Monday, May 26
Robert Reich
A Memorial Day reflection
Friends,
Robbie was the kindest person I ever knew.
I met him in our dormitory the day we entered college in 1964. He saw me struggling to carry my big luggage crates up the two flights of stairs to my dorm room and, without saying a word, grabbed one and hauled it to the second floor.
“Thank you!” I stammered when we reached the landing.
“Don’t mention it,” he said with a broad smile, and then offered his hand. “I’m Robbie.”
“Bob,” I said, shaking his hand.
“Good to meet you, Bob!”
He must have noticed I was exhausted by the effort, and lonely to boot. “It’s close to dinner time,” he said. “Wanna walk over to the dining hall?”
“Sure!”
That was the start of our friendship.
Robbie was intuitively kind. He combined a remarkable warmheartedness with a degree of compassion I had never known before. And it wasn’t only toward me. Every young man in our dorm, and many in our class, came to admire and depend on Robbie.
Robbie went missing in action in Vietnam on October 12, 1972. His body has never been recovered.
In The NEWS
The Apollo program, 101
The Apollo program was an American space initiative in the 1960s and early 1970s to land humans on the moon, the first successful attempt in history. Named after the Greek god associated with the sun, the program cost over $200B in today’s dollars, launched 11 crewed missions, and saw 12 American astronauts walk on the moon (see numbers).
Launched July 16, 1969, the crew of Apollo 11—Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, and Michael Collins—landed in the moon’s Sea of Tranquility July 20 (using a guidance system with less computing power than a modern smartphone).
Roughly 650 million people watched as the pair stepped out on the moon as Armstrong famously declared: “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." Watch it here.
Numerous everyday technologies originated or advanced in the program, including cordless tools, scratch-resistant lenses, freeze-dried foods, and early medical scans. Memory foam, created for aircraft crash protection, is now used in bedding and protective gear. Culturally, the program inspired a surge in interest in science and engineering.
... Read our full deep dive on the program here.
Also, check out ...
> The weirdest things astronauts left on the moon. (More)
> AI imagines Nixon's alternative speech had Apollo 11 failed. (More)
> How Apollo gave birth to modern computing. (More)
How to Hack Your Body
What is biohacking?
Biohacking—also known as human enhancement—refers to a spectrum of behaviors and technology meant to improve one's health, quality of life, and life expectancy (read 101).
On one side, the practice involves simple behavior modifications and tools, such as practicing good sleep hygiene, using caffeine, or getting shockwave therapy. On the other side, there's a wide range of extreme behavior and body modifications that are often not clinically tested. Such practices enter the realm of transhumanism—the use of technology to transcend the body's natural limits (watch example).
Some biohackers want to restore standard abilities, while others are seeking to extend their lives or slow (or even reverse) aging. A subcategory of biohackers and citizen scientists known as "grinders" adopt radical, experimental body modifications.
... Read our full deep dive on biohacking here.
Also, check out ...
> The man who turned his leg into a hot spot. (More)
> How mind-controlled bionic arms work. (More)
> Why this guy biohacked a frog. (More)
What is biohacking?
Biohacking—also known as human enhancement—refers to a spectrum of behaviors and technology meant to improve one's health, quality of life, and life expectancy (read 101).
On one side, the practice involves simple behavior modifications and tools, such as practicing good sleep hygiene, using caffeine, or getting shockwave therapy. On the other side, there's a wide range of extreme behavior and body modifications that are often not clinically tested. Such practices enter the realm of transhumanism—the use of technology to transcend the body's natural limits (watch example).
Some biohackers want to restore standard abilities, while others are seeking to extend their lives or slow (or even reverse) aging. A subcategory of biohackers and citizen scientists known as "grinders" adopt radical, experimental body modifications.
... Read our full deep dive on biohacking here.
Also, check out ...
> The man who turned his leg into a hot spot. (More)
> How mind-controlled bionic arms work. (More)
> Why this guy biohacked a frog. (More)
SOURCE: 1440 NEWS
Memorial Day
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MEMORIAL DAY is a day to honor all the males and females who have died while serving in the US Militaries.
I served in the military from 1969-1974, voluntarily giving the USA six years of my life. Fortunately for me, I am still alive.
During my military time, I was hated by many Americans who were not in the military because of the controversy over the VIETNAM WAR.
Today, the bitterness for the US Military is not so prevalent but it is still around because of our support for the Israel/Hamas and Ukraine/Russia wars.
What many of us do not seem to understand or want to understand is that our military provides Americans with the protection so that we can continue to live our lives like we are currently living them.
Outside of 9/11, there has not really been a war fought on American SOIL in our lifetimes, like has been the case in almost all of Europe and the Middle East. They cannot remember a time, especially the Middle East when there was not some kind of war, conflict, or violence being conducted by a terrorist group.
Americans are considerably lucky not to have experienced that kind of lifestyle growing up. We got a taste of it on 9/11, but the trauma of that event has long since been forgotten even though we have commemorated that day every year since then.
Today, we need to thank our military for protecting us and honor those who have died trying to protect us.
Dark Matter Could Be Evolving, And The Implications Are Profound
For a while now, there has been a problematic mystery at the heart of the standard cosmological model.
Although all observations support the expanding Universe model, observations of the early period of the cosmos give a lower rate of acceleration than more local observations. We call it the Hubble tension problem, and we have no idea how to solve it.
Naturally, there have been several proposed ideas: what if general relativity is wrong; what if dark matter doesn't exist; what if the rate of time isn't uniform; heck, what if the entire Universe rotates.
Sunday, May 25
Robert Reich
Friends,
I thought I couldn’t be more shocked and sickened than I already was, but what’s happened this week is truly horrifying.
In the Oval Office, before cameras and journalists, Trump openly lied to the president of South Africa about alleged violence against white South Africans. The Trump regime has also granted refuge to white South Africans while continuing to bar or deport people of color who desperately need refuge.
The regime told Harvard it can no longer enroll foreign students and that its existing foreign students must transfer to another university or lose their legal status in the United States.
Trump auctioned off a personal dinner to foreigners who poured money into his own crypto business. He has also accepted Qatar’s gift of a $400 million “flying palace” (it’s also just for him — no other president in future years can use it).
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