cray tough Tardigrades

Tardigrades or water bear and microscopic creatures that can survive extreme conditions, e.g. -272C, 150C, six times the pressure of deep sea, blasted with lethal dose of sun radiation, or left in outer space vacuum for weeks. They can do the survival by expelling water, use a special protein to lock everything in place, and essentially turn into biological glass. And then with a drop of water, it can reanimated back to live.

People trying to use this knowledge to preserve medicine or organs to transport.

HOPE frame work for AI use in parenting

H: preserve the Human connection
O: Own your imperfection
P: Protect the early years
E: Enhance and not replace

3T principle for parenting

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books for human connection

With the advance of AI, now reading books is not for knowledge and information anymore. It is more about connecting to another human, the authors.

permanent beta

Idea that we should view ourselves as start up company that is in constant testing, pivoting, and able to reinvent ourselves to be a better version of our vision.

take total wealth in mind

When considering spending money and making money, keep in mind the current total wealth. When looking for opportunities, spend the time and energy for making at least 1% of current wealth level. Don’t sweat the spending that's less than 0.01% of wealth.

fuzzy answer

In the decision-driven analytics, we should aim for getting a fuzzy answer. Although our questions should be clear and well-structured, the answer we seek should reflect the real world, which is complex and full of uncertainty. That way, this can reveal the gap in our knowledge, reveal the assumptions we make, and help us refine our questions better to get the answers we need to make the decision.

counterfactual

A thought exercise to see if the things are different, what the consequences would be.

brainwashed ant

Some caterpillars can use chemical/pheromone to trick ants to protect the caterpillars after luring them in with nectar. So the predators become the guardians.