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Ian

@__ianrush

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Joined November 2017
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My dad said that this is worth reading. And I trust his judgement. What is the role of free speech? truefornow.com/the-primacy-o…
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How should we teach STEM for the 21st century? What does a curriculum look like that's inspiring & cutting-edge but also grounded in first principles? This week we talk with Dr. David Ruth, UATX's new Dean of STEM @uaustinorg, about designing a new approach. AO Episode 86
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In conversation with Larry Arnn, Hillsdale College President. We discuss the divided brain and how it relates to mankind’s search for meaning. youtu.be/rALeChtSYN4?si=TMAC…
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Good read! I was curious, what does the word 'divine' mean in this context? @bayeslord @PirateWires piratewires.com/p/ethos-divi…

The Ethos of the Divine Age

why now is the time to build the greatest era of human civilization — and accelerate

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Human flourishing at UATX 🎓 The first two years of our curriculum make up the Intellectual Foundations program—a program that, through exploring foundational questions, seeks to shape students into leaders who actively inspire goodness around them. 🔗 uaustin.org/intellectual-fou…
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"Pessimism creates a poor future. Optimism creates a rich future." My latest on optimism. truefornow.com/one-more-reas…
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Increasingly thinking that the question of human nature is really a question about human culture
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“I have a social philosophy; you have political opinions; he has an ideology.” - Clifford Geertz
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If we wanted to find a new shared story, we'd tell everyone to write a paragraph explaining their life story to a complete stranger, then create a single composite story from those inputs. @arc_forum
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"The health trackers have hitherto only tracked your health in various ways, the point, however, is to improve it."
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A person with an idea is still the fundamental unit of progress. LLMs create ideas, but those ideas still need a host to change the world.
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"But democratic societies constantly tend to move from simple tolerance of all alternative ways of life, to an assertion of their essential equality." - Fukuyama
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Everyone has a period when they just “disappear” and work on themselves until they figure out what they truly want.
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Prestige is an ok motivator, but curiosity is a better one. Curiosity never lies.
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In order to feel good, you have to do something that’s hard.
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The Need to Read: paulgraham.com/read.html
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"But...this narrowing, is once again not a diminution, but an increase...something new...comes into being. The process is like sculpture, in which a thing comes into being through something else being pared away." My latest on narrow products. truefornow.com/narrow-and-br…
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"Following your genuine intellectual curiosity is a better foundation for a career than following whatever is making money right now." @naval
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"How much genius are we losing to the compulsive need to scroll just a little bit more?" - Cal Newport My latest, on engagement as a false idol. truefornow.com/the-peril-of-…
most of the world has lost the will to do big things--incredible alpha now in working on a big project. most of the world has also lost the ability to think on a long time horizon. combine the two and you'll be really happy!
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"The foundation of learning is reading" @naval
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