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Curated News - Google Aims to Move Ever More Seamlessly Into Daily Life - NYTimes.com

November 07, 2012

“Mr. Singhal is talking about what computer scientists call ubiquitous computing or intelligence augmentation — the idea that computers will no longer be devices we turn on, but will be so integrated into our everyday environment that we can ask them to do things without ever lifting a finger.”

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Curated News - The sleeping brain behaves as if it’s remembering something | KurzweilAI

October 10, 2012

“It had been shown previously that the neocortex and the hippocampus “talk” to each other during sleep, and it is believed that this conversation plays a critical role in establishing memories, or memory consolidation. However, no one was able to interpret the conversation. “When you go to sleep, you can make the room dark and quiet and although there is no sensory input, the brain is still very active,” Mehta said. “We wanted to know why this was happening and what different parts of the brain were saying to each other.”

via The sleeping brain behaves as if it’s remembering something | KurzweilAI

Curated News - What our civilization needs is a billion-year plan | KurzweilAI

October 09, 2012

“And for at least a billion years, the plan needs to be (as beautifully stated by Lee Valentine of Space Studies Institute): “Mine the sky, defend the Earth, settle the Universe.”

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Curated News - What our civilization needs is a billion-year plan | KurzweilAI

October 09, 2012

“The great strategist John Boyd told us that it is the nature of all organisms to seek to “Survive, survive on their own terms, and improve their capacity for independent action.”

via What our civilization needs is a billion-year plan | KurzweilAI

Curated News - These 10 Companies Didn’t Need VC Money - Business Insider

October 05, 2012

“Look at what the top stories are, and they’re all about raising money, how many employees they have, and these are metrics that don’t matter,” 37Signals founder Jason Fried says. ”What matters is: Are you profitable? Are you building something great? Are you taking care of your people? Are you treating your customers well?”

via These 10 Companies Didn’t Need VC Money - Business Insider

Curated News - William James on Habit | Brain Pickings

October 04, 2012

“The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the hell we make for ourselves in this world by habitually fashioning our characters in the wrong way. Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state.”

via William James on Habit | Brain Pickings

Curated News - Rethinking Sleep - NYTimes.com

September 27, 2012

“No one argues that sleep is not essential. But freeing ourselves from needlessly rigid and quite possibly outdated ideas about what constitutes a good night’s sleep might help put many of us to rest, in a healthy and productive, if not eight-hour long, block.”

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Curated News - Rethinking Sleep - NYTimes.com

September 27, 2012

“Robert Stickgold, a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, proposes that sleep — including short naps that include deep sleep — offers our brains the chance to decide what new information to keep and what to toss. That could be one reason our dreams are laden with strange plots and characters, a result of the brain’s trying to find connections between what it’s recently learned and what is stored in our long-term memory.”

via Rethinking Sleep - NYTimes.com

Curated News - Lessons of 107 Birthdays: Don’t Exercise, Avoid Medicine and Never Look Back - NYTimes.com

September 25, 2012

“Somebody asked her the secret of long life,” said Ying-Ying Yuan, a step-granddaughter of Mrs. Koo. “She said, ‘No exercise, eat as much butter as you like and never look backwards.’”

via Lessons of 107 Birthdays: Don’t Exercise, Avoid Medicine and Never Look Back - NYTimes.com

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Curated News - Google Aims to Move Ever More Seamlessly Into Daily Life - NYTimes.com

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Curated News - What our civilization needs is a billion-year plan | KurzweilAI

“And for at least a billion years, the plan needs to be (as beautifully stated by Lee Valentine of Space Studies Institute): “Mine the sky, defend the Earth, settle the Universe.”

Curated News - What our civilization needs is a billion-year plan | KurzweilAI

“The great strategist John Boyd told us that it is the nature of all organisms to seek to “Survive, survive on their own terms, and improve their capacity for independent action.”

Curated News - These 10 Companies Didn’t Need VC Money - Business Insider

Curated News - William James on Habit | Brain Pickings

Curated News - Rethinking Sleep - NYTimes.com

“No one argues that sleep is not essential. But freeing ourselves from needlessly rigid and quite possibly outdated ideas about what constitutes a good night’s sleep might help put many of us to rest, in a healthy and productive, if not eight-hour long, block.”

Curated News - Rethinking Sleep - NYTimes.com

Curated News - Lessons of 107 Birthdays: Don’t Exercise, Avoid Medicine and Never Look Back - NYTimes.com

“Somebody asked her the secret of long life,” said Ying-Ying Yuan, a step-granddaughter of Mrs. Koo. “She said, ‘No exercise, eat as much butter as you like and never look backwards.’”

Curated News - Why Do You Share Photos? - NYTimes.com

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“And for at least a billion years, the plan needs to be (as beautifully stated by Lee Valentine of Space Studies Institute): “Mine the sky, defend the Earth, settle the Universe.”

“The great strategist John Boyd told us that it is the nature of all organisms to seek to “Survive, survive on their own terms, and improve their capacity for independent action.”

“No one argues that sleep is not essential. But freeing ourselves from needlessly rigid and quite possibly outdated ideas about what constitutes a good night’s sleep might help put many of us to rest, in a healthy and productive, if not eight-hour long, block.”

“Somebody asked her the secret of long life,” said Ying-Ying Yuan, a step-granddaughter of Mrs. Koo. “She said, ‘No exercise, eat as much butter as you like and never look backwards.’”

“The act of snapping a picture is no longer enough to confirm reality and enhance experience; only sharing can give us that validation.”