"the majority of metabolic pathways were established within the first 2 billion years of Earth history"

Hard "steps should be seen as initiating whole Earth-system transitions that take hundreds of millions of years to complete … I adapt the [hard steps] model to include such delays & show that it then suggests just 2 or 3 hard steps to humans."

"Molecular clocks suggest that the Last Universal Common Ancestor … lived in a well-established biome … 4.33 [to] 4.09 Ga. … oxygenic photosynthesis … bulk of the geological evidence … indicates its appearance … 3.2–2.8 Ga"

An hour of talking to ChatGPT-5 about unusual policy proposals suggests it is more human like. Its habit is to make up market failure reasons why they can't work, then to cave when you point out flaws in each argument. But at end it is still opposed, due to vibes.

Damien Filiatrault and I talk Software. Youtube: Spotify: Apple Podcast:

In his ’37 book Road to Wigan Pier, George Orwell mentions 17 unusual types of people: atheist, bearded, feminist, fruit-juice-drinker, internationalist, pro-nature-cures, nudist, pacifist, poetry-fan, pro-birth-control, pro-divorce, pro-free-love, sandal-wearer, teetotaler, vegetarian, yoga-fan, Quaker. How many of these descriptors fit you better than the median respondent to this poll? (Count them.)

In his ’37 book Road to Wigan Pier, George Orwell mentions 17 unusual types of people: atheist, bearded, feminist, fruit-juice-drinker, internationalist, pro-nature-cures, nudist, pacifist, poetry-fan, pro-birth-control, pro-divorce, pro-free-love, sandal-wearer, teetotaler, vegetarian, yoga-fan, Quaker. How many of these descriptors fit you better than the median respondent to this poll? (Count them.)

I thought this was WAY worse than its 90 Metacritic rating.

In his ’37 book Road to Wigan Pier, George Orwell mentions 17 unusual types of people: atheist, bearded, feminist, fruit-juice-drinker, internationalist, pro-nature-cures, nudist, pacifist, poetry-fan, pro-birth-control, pro-divorce, pro-free-love, sandal-wearer, teetotaler, vegetarian, yoga-fan, Quaker. How many of these descriptors fit you better than the median respondent to this poll? (Count them.)

Has anyone made a nice summary of the many ways that men & women differ today, including of their abilities, attitudes, preferences, & expectations? That seems the proper basis for evaluating proposals re what our gender norms should be.