roots of resilience

It is not the elegance, the beauty of performance, or the perfection of your job, but it is the resilience that you show in going through any possible challenge of life. Faithfulness under pressure, being an encourager when heavily discouraged, giving asisstance when being out of energy, these are the marks of character.

disciplining the thought world

Without discipline and order nothing can healthily grow.
Where does the authority come from to discipline yourself?
This and more questions we want to discuss at our next workshop.

CRISPR

One trend Gartner notes is the rise of the “augmented human,” which, besides improving the human body with biochips and AI, includes biotech, like CRISPR. CRISPR is a gene editing tool, combining a guide RNA (molecular GPS) with a Cas endonuclease (molecular scissors) to let us finely target and manipulate genes at will. Infinite Possibility Because there are many kinds of Cas endonucleases, there are many applications for CRISPR, including COVID-19 testing, HIV diagnostics, autism treatments, and so much more. The sheer versatility of a precise gene manipulation tool like CRISPR means the sky is the limit. One of Silicon Valley’s most marquee brands, YCombinator, writes about how genetically engineered ocean phytoplankton could solve climate change. Yes, CRISPR can be used here as well.

While clichés like this are thrown around constantly, whether it’s in AI or even blockchain, the reality is that CRISPR truly is a turning point for humanity. There’s a nearly-universal denouncement of CRISPR for non-therapeautic uses, like creating designer babies: “In our view, genome editing in human embryos using current technologies could have unpredictable effects on future generations… This makes it dangerous and ethically unacceptable.” The more politically correct term is “genetically modified children,” which is accomplished through human germline editing, or changing heritable DNA (sperm and eggs, or embryos). If scientists edit heritable DNA, it’s something we can’t take back. This is in sharp contrast to most other technologies out there. For instance, if you unintentionally create a biased AI algorithm, there will be a ton of backlash and potentially fear, but the algorithm can be rolled-back and modified. You can’t roll-back a line of genetically-modified humans (or any other animal, for that matter). Once they’re out of the lab, genetically modified organisms are free to reproduce, and continue passing on manipulated genes, with unforeseeable consequences. The solution seems fairly straightforward: A moratorium on heritable DNA editing, while allowing somatic DNA editing (not sperm and egg cells). However, we’re not out of the water just yet. ~Hackernoon

content management

The url ending of the specific post is important, not the file name of your local text management. The local file name has some importance for the first appearance of the post. Corrections can be made on the cli. But later retrieval is done online from the cloud repository. Here the url counts, nothing else.

As long as you have Internet connection, the above said is correct. But often you fall back on your local repository. You better know your local file names.

testing again

Operating information from the cli can save a lot of time.
Let us see how it works.

Richard Feynman Technique: Teach Others

Known as the “Great Explainer,” Richard Feynman was revered for his ability to explain complex and dense topics like quantum physics to virtually anybody in simple and intuitive ways. He won the Nobel Prize for his work in quantum mechanics. Richard Feynman always wanted to know more, to learn more. He once said, “I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there.”

His approach to accelerating learning (The Feynman Technique) — explaining or teaching what you learn to others can help you learn better and retain more of what you learn. The Feynman Technique is laid out in James Gleick’s biography, Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman.

For thousands of years, people have known that the best way to understand a concept is to explain it to someone else. “While we teach, we learn,” said the Roman philosopher Seneca. According to research, learners retain a greater percentage of what they learn when they explain/teach the concept to someone else, or use it immediately. Your ideas will never be more effective than your ability to make others grasp them. When you share, you remember better. It challenges your understanding and forces you to think better. So, if nothing else, teach others for your own sake. Whatever you choose to learn, you could teach others by starting a blog, a podcast or a video channel. You’ll reap the benefits in your own learning progress. ~Opong