct 29, 2014, 2:21 PM
4 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Link: Elon Musk wants gov’t over­sight for AI

polymathwannabeOct 28, 2014, 2:15 AM
15 points
44 comments1 min readLW link

The psy­chol­ogy of hero­ism and altruism

polymathwannabeOct 21, 2014, 4:49 PM
5 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Link: White House wants your ad­vice on space exploration

polymathwannabeOct 18, 2014, 2:32 PM
3 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

Link: In­dus­trial stan­dards will deal with robot ethics

polymathwannabeOct 6, 2014, 11:13 PM
4 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Link: More visi­bil­ity for EA movement

polymathwannabeOct 6, 2014, 9:52 PM
9 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Link: Ex­otic dis­asters are serious

polymathwannabeOct 6, 2014, 6:14 PM
15 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Open thread, Sept. 29 - Oct.5, 2014

polymathwannabeSep 29, 2014, 1:28 PM
9 points
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Link: The trap of “op­ti­mal con­di­tions”

polymathwannabeSep 18, 2014, 6:37 PM
14 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Open thread, Septem­ber 8-14, 2014

polymathwannabeSep 8, 2014, 12:31 PM
7 points
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Open thread, Sept. 1-7, 2014

polymathwannabeSep 1, 2014, 12:18 PM
7 points
162 comments1 min readLW link

LINK-Robot apoc­a­lypse taken (some­what) seriously

polymathwannabeAug 4, 2014, 4:32 PM
6 points
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