kasra
@kasratweets
documenting as I learn. currently: biology, phil of mind, collective intelligence, nature of thought. CS teacher, writer, event host
there is a revolution taking place in biology before our eyes I spent the past month reading the papers & interviews of @drmichaellevin, and wrote a long-form essay explaining his work and why it's important bitsofwonder.co/p/a-revolution…
reminder that today is the last day to apply to rabbitholeathon! it's been such a passion project for the past 3 yrs bringing curious ppl together to explore and learn in a cozy space this one's in tennessee this fall - would love to meet our internet friends irl 🫶🐇
btw i'm unemployed now so grateful to Runpod for everything I learned there doing growth and sales for 1.5 years looking for something to give all my energy to not exactly sure what that is yet but reach out if you have any ideas! ty everyone✌️
btw, if you read stanford encyclopedia of philosophy, you gotta get the SEP+ extension. makes for a much more pleasant UI and it even has dark mode


why has it turned out to be easier to model human thought than it is to model an individual cell? we're quite good at simulating human thought with language models (albeit not perfect at it), but it seems like we're still a ways away from having a robust model of the gene…
Today @arcinstitute released the first version STATE, a virtual cell model. I wrote up a short blog post about it. You can check it out here: arcinstitute.org/news/virtual-c….
I’m launching Attentional Copiloting sessions! tldr: Within an hour, go from stuckness to flow to joy on your most important work Origin story: In 2023, I was in an intense period of burnout, and I was procrastinating much more than usual. I had this one project - important but…
Sup guys, I’m Neel - I moved to SF two weeks ago to build a coffee shop! I think SF is a beautiful city full of really interesting people doing incredible things. No other city better encapsulates the expression of human agency, and I love the “you can just do things” culture of…
Christoph Niemann: "The only relevant artistic talent is the ability to deal with frustration."
we're hosting a mini @rabbitholeathon this sunday in sf with sf commons so stoked - it'll be a cozy half-day retreat to explore your curiosity and create an artifact to share with the group. come through :) lu.ma/4mip2bmx?tk=Xy…
i drew this when i was working for a VC in Tokyo during college. i felt like a fish out of water with that kind of work, but i thought it was what i was supposed to enjoy, so i stubbornly chose work that felt wrong for another 4 yrs. more than anything, i want to go back and…
constantly surrounding myself with curious thinkers has positively shaped my life in the best ways i’ve met some of the most incredible people from rabbitholeathon - our next one’s in tenesse this fall, come join 💛
Announcing: Rabbitholeathon 6.0 We invite you to a weekend retreat dedicated to curiosity, exploration, and diving down rabbitholes with other ambitious thinkers. Oct 24-27, 2025
Announcing: Rabbitholeathon 6.0 We invite you to a weekend retreat dedicated to curiosity, exploration, and diving down rabbitholes with other ambitious thinkers. Oct 24-27, 2025
had a blast peppering @Plinz with questions about consciousness, platonism, God-as-a-collective-self, and other things
Last night made me fall in love with SF all over again. Twelve sharp minds, four hours of deep Sunday night conversation over dinner with @Plinz - one of the most fascinating voices in AI.