Oh I absolutely loved everything in these books! Big appreciation right here. I wanted to be a part of that world probably more than any other fantasy as a kid. Just magic ✨🦕

Awesome - best of luck with it!

I wonder if there's something about how living things come into being that determines the intelligence or capabilities available to them - does being born matter? Thinking about implications for emerging tech relating to synthetic biologies.

Thanks for your response @shannonvallor.bsky.social! Ok - is that about an intelligence only available to those who are born? Or about broader consciousness? And, would you say native intelligence extends to animals and / or plants? I'm trying to work out what 'native' requires in this instance.

Makes sense. Thanks @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social @justinhendrix.bsky.social .
It's extraordinary to me this isn't getting more mainstream coverage in Australian media at a time when we're soon to enforce an age restriction on social media. Thank you for shining a light on this Jeff.

@justinhendrix.bsky.social is there a link to the original meta policy doc available?

Ah! This is me! Ooo niche learning is interesting feedback - would love to hear more, what do you mean by that @explorenaren.bsky.social ?

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