Anonymouslyhannah·Oct 24Quarter Life Crisis?Upon graduating college, I felt as though I was experiencing a quarter life crisis. I broke up with my long term boyfriend, I was moving…
QuestionClass·Oct 23Will AI Eliminate Uncertainty?Better models can make the future more predictable without turning prediction into certainty.
Palakyadav·Oct 6Curiosity is dangerous so is certainty...Curiosity Is Dangerous. So Is Certainty. "Curiosity killed the cat." We’ve heard this sentence so many times that we rarely question it…
philip horváth·Oct 6How to Feel Certain About the Future — Doom. Boom. Bloom. One of them is a choice.A white floor and backdrop. A bar stool, a webcam, a monitor. I sat down and my own face appeared on the screen and a calm voice began to…
Alex Alexander·Sep 24Are You Sure?A while back, a close friend and I had a good-natured disagreement. I was rock-solid certain that I was right and he was just as certain I…
Bernajsm·Sep 21The Life I Didn’t Plan ForWe really cannot see how our life is going to turn out. We can plan it. We can work hard, set goals, do everything “right.” But we can…
Eric Goldman·Sep 16Curiosity’s Kill SwitchI read two short pieces yesterday, from Maria Popova’s The Marginalian, and they’ve been echoing like two halves of the same sentence ever…
Daniel Scott·Sep 15Certainty and BeliefI have often wanted certainty more than I wanted comfort. Certainty gives the world edges. It tells me where to stand, what to expect, what…
