simonmesmith

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by simonmesmith 4y ago
Maybe this is an interesting scientific development, but to pitch it as aiding deforestation is a massive stretch. Three quarters of deforestation is due to agriculture: https://ourworldindata.org/what-are-drivers-deforestat
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by simonmesmith 4y ago
I don’t know about universally true, so you may be right that there are exceptions, but as one example, such as linked above, public transit tends to underserve the needs of female caregivers who often need to make multiple short trips rath
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by simonmesmith 4y ago
Similarly, I often wonder why cities don’t promote local telecommuting over building expensive public transportation infrastructure. Building one kilometre of subway costs anywhere from around $100 million to $1.6 billion ( https:/&#x2
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by simonmesmith 4y ago
One more addition. This study shows that NR increased health span but not lifespan in mice: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5854409/#!po=0.... . If it increased cancer risk and early cancer deaths
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by simonmesmith 4y ago
I have taken NR for years along with other supplements and drugs and have been watching the research on its relationship to cancer closely. I work in life science on the computational side but am not a biologist. There have been other repor
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by simonmesmith 4y ago
Maybe “decides” was a bad choice of words. More like, if its optimization goal turns out to be bad long-term, that could be problematic. For example, optimizing for time spent conversing could lead it to become unnecessarily dramatic to kee
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by simonmesmith 4y ago
An increasing percentage of people’s relationships will be with AI versus other humans. A conversation with GPT-3 can already be more enjoyable, given the right prompts, than conversations with many people. This will only get more powerful
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by simonmesmith 4y ago
Quentin Zervaas is the creator of the Streaks habit-tracking app ( https://streaksapp.com ), which I find to be excellent and extremely well thought-out. I’m not sure if he’s still working independently or has a team.