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Azreal watched the man disappear with a thoughtful eye before returning his gaze to her. “So,” he said. “You two fucking?”
“What?” She glowered.
“Uhm… okay, how do I put this? It’s when mommy and daddy decide they’re going to have some adult fun in a bed...

some earlier clunkers, but this cheesy bad anime dialog is the shark-jump. i'll skim another chapter or two as long as interest outweighs irritation

i thought global workspace was settled science, TIL there's also integrated information theory, and, not in the book, attention schema theory

shoutout out genetically modified skeptic

shoutout to darknet diaries

Checked the index: Lesswrong, Overcoming Bias, Slatestarcodex, Julia Galef, Robin Hanson, Eliezer Yudkowsky are referenced.

Was recommended. I see various edition updates up to 2012, but isn't there a newer standard reference? Or is this really still THE childcare bible?

Impressive thesis that marketing is fundamental to modern times. Should've read this sooner.

"Plague is an old, familiar enemy. And so, in 2020, a plague once again appeared."

I guess because I absorb material better in text form, now some of those PBS Spacetime videos are starting to make sense.

Morbid curiosity brought me here. Obviously there's no such thing as a "Checkmate, Trumpers!" Remember when Michael Wolff was saying Fire and Fury would bring down the Trump presidency?

got into this because i loved the memory palace stuff in Love & Sleep, but there's almost none of that in this book. so that's disappointing.

only 20 pages in, but god, it's good