Loved this story, Claire!! As a neuro phd this is the kind of article that reminds me why I love the world of the brain and its amazing array of researchers and questions.

Really cool paper!!

I saw a cyber truck with a big “Waste Management” sticker on it. Totally got me!!

At work one of the huge AI/crypto profs was super excited about deepseek for these reasons today. He ran through a lot of examples of biz models that seemed more promising to me than what we’ve gotten so far (caveat: not my opinion per se, but is a sentiment some can have)

lol at shoutout to Sugarfish!

You know, you make a good point I’ve been meaning to up my screentime.

Yes!! A Dan White Post on Bluesky!!

So excited to see you here, Jaron. We met YEARS ago at a lab meeting at USC with Antonio Damasio and I still think about it. Hope we can continue the conversation!

Super interesting! Not my field per se, but since I teach Intro to Entrepreneurship I see a ton of useful lessons coming from this.

May be the first under-ratiod serving size I’ve ever seen lol!

Thanks Simon! If you (or anyone) want to shoot me an email I can share the pdf.

I wrote this paper in grad school and I am super proud it held up well. Good job past Glenn!!

We found that it’s more than the thought that counts — how much we need a gift is often a better predictor of gratitude than effort, and that gratitude is felt alongside a wide range of other emotions.

It’s modeled after retinotopic models of visual space to allow a testable model across a range of interactions. Basically a scalable multi dimensional model of gratitude that makes robust predictions for how someone will feel after receiving a gift.

This is applied lean methodology wherein companies search for a business model. It’s a good model but usually done, I dunno, before you have a 100b valuation…

Such a great article. No mention of Sapolsky’s “Determined?” I was hoping for a bit more of a rejoinder as I enjoyed Bob’s book a ton but disagreed with a lot of the conclusions… Will definitely read Free Agents!

It’s going down folks!

It’s been awesome so far. Lots of new folks I’d never met and people are very open to chatting and discussing. Definitely growing!