"When you’re a single cell in the body of a giant, it’s hard to understand what the giant’s doing, or why it is the way it is, because you can’t really zoom out and look at the whole thing all at once. But we do our best." This is the first in what I hope […]
This week is our popular Speed Talks event! Three to five speakers get 5-8 minutes each to expound their ideas, followed by our group discussion period where the community react […]
Most of us don't have a house spouse at home to take care of the housekeeping while we work; it's no longer feasible for most households to get by on […]
Let's review a few fascinating posts from the Rationalist community blog LessWrong and discuss them together afterwards. This week's speaker will be Jack. After the talk, we'll have a group […]
Here's the description on Amazon: "A groundbreaking manifesto on living better and longer that challenges the conventional medical thinking on aging and reveals a new approach to preventing chronic disease and extending long-term health, from a visionary physician and leading longevity expert. ... "Wouldn’t you like to live longer? And better? In this operating manual […]
Popular wisdom tells us that anything worth doing is worth doing well. But according to G. K. Chesterton, “A thing worth doing is worth doing poorly.” If you know you're […]
How do we identify when we're not practicing forgiveness? It's easy to get fused to an idea about someone else or even ourselves and not allowing them to grow and […]
Is Buddhism a philosophy, a religion or a type of psychology? We’ll explore the diversity of many schools and denominations of Buddhism that developed in Asia, noting a large variety […]
This week is our next installment of Atheist YouTube! We'll be watching the video "Can we build AI without losing control over it? | Sam Harris" from the channel TED. […]
Is Buddhism a philosophy, a religion or a type of psychology? Is Buddhism atheist? Or is it compatible with atheism? We’ll explore the diversity of newer movements that identify with […]