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planted 16 Jun 2026 · tended 22 Oct 2026 · 🌱 seedling

Its where humans learned to think beyond immediate
imagine things that don't exist yet
first sleep -> watch -> second sleep
study and reflect during "the watch"
elevated levels of prolactin
- same chemical released after meditation and orgasm
its easy to give money for "appearance of goodness" but very difficult to give for "reality of goodness"
there's always scarcity of talented people
I am a big fan of anyone who wants to build - make more than they take
Pursuit of happiness
- you can't purse happiness -> you have to pursue things that lead to happiness
- fulfilling work, study,
  Facebook - 3B users
  most of internet is video
  text tends to be higher value -> more densely compressed information

humans are composed of 30-40 trillion cells

Q: why is anything important?
what are the questions we don't even know to ask
Hitchikers guide to universe

we start as 1 Cell, now we are 30T cells
16T neurons, but still single thought

I cannot make spaceship myself, but with collection of humans we can make spaceship

there is something qualitatively different from 1 human vs a collection of humans
if we increase the scope and scale of consciousness we are much more likely to understand nature of universe

"if something has Predictive value then i will pay more attention to it"
product and services

550km, lower earth orbit
latency to reach it is low compared to geostationary satelllite at 36000km

metric system - KM
imperial system - Mile
Elon musk chat's in both depending on context
spacex - km,m, kg
tesla - miles
international - km
there are laser b/w satellites too

UHI - universal high income
UBI - universal basic income

working will be optional
you can grow your vegetables in your garden, or you can go to store and get

enough won't be enough?
Marginal utility

having 1 of something has higher value than having 2 of something similar

money - labor allocation
more money - more work you can get done from others

Energy is the true currency

https://youtu.be/Rni7Fz7208c?t=1249 (opens youtu.be in a new tab)