by John Khoury | Aug 11, 2023 | Current Events Through the Eyes of a Quanologist
A lot… But two notable progressions stand out. The first will be personalized bots. The second will be personalized autonomous AI systems. Allow me to extrapolate on both. This post was inspired by Lex Fridman’s interview with (God knows what he is) George Hotz. It is...
by John Khoury | Aug 18, 2016 | Blog
[dvk_social_sharing] Controversy sells. And since Donald Trump has entered the presidential race, hell, since he’s been alive, the media has earned good money on the controversy he spews. The 2016 election being the major example of this as it has been setting records...
by John Khoury | Jun 9, 2015 | Everyday phenomena explained by Quanology
[dvk_social_sharing] “The law against murder is the number one thing preventing murder.” – Louis CK Violent crime is a part of everyday life. It could happen to you or someone you know. Go on, take a second and think of an example. You most certainly...
by John Khoury | Feb 19, 2015 | Resources
Positive and Cognitive Psychology are the branches that seem to be making it all relevant to your life. Scientists create exercises that are designed to change the way you think about things and thereby improve your experience in life without having anything actually...
by John Khoury | Feb 19, 2015 | Resources
This guy is incredible. Some human beings are super-human beings. More importantly, this super-human being is here to help you in life. He is someone people feel strongly about because he feels strongly about everything. There are other self-help leaders but Robbins...
by John Khoury | Feb 19, 2015 | Resources
One of the best comedy movies of all time makes light of the fact that we all want to be seen as smart by our peers. Sure we want them to think we’re good-looking too, but intelligence is more permanent and has a special prestige to it. When we are dumb we feel...
by John Khoury | Feb 18, 2015 | Resources
With so much negativity in the media, Matt Ridley presents a very solid case for optimism. Playing on many of the same themes as Robert Wright in Non-Zero, Matt Ridley shows us Adam Smith’s “invisible hand” at work in the market forces of trade and...
by John Khoury | Feb 18, 2015 | Resources
In Quanology I talk about how every bit of information in the world is trying to improve the rate of proliferation of the genes of its purveyor. Everything is taking sides. Even the innocuous book Green Eggs and Ham. Information helps people, it helps groups, but it...
by John Khoury | Feb 18, 2015 | Resources
Despite war diminishing in the world, there is still enough of it to keep us busy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ongoing_military_conflicts
by John Khoury | Feb 18, 2015 | Resources
Personality is your essence. In Psych 101, I remember being surprised by this, thinking personality was psychology. But no, you have a personality and then you develop (developmental psychology), you learn things (behaviorism), you socialize (social psychology), you...
