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Weekly Dose of Optimism #194

The current paradigm, in which human civilization is confined to one planet, exposes humanity to existential threats that are unpredictable and uncontrollable on a planetary scale. By moving beyond the only home we have ever known, we ensure species-level redundancy and that the light of consciousness will not be tied to a single planet subject to the inevitable hazards of a harsh and vast universe.

noahpinion.blog

Trump actually started to decouple America from China

Multinationals have learned the painful lesson that when they put their factories in China, their technology will be appropriated by Chinese indigenous companies — often with the help of the Chinese government — and then later used to outcompete them in global markets.

platformer.news

The Trump administration's AI doomer moment

Less than a year later, the administration's sneering dismissal of safety concerns has transformed into something that resembles a mild panic.

whyisthisinteresting

The Disclosure Edition

The conversation has moved from "Are they real?" to something much harder: what does a government actually do with this information? Disclosure, and then what…? Governments exist to maintain order, provide security, and project control. An admission that objects of unknown origin, operating on physics we don't understand, and interested in our most dangerous technology have been flying around our airspace for the last 80 years doesn't fit neatly into any of those functions.

whyisthisinteresting

The Saturday Selection, Vol. 103

Before purchasing the dress, she was asked to sign a legal waiver acknowledging that the dress did not represent her current size.

wired.com

Emergency First Responders Say Waymos Are Getting Worse

I believe the technology was deployed too quickly in too vast amounts, with hundreds of vehicles, when it wasn't really ready.

whyisthisinteresting

The Ukemi Edition

Your first judo class involves none of that whatsoever. Instead, you spend the overwhelming majority of your time falling down. You fall on your back and your side. You roll into a fall. You get reprimanded for sticking your arm out or not keeping your chin tucked. You are learning ukemi, the art of breakfalling. It is the foundational skillset that has allowed me, as a 41-year-old, to show up to the dojo multiple times a week and get thrown onto my back with full force by friends and strangers, and head home after to toss my kids around, carry the groceries, and do plenty of other things I'd struggle to do if I'd hurt myself.

ai-supremacy.com

Summary of the AI Index Report 2026

this year's report emphasizes that while AI capability is accelerating, the governance and safety frameworks meant to manage it are struggling to keep pace.

platformer.news

Why Anthropic’s new model has cybersecurity experts rattled

Given the rate of AI progress, it will not be long before such capabilities proliferate, potentially beyond actors who are committed to deploying them safely. The fallout — for economies, public safety, and national security — could be severe.

stratechery.com

Axios Supply Chain Attack, Claude Code Code Leaked, AI and Security

AI is going to be bad for security in the short-term, but much better than humans in the long-term.

noahpinion.blog

Maybe you should have bought an electric car

If you drive a gas-powered car, you are economically vulnerable to these periodic price shocks. If you drive an electric car, you are not vulnerable. It's as simple as that.

wired.com

How to Back Up Your Android Phone (2026)

Do your future self a favor and back up all your precious photos, messages, and files before disaster strikes.

ftav

Free lunch is cancelled

What's unfortunate is that things have a habit of happening all at once, and "could be worse" won't pay for many carefree retirements.

honest-broker.com

Can a 100-Year-Old Mouse Save Disney?

Mickey's exile is, of course, due to his problematic copyright status. Some aspects of Mickey are entering the public domain, and even though Disney could protect his more updated modern look, it's possible that some outsiders might earn a few coins from a Mickey Mouse resurgence. Disney would rather go mouse-less than let that happen.