# astrobiology
Did humanity evolve too late to ever meet a galactic federation of intelligent life?
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Greg Fish on 07.04.2022
# space
We’re taught that our universe looks and works the same way in every direction. That may not be entirely true.
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Greg Fish on 06.23.2022
# space
Science fiction and popular science say that we can change other worlds to be like ours. In reality, that will be a terrible idea.
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Greg Fish on 06.10.2022
# tech
A study of American politicians’ tweets shows they’ve become angrier and more crass over the last decade. Why? Because social media algorithms reward them for it.
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Greg Fish on 05.30.2022
# politics
Incels may have popularized the idea of being blackpilled, but now existential surrender is the dangerous new hotness in all corners of social media.
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Greg Fish on 05.16.2022
# health
We’ve made such a deal of being happy and optimistic, it’s making us more fatalistic, depressed, and in denial. So how do we find real happiness?
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Greg Fish on 05.02.2022
# science
Humanity won’t collapse from climate change thanks to the steps we’ve already taken. But we will still be in serious trouble if we don’t do more.
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Greg Fish on 04.25.2022
# tech
The stereotype of NFT and crypto enthusiasts is that of young, upper middle class men gambling on get-rich-quick-schemes. We need to update that perception.
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Greg Fish on 03.28.2022
# science
A new energy startup wants to use lasers to make geothermal energy more accessible across the world. We should be rooting for their success.
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Greg Fish on 03.21.2022
# oddities
Combine malicious propaganda with paranoid people who want to believe they know secrets they don’t, and you get a noxious mess.
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Greg Fish on 03.15.2022