When the Scammer Sounds Like Someone You Know
A familiar voice or convincing email is no longer enough. Learn a few verification habits, protect your accounts, and make a simple family plan for urgent requests.
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AI for Everyday Life | Anti-aging | Creative Destruction | exponential technologies | Extreme Longevity | Invest for the Singularity | Retirement Planning | Singularity
Staying Up With AI – It Matters
An introduction to keeping up with AI through a podcast, an AI-created video summary and plain-language notes. Explore the ideas, then return to the original conversation for context.
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Raising Superman: The Most Important Parenting Job in Human History
A reflection on Mo Gawdat’s forecasts for AI, the values we bring to its development, and five human skills worth practising as technology changes.
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AI for Everyday Life | Anti-aging | Creative Destruction | exponential technologies | Retirement Planning | Singularity
Is AI Destroying the Planet—Or About to Save It?
Is AI Destroying the Planet – Or About to Save It? I recently received this message from a reader, and I thought it deserved a full post rather than just a quick reply. A reader asks the question I’ve been thinking about reply: “Overall I find AI extremely useful and it’s helped me get past…
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AI for Everyday Life | Anti-aging | Creative Destruction | exponential technologies | Extreme Longevity | Health & Longer Lives | Retirement Planning
2026 and Beyond: The Tech Tsunami That Will Give You Sharper Thinking and More Years
Most people feel the world speeding up. But very few realize how dramatic the next few years will be. AI is improving at a pace we’ve never seen before. Major leaps are arriving every few months. Early human trials in longevity science are beginning. Robotics, biotech, and nano-scale medical technologies are converging in ways that…
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Apple TV’s Pluribus, Hive Minds, and the Stories We Tell Ourselves About AI
Pluribus, Hive Minds, and the Stories We Tell Ourselves About AI I’m watching Apple’s TV+’s Pluribus series – and while it’s fascinating, it has a clear bias that I think watchers of this very popular series should be aware of (warning; mild spoilers in this article). Pluribus lands with a simple but unsettling premise:a mysterious…
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Using Meditation to Cope with AI’s Mind Games
Extreme changes being brought on by advances in AI can create negative mental and emotional impacts. Screen addiction from AI social media feeds can creep up on you! Meanwhile, just total time being on screens can separate us from our humanness. Meditation can be the ideal “antidote” to the angst brought on by AI…
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Big Idea: Cheap Abundance vs. Stubborn Scarcity
New tools like artificial intelligence (AI) and robots promise to make lots of things cheaper. Futurist David Shapiro says anything these smart machines can “touch”—software, basic office work, factory goods, even some foods—will keep dropping in cost. But a few items tied to land, rare minerals, or top computer chips may stay pricey. Picture a barbell:…
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The Time of Your Life: AI Will Supply More of It
AI will lead to giving you more time in your day AND more days in your life!
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AI for Everyday Life | Creative Destruction | exponential technologies | Retirement Planning | Singularity
How to Do Something About AI Now
We are at a crucial crossroad for humanity. What can we do now to shape it towards AI enhanced future?
