Jake Eaton
@jkeatn
editing @asteriskmgzn, writing http://anzalogue.xyz bear with me, o mystery of existence, as I pluck the occasional thread from your train
my first wave meditation grandma: so great to hear you’ve gotten into that Bay Area dharma scene! how are those old hippies? me: oh, actually, it’s mostly autists now gma: oh? me: yea, and some like millionaires. a couple billionaires maybe gma recovering quickly: well…
I am so delighted to be working with Winslow and our team on this new project!
2) Consciousness is what we are. It's a shame that the most potent techniques for developing our consciousness are squirreled away in esoteric traditions that are neither scientifically validated nor legible to mainstream modern culture. Such techniques should be made broadly…
uh this is a pretty big narrative violation? 83% of Americans support giving medicine to developing nations 78% support giving them food and clothing 63% support economic development 61% support strengthening democracy close enough, welcome back liberal internationalism
one way to understand the clash of the two cultures (SF vs NY) is that SF will tolerate bad writing if the ideas are good and NY will tolerate bad ideas if the writing is good
Helpful piece from @stuartbuck1 — the Trump administration's impacts on American science are being directly felt now, but full effects on personnel won't be realized for years
Six months into Trump 2, where does American science stand? From @stuartbuck1 asteriskmag.com/issues/11/the-…
Good overview from @stuartbuck1 on the chaos in science funding right now asteriskmag.com/issues/11/the-…
Brama, you’re a legend 😁 #TDF2025
We're rounding 300 applications to this with over a week and a half left Please keep applying! We read every single one, although we're unfortunately past the point we can provide individual feedback
Asterisk is launching an AI blogging fellowship! We're looking for people with unique perspectives on AI who want to take the first step to writing in public. We'll help you build a blog — and provide editorial feedback, mentorship from leading bloggers, a platform, & $1K
Excellent interview of Ruben Laukonnen on the beautiful loop theory of consciousness. Big fan of Shamil Chandaria's work more generally too. Gg @jkeatn for the really good questions! open.substack.com/pub/asteriskma…
In February, the US government ended some of the most important survey programs globally, used in research & policy for lower- and middle-income countries. In a new article, I explain why the Demographic and Health Surveys were so critical and why they should be rescued. /1
did not anticipate a strong contingent of African applicants to the @asteriskmgzn AI fellowship we have dozens to hundreds of readers in most African countries, I assumed econ and global health related, but then you learn there's a Pause AI DRC youtube.com/watch?v=Lwi-cv…