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What to do now to improve the human race in the long term? | Ask Metafilter

17 days ago

philgyford : What to do now to improve the human race in the long term? | Ask Metafilter - After reading 'Last and First Men' I've been wondering this, so I asked Metafilter.

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New College, Oxford - College Oaks

1 month ago

philgyford : New College, Oxford - College Oaks - That story from 'How Buildings Learn' about the oak trees being grown to replace the dining hall's beams? The important part is apparently not true.

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Kevin Kelly -- The Technium -- The Forever Book

5 month ago

philgyford : Kevin Kelly -- The Technium -- The Forever Book - Not just a library of all essential knowledge about human civilisation, but it would contain instructions for how to recreate a version of itself. From 2006.

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