Feeding Frenzy

The recently released film Everything Everywhere All At Once is one of the most fascinating and well-executed films I've seen in a long time! The film explores ideas from the multi-verse, purpose, and meaning in life. So let's tap into another version of ourselves and see what we learn from themes in the film.

Read here: https://feedingcuriosity.net/blog/everything-everywhere-all-at-once

Welcome to the second chapter of the blueprint for Range by David Epstein. This book explores why generalists succeed in a specialized world.

This second chapter is titled How the Wicked World Was Made. Topics covered The Flynn Effect, developing scientific reasoning, fermi problems, and more!

For links to this chapter head to https://feedingcuriosity.net/blueprint-range/chapter-2

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If you’re curious about all of the rumblings in psychedelic research and the history of why they went underground How to Change Your Mind is a great place to get you started.

“The Entropic Brain: A Theory of Conscious States Informed by Neuroimaging Research with Psychedelic Drugs”

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00020/full

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Over this winter, I've been experimenting with a zone 2 training protocol. With springtime weather showing up, I went on my first few rides of the year and saw some very promising progress in my Whoop data. No matter what level of performance, Zone 2 should be a tool everyone uses!

Website: https://feedingcuriosity.net/blog/zone-2

Show Notes:

(00:00) Intro

(01:50) Performance Data

(04:02) What is Zone 2?

(05:32) A Deeper Dive

(06:19) How I apply Zone 2

(07:59) Zone 2 can help anyone

(09:36) Closing - Are you using Zone 2?

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Welcome to the first chapter of the blueprint for Range by David Epstein. This book explores why generalists succeed in a specialized world.

This first chapter is titled the Cult of the Headstart. Topics covered are learning environments, chunking, cognitive entrenchment, and more!

Read the chapter here: https://feedingcuriosity.net/blueprint-range/chapter-1

Since the Web3 piece was released, I had initially been trying to find a solution to expanding on providing living wages to more people that don't rely on larger platforms to be intermediaries. As I researched, a clear path forward wasn't clear to me, so I transitioned to think at a broader level. Recently we saw large announcements for acquisitions of Activision-Blizzard and Bungie. These consolidations of large entities are troubling as a small creator. Will we one day have to make exclusivity deals in hopes of insulating ourselves from the costs of creating? Or can we find better solutions so that content can be monetized directly between the producer and consumer?

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Web3 seems to be gaining more and more mind share in the tech world these days. I recently listened to a podcast between Chris Dixon and Naval Ravikant on the Tim Ferriss show. I found the juggling act between Chris and Naval instrumental in thinking about the ideas in the space of Web3. I've said before that crypto is only scratching the surface of what's coming. I wanted to share some of the ideas I found interesting from this conversation and other thoughts on Web3.

Links

Chris Dixon and Naval on Tim Ferriss Show https://tim.blog/2021/10/28/chris-dixon-naval-ravikant/

What is Web 3 https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/what-is-web3/

Fidenza https://tylerxhobbs.com/fidenza

NFT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-fungible_token

Ready Player One https://amzn.to/3GYoTW7

Show notes

00:00 Intro

01:51 Versions of the Web

07:03 Generative Art

09:30 Thoughts on NFTs

13:54 Closing

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With the upcoming release of Spider-Man: No Way Home, I started thinking about an idea. How far away are we from being able to engineer Spider-Man?

Sure we can escape into sci-fi territory very fast, but what technology or research is being done that could plausibly get us to a Spider-Man-like ability set. In this Feeding Frenzy, we take stock of research being to bring the powers of Spider-Man to our world.

To read or for link mentioned head to the website https://feedingcuriosity.net/feeding-frenzies-2021/engineering-spider-powers

Show notes:

00:00 Intro

00:37 Super Strength

01:29 Webbing

02:30 Wall Crawling

03:44 Spider Sense

05:06 Genetic Editing

06:25 The Take Away

07:25 Closing

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In this edition, we have a podcast from Noah Feldman on the Tim Ferriss Show. Worth reading is an introduction to the Reality Lab at Meta (Facebook) and research into the haptic glove to better interface virtual reality. Then, as always, a few more ideas worth your time.

For links head to https://feedingcuriosity.net/feeding-frenzies-2021/34

Show Notes

(00:13) Noah Feldman

(03:18) Inside Reality Labs Research - Haptic Glove

(05:21) Avoiding Stupidity is Easier than Seeking Brilliance

(06:08) Chernobyl - A Masterclass in Perspective

(08:11) Quote Worth Pondering

(08:22) Closing

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This was a pretty exciting week! There are two podcasts worth listening to this week. The first one is with Dr. Casey Means on the WHOOP podcast talking about metabolic health. The second podcast is with Steve Viscelli talking about the future of trucking and autonomous drive. Worth is a regenerative medicine breakthrough repairing a spinal cord injury in mice, and as always, a few other ideas worth your time!

For links head to the website: https://feedingcuriosity.net/feeding-frenzies-2021/33

Show Notes

(00:00) Intro

(00:17) Understanding Metabolic Health with Dr. Casey Means | Whoop Podcast

(01:53) Steve Viscelli: Trucking and the Decline of the American Dream | Lex Fridman Podcast

(03:46) Successfully Repair Severe Spinal Cord Injuries | SciTechDaily

(05:42) Arcane: League of Legends | Netflix

(06:51) Quote Worth Pondering

(07:15) Closing

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