General AI Will Be World-Ending If We Don’t Stop It Now
I work hard to keep this space a happy place for people to come. I rarely post anything political or controversial, but something so serious is going on that everyone needs to be aware of it. If you don’t know yet, you need to know that if they reach General AI, that will be world-ending. No conspiracy theory. No exaggeration. Just facts.
Please educate yourself and take action now so that your children can have a future. I’m including a … Read More
There was a brief window in my adult life — maybe a couple of years — when I lived without dogs. My business had taken off, I was earning a good living, and my house reflected it. I’m talking actual white furniture. A cream-colored area rug that I vacuumed voluntarily. Friends would come over and compliment the place, and I’d do that thing where you wave your hand like it was nothing, when really I’d spent the whole morning … 
Why is it that for so many people, the thought of a life without a dog feels incomplete, almost unbearable? (I know I fall squarely in that camp…) Of course, we love their playful energy and loyal companionship, but I think it’s something deeper, rooted in our primal biology.
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