I have been thinking about this a bunch recently and researching it a bit, both without good effect

I mean the observer effect, not the towel. 

I could use a little guidance 

What counts as observation? How does it play out if you make a cat observe? A fly? A camcorder? Is the effect binary or can some kinds of weak observation create semi-wave-semi-particle behavior?

Assume I am clueless on the subject but will be able to carry myself forward with a curated list of articles or search terms

Always have a towel with you. If it doesn't save you from planet destroying aliens, it can at least start interesting conversations.

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wine

That was a great "great french wines" tasting session. The Château-Neuf-du-Pape was really really good. But all others were too. My next favorite was this Gevrey-Chambertin followed by the Bandol.

I had a dream this night. I was attending Nirvana's live unplugged but Kurt had Justin Bieber's haircut and needed a mic to be heard and I was sitting naked on toilets.
I guess I'm fine.

Ethereum

Tired of buying the dip. Nothing left to dip in the pot.

You’d think people would turn to crypto as a safe haven when the world is in turmoil—but they don’t. That shows how far we still are from true understanding and adoption.

The real shift will come when crypto and the stock market move in opposite directions.

Day 20 of not checking my portfolio balance USD equivalent.
I feel so strong, but anything could make me fall again.

Where are you technical analysts? The world needs you now!

Today I learned X was down, I did not even notice.

flying

I'm on the back seat for once. It's nice to be a pax sometimes too.

Food

When my son says he's hungry, I deliver. Home made, 2 perfectly bloody steaks, tomatoes, cheddar, smoked breast, ketchup, lettuce, sesame buns.

I am building a strategic reserve of bags.

Honestly, if you asked me 10 years ago what crypto would be like, I wouldn't have answered that it will only be a way to have fiat on chain (aka  stablecoins).

Science

Researcher at MIT Media Lab | Creating futures | https://cyrus.website/info

It’s completely wild to me, and so idiosyncratically American, that people even think of “races” among humans. If you went to Europe and asked people what “race” they belong to, they would look at you like you just landed from another planet.

The concept doesn’t make sense biologically speaking. There are neither races nor sub-species within Homo sapiens. The genetic diversity among humans is not only superficial, it’s clinal — meaning that it changes gradually over geographic space rather than forming distinct boundaries.

In fact, genetic differences within two random people sampled within any given population / ethnicity are *greater* than between the average of those two populations. (Maybe that’s what the article argues — I haven’t read it).

I understand the historical context as to why Americans started making that racial distinction (Native Americans, then slaves) — but in the 21st century this notion needs to die.

Flying sailplanes, when you have a negative vertical air speed zone (air going down) in thermal flight, it usually means, because of air convection, that you will reach a positive air speed zone (air going up) and that's what we use to gain altitude. The more down speed usually means the more up speed. If you enter a -1m/s zone, you will likely have a small +1m/s lift behind. But a -5m/s is usually the sign of a huge lift behind.

Do you think crypto works the same? What if we are in a -10m/s right now? Is it a cumulonimbus?

Books

What's the best way to read the Ship of Theseus by JJ Abrams and Doug Dorst? Is it worth it? Seems very complicated...

Next wine tasting session is on Thursday! Can't wait to see what will be the 5 chosen bottles!

Nico

@nicom