What Intelligent Machines Need to Learn From the Neocortex – IEEE Spectrum

September 14, 2020

https://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/software/what-intelligent-machines-need-to-learn-from-the-neocortex

Machines won’t become intelligent unless they incorporate certain features of the human brain. Here are three of them
By Jeff Hawkins


Pandemics and the Shape of Human History | The New Yorker

September 14, 2020

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/04/06/pandemics-and-the-shape-of-human-history


New Yorkers Are Fleeing to the Suburbs: ‘The Demand Is Insane’ – The New York Times

September 14, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/30/nyregion/nyc-suburbs-housing-demand.html


New Cases Have Reached Record Levels in the Midwest – The New York Times

September 14, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/09/13/us/coronavirus-cases-midwest.html


Black Rock State Park (Watertown) – 2020 All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (with Photos) – Tripadvisor

September 14, 2020

Also Chatfield Hollow State Park

On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 12:52 AM Mark Gerstein <mark> wrote:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g33965-d6913500-Reviews-Black_Rock_State_Park-Watertown_Connecticut.html


Excerpt from “Exercised,” by Daniel E. Lieberman | Harvard Magazine

September 14, 2020

FEATURES

Active Grandparenting, Costly Repair

A biological anthropologist explains why and how exercise works to combat senescence.

by DANIEL E. LIEBERMAN

SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2020

https://harvardmagazine.com/2020/09/features-active-grandparenting


Black Rock State Park (Watertown) – 2020 All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (with Photos) – Tripadvisor

September 14, 2020

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g33965-d6913500-Reviews-Black_Rock_State_Park-Watertown_Connecticut.html


Big Tech Is Testing You | The New Yorker

September 13, 2020

Finally, read this. Interesting points about generalizability & overfitting. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/03/02/big-tech-is-testing-you


Land of Free (and Fettered) Speech – WSJ

September 13, 2020

https://www.wsj.com/articles/land-of-free-and-fettered-speech-11599231635?mod=wsjtwittertest19


Aerosols vs. Droplets: In Transmitting COVID-19, There’s a Big Difference | Yale School of Engineering & Appli ed Science

September 13, 2020

https://seas.yale.edu/news-events/news/aerosols-vs-droplets-transmitting-covid-19-there-s-big-difference?utm_source=YaleToday&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=YT_YaleToday-Faculty_9-10-2020