Daily Reads

Daily Reads

“The Next Space Race Is Already Underway. I Saw It in Seattle.”

When you choose to take the next step instead of stay stuck where you are (even if it seems like it’s successful), it opens up exponential opportunities for others and yourself.

Pursing vision makes room for vision.

“Was talking to someone who went broke and he asked how to rebuild.”

This is the whole point of personal innovation: life application outside of you. That’s with your relationships and in your work.

If you fall and only focus inward when trying to get up, you’ll stay down. Look up and out.

You get what you focus on.

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“Scientists Say Honey Bee Colonies Are Superorganisms and We’ve Been Understanding Them All Wrong”

If the colony is determined by the individual bees that make it up, and each bee has it’s own job, does that make it a superorganism like the human body...?

Or does that mean it’s working like a community with social skills and different talents?

“Flatworms Lose Their Heads but Not Their Memories”

Is this memories or instincts, and what’s the difference?

Also, what does this mean for us—spiritual beings with physical bodies? The spiritual and physical is in one Creation, so it would make sense that memory storage is intertwined.

“Scientists Found a Bizarre Pattern in Over 1,000 Cases of Alleged Human Reincarnation”

This study seems like an example of confirmation bias.That said, I would wonder what else, besides reincarnation, that the data could point to? (And would they have found it if they didn't start with a preconceived idea?)

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“40 Ideas That Changed How I Think About Almost Everything”

Changing how you think about something is the first step to changing how you act with something, even if you’re not feeling it at first.

Thinking decides, choices lead, actions come next, and then the rest of your feelings follow.

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“The Golden Age of Writing Has Begun”

People thought AI would eliminate writers, but it seems to be increasing the demand for writers.

And as AI content proliferates, human writing will be in demand.

A very interesting golden age indeed.

“A Beginner’s Guide to Actually Liking Poetry”

Poetry is making a comeback, and this guide could help you if you want to dive deeper.

The best advice is start small, find something you like, and read it slow to enjoy the feel and flow, and let the poem function as intended.

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“Being Good at Your Job Doesn’t Mean You’re Preparing for Your Next One”

“Your job is not your job; your job is to find a better job.” - Scott Adams

This can look like—and includes—making the most of the opportunities at your current job, to prepare you for the better job.

Whatever that job may be, promotion or new employer.

“You don’t have a Calling”

It can be easy to blame God by using calling as an excuse for our decisions and direction.

God might give you a specific calling, but He’s also called you to steward what’s in front of you (even if you’re looking for a better job).

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“What does ‘God is not a respecter of persons’ mean?”

1 Corinthians 1:28 came to mind, and then I read 1:29 after it.

“God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him.”

“before we talk about ai consciousness, do you have a theory about how general anaesthetic works and what it means that your consciousness can be turned on and off so precisely?”

If we are flesh and spirit, there must be some connecting points, right? And if there’s connecting points, that must include the physical side, right?

Whatever the mechanisms (quantum included), I wonder if anesthesia affects the physical connector(s)...?

“Curious theological question: Based on Num. 22:23 & following, do you think animals regularly see the spiritual realm?”

Short answer: Yes.

Longer answer: It could be debated either way, and we have no way of knowing right now.

“One of the major problems with social media is its performative nature.”

If you are building online—a personal brand, a platform, to help people—read this post.

Make sure your intentions are aligned with who you want to be. Integrity is a priceless moat that often gets sold for cheap.

Honor, respect, and mean what you say.

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“Four Signs You’re a Mentally Weak Man”

All of these characteristics play into confidence and identity.

And they’re applicable to all areas of life—from building a business, to publishing your writing, from working in ministry, to leaving a legacy with your family.

“HOW TO BUILD A FREIGHT BROKERAGE FROM ZERO”

The context of the article is “freight brokerages.”

The transferable principles apply to anything you’re building.

Resilience in keeping your word, making the most of every opportunity, delegating the right things (never vision), systems, and consistency in it all.

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“Trump’s Super Intelligence Campaign”

This article by The American Debunk is gold for persuasion and the power of words.

And if you don’t want to get into politics, think of it as learning messaging or poetic techniques.

Because every technique listed is used in poetry (by different terms).

“Grok Bot: How to Hire Your First AI Employee (Full Guide)”

What’s fascinating about this are the parallels to real life hiring. Maybe because LLMs are trained on human material, ideas, and patterns...?

Because the points listed, with the reasons (”ownership” for example), are all excellent team building points.

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Risk Taking is Biblical

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“Safeguarding the AI Era of Biology: Watermarking the Building Blocks of Life”

Besides the watermarking—itself incredible—this article brings up a lot of questions on what’s possible and 3rd order effects we do not yet know.

Either way, it feels like “synthetic super intelligence” is just around the corner.

“Scientists Unveil ‘Biological Data Center’ Powered by Lab-Grown Human Brain Cells”

How long before scientists decide to skip the donation path?

One route would be synthetic neurons... With watermarks, of course.

“Human Mini-Brains Have Been Transplanted Into The Heads Of Mice, Forming New Neural Networks”

Even if you know you can, there’s still a question to consider:

“Should I?”

“Should we?”

And besides that, where does this technology lead? If the reality discussed sounded crazy 10 year ago, what crazy thing today will be real 10 years form now?

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