The quest-a thirst unquenchable..
Quest - a thrust unquestionable..
One of the topics we’ve repeatedly returned to here at ExtremeTech is the state of Moore’s Law and its long-term future. Our conclusions have often been at odds with public statements by semiconductor designers and the foundries that build their hardware. Intel, for example, is still stressing the importance and...
We’ve heard a lot of rhetoric lately suggesting that countries like the US are losing valuable manufacturing jobs to lower-cost markets like China, Mexico and Vietnam — and that protectionism is the best way forward. But those jobs haven’t disappeared for the reasons you may think, says border...
In the highly-anticipated sequel Homo Deus, Harari looks to the future, exploring how godlike technologies such as artificial intelligence and genetic engineering will define what we become. Recorded on 02/27/2017
Someday, engineers will build large quantum computers that can solve currently impossible science problems, crack unbreakable encryption, and make artificial intelligence smarter. In the meantime, companies building quantum computers are trying to figure out how to use the small ones they expect to build in the coming years. Decades of...
A moon/candle in the dark night / For members / pleasure of knowledge
by thequestforum · Published September 22, 2017
Sam Harris answers questions on his A.M.A. #7 podcast. Here are the questions from fans that Sam answers. Is it possible that the mindfulness notion of the self being an illusion is itself an illusion? Tell me some real life examples that are good for society and...
curiosity corner / For members / pleasure of knowledge
by Bala Prasad · Published September 15, 2017
The Future of Computing Depends on Making It Reversible For more than 50 years, computers have made steady and dramatic improvements, all thanks to Moore’s Law—the exponential increase over time in the number of transistors that can be fabricated on an integrated circuit of a given size. Moore’s Law owed its...
A moon/candle in the dark night / For members / View from Giants' shoulder
by thequestforum · Published September 15, 2017 · Last modified September 11, 2017
In this episode of the Waking Up podcast, Sam Harris answers questions from listeners about his conversation with Jordan Peterson, the reaction to Milo Yiannopoulos at U.C. Berkeley, the “Muslim ban,” the echo chamber of social media, Trump’s lies, the value of the humanities, the ethics of ending...
For members / View from Giants' shoulder
by thequestforum · Published September 13, 2017 · Last modified September 11, 2017
In this episode , Sam Harris answers questions from listeners about how 9/11 changed his life, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, free will, why he podcasts, Milo and the alt-Right, identity politics, Clinton vs. Trump, vegetarianism, and the Hannibal Buress episode
For members / View from Giants' shoulder
by thequestforum · Published September 12, 2017 · Last modified September 11, 2017
In this episode , Sam Harris answers questions from listeners about the recent attacks in Brussels, dealing with anxiety, the science of immortality, fame, liberalism, the Golden Age of Islam, and other topics.
A moon/candle in the dark night / For members / View from Giants' shoulder
by thequestforum · Published September 11, 2017
In this episode, Sam Harris answers questions from listeners about free will, meditation, Noam Chomsky, the illusion of the self, Clinton vs. Sanders, the de-platforming of Richard Dawkins, wealth inequality, and other topics.
