If you don’t know about Wait But Why, let me welcome you to a very deep, deeeeeep rabbit hole of the Internet. Tim posted answers to reader questions this morning and there were some fun thoughts sprinkled throughout. That’s not the usual format though. Every now and again, he drops 7500+ words on artificial intelligence, humanity, or some other insanely fundamental and highly researched topic. Consider this an old school blog link recommendation; add WBW to your RSS or signup for emails to get the occasional critical thinking bomb delivered.
The pessimistic part of my brain, looking at reality, makes a sad face and pats the optimistic part of my brain on the head.
The optimistic part of my brain, remembering how bad humans are at intuitively understanding exponential growth, pats the pessimistic part of my brain on the head.