Livestreams, and upcoming patterns
Wanna nudge our project to glory?
1. “Nothing is Boring”
I’m live-streaming tonight and the next four Thursdays. It’s free, and you’re invited!
Thursday, Oct. 10: 9pm Eastern / 6pm Pacific (history)
Thursday, Oct. 17: 9pm Eastern / 6pm Pacific (math)
Thursday, Oct. 24: 9pm Eastern / 6pm Pacific (physical science)
Thursday, Oct. 31: 9pm Eastern / 6pm Pacific (geography)
Each livestream is a challenge: using only ChatGPT and Egan’s tools, can we dive deep into a ridiculously boring topic and make it matter to us (emotionally, existentially)… in just 50 minutes?
(This is a tweak of the “Egan and ChatGPT walk into a bar” events we’ve been doing, snipping out the “and we’ll make a lesson” part, since that’s really another task.1)
You can find out a little bit more on a new page I’ve made for this site:
It’ll take you to the Science is WEIRD page, where you can get the link.
Tonight, we’ll be tackling a topic from history. If you have a group that you’ve wanted to share Egan with, this is a great time to share the link.
2. Suggest a pattern
If you’re a regular to this substack, you know all about our Egan pattern language:
At the start of this year I started writing those with zeal. Predictably, my zeal has been depleted. (Brains, man.)
Want to help me reignite it? Just look at the index of patterns, find one that you’d really like to see me write about, and ask me about it in the comments. (Here, or somewhere else.) With luck, this’ll bump it up to the head of the list… and get me off my duff to write it!
3. Skeleton Army
Note to the Skeleton Army folk — I’ve finally swished away most of my other big projects; look for this to start shortly!
I haven’t yet updated the description on the Science is WEIRD page. Move fast, break things, etc.
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