What are some communities, people, companies, games, books, films, etc. that have naturally attracted & connected very bright, curious, interesting + generally optimistic people? I'm thinking @pmarca, @slatestarcodex, @DavidDeutschOxf's books, @stripe, the nerdier side of crypto
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Replying to @webdevMason @pmarca and
slightly not the question you asked, but there are certain hypotheses/topics that are convergent for smart/curious/interesting/optimistic people to get into, to one degree or another, such that they're kind of "flags" for being especially worth making friends with.
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Replying to @s_r_constantin @webdevMason and
*infectious disease etiologies for things that aren't normally thought of as infectious diseases (like Alzheimer's, obesity, gastric ulcers before that got proven conclusively, etc.)
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Replying to @s_r_constantin @webdevMason and
*serious evolutionary psychology (the kind where you know a lot of specific facts about animal behavior and/or think about differential equations, not just the kind where you talk about sexual dynamics in humans)
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Replying to @s_r_constantin @webdevMason and
*neural prostheses, brain stimulation, neurofeedback -- manipulating the brain with physics instead of chemistry.
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Replying to @s_r_constantin @webdevMason and
*import-export, shipping, supply chains
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*linguistics, how learning works, esp. if they compare observations about learning in humans, animals, and computer algorithms
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*systems biology.
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Replying to @s_r_constantin @webdevMason and
*neuroendocrinology. if you're a hypothalamus stan, you and I will get along, inevitably, for completely unrelated reasons.
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*game theory, incentives, mechanism design, etc.
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