Modern speed-reading app for iPad that costs under $10. I’ve gotten a 40% boost in reading speed (339wpm -> 473wpm) over the past month. Speed reading software is…

Double Dynamo for iPhone and iPad New N-Back game for iOS launching today. 67% off for early adoptors. Actually looks fun to play. And of course this was…

At premiere of film about his life, physicist says it’s theoretically possible to copy brain on to computer to provide life after death. Correct. See on www.theguardian.com

Why does public conflict over societal risks persist in the face of compelling and widely accessible scientific evidence? “Where reliance on low-effort heuristic reasoning suggested an inference that…

“Economists’ consensus estimate is that open borders would roughly double world GDP, enough to virtually eliminate global poverty.” (Clemens 2011) Of course 2x world GDP *could* eliminate global…

US policy makers must have created awesome bioterrorism protection for us in the last decade, given how it’s a lurking Great Filter AND an insanely popular issue with…

Bioterrorism and the Fermi Paradox 1) Space travel requires very large populations (for the wealth)2) With reasonably powerful computers (to engineer precise enough rockets)3) [2] implies the ability…

47% of jobs susceptible to computerization in next 10-20 years. Methodology is more sophisticated than I would have expected. Props to Oxford for the interesting study. And thanks…

What if we could enhance our vision without need for any device at all? What if all we needed was a pill?  WWII-era naval experiment hints that humans…

A terrifying psychological horror game inspired by the developer’s battle with mental illness. Explore nightmares! Branching narrative! Cathartic — Programming a psychological horror game called ‘Neverending Nightmares’ inspired…

Berkeley — one of a handful of cities irrational enough to ban nuclear energy. I mean, nuclear energy only makes up 70% of the non-CO2 emitting electricity in…