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Curated reading from Benjamin's manifest — articles and posts he picked out for the public feed.
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Rails World 2026 Opening Keynote - DHH
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27 Sep 2026
DHH opens Rails World 2026 in Austin with a keynote on the age of AI agents: why 37signals has gone "pencils down" on handwritten code, why Rails' convention... --- Source:
bioRxiv (Levin lab) — MOMbot, a robot scientist that autonomously searches the space of physical field interventions on living tissue
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23 Sep 2026
## Abstract Biological systems respond to a wide range of physical inputs and an overarching goal of biological research is understanding how these signaling events coordinate cellular, tissue, and
a16z: The Power Brokers
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17 Sep 2026
*Welcome to the **310 newly Not Boring people** who have joined us since Tuesday! Join**256,606** smart, curious folks by subscribing here:* --- *This article reflects the views and opinions of the

Can The Internet Enable a More Hands On Life? With Simon Sarris
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16 Sep 2026
*Can the internet enable a more hands on life?* *Simon lives a life that‘s so beautiful it almost looks unattainable. But he thinks it could be for you too.* *You may have seen Simon’s essays

Profile of Mark Zuckerberg
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16 Sep 2026
Listen on Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Link copied *[Subscribe](https://shop.colossus.com/subscribe) to print for your office or home.* T**here they are.** The Zuckerbergs. Both in black slacks

mdpi.com
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10 Sep 2026
read this as a pre-print originally a few months ago but been exciting to see the reception to this as it hit's the public square this week
Absurd Adventure And Amygdalectomy Advocacy
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5 Sep 2026
shared by vassar as 'Most important thing I’ve read in a while BTW' so checked it out. tl;dr a surprising amount of phenomenological states can be reduced to neural machinery and here the

#729 – The Terahertz Frontier with Greg Charvat of Teradar
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4 Sep 2026
the greg charvat terahertz interview (Teradar)
Michael Johnson: “We SHOULD Make AI Conscious”
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4 Sep 2026
Michael Edward Johnson is a co-founder of the Qualia Research Institute and an independent researcher in the fields of consciousness, neuroscience and philosophy. Michael is, in my view, one of the
Doug Leone on Sequoia, Fear, Great Founders & Starting Over at 69
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3 Sep 2026
Doug Leone spent 26 years helping lead [Sequoia Capital](https://sequoiacap.com/) through successive eras of technological change. Born in Italy, he came to the United States without speaking English
Strength training to solve back pain, and meaning - The Next, #76
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3 Sep 2026
*Hi there, and welcome to The Next - my take on health, wellness, and company building.* *I previously started leading bone broth brand [Kettle & Fire](https://www.kettleandfire.com/), learned more

Augustus Doricko on X
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2 Sep 2026
> It’s obvious that we’re simultaneously in a period of great progress and precipitous decline. > > Despite the daily hype-schizo-edits and monumental daily achievements of our nation, its
The Art of Asking Smarter Questions
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1 Sep 2026
Interpersonal skills # The Art of Asking Smarter Questions These five techniques can drive great strategic decision-making. by Arnaud Chevallier, Frédéric Dalsace and Jean-Louis Barsoux From the
"Inspiration Across Substrates: free lunches, diverse intelligence and surprise" by Michael Levin
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1 Sep 2026
sent from mike, suggested pick-up at minute 24 re: recent interests
Goblins, Demons and Goddesses: A Conversation at the Edge of AI
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28 Aug 2026
OpenAI recently had to explain to frightened users why their models kept introducing goblins and gremlins into otherwise humdrum conversations. Is it possible that archetypes are emerging through the
i'm not sure ai detectors need to exist. it does not super matter if you're not using ai if you sound like ai i want to see people talk to their robot...
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27 Aug 2026
i'm not sure ai detectors need to exist. it does not super matter if you're not using ai if you sound like ai i want to see people talk to their robots. i am much more interested in seeing you talk
Ultrasound can remotely and reversibly steer macrophage phenotypic fate
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27 Aug 2026
A primary paper directly on AION's central coupling bet — external acoustic fields producing specific, reversible biological change (M-phenotype switch) — the exact "coupling" challenge Aion
Sub-millivolt voltage imaging reveals gap junction-mediated bioelectric contact inhibition — Nature Communications (Aug 15)
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27 Aug 2026
## Abstract Sub-millivolt membrane potential ( V m ) dynamics in multicellular non-excitable networks have remained largely inaccessible due to insufficiently sensitive imaging tools. Here, we
