The Egg - A Short Story

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Strong rec stared · 2020-05 · on “Electrons May Well Be Conscious”

Closely related, especially given the context of consciousness, one of my favorite stories: "The Egg" ( [LINK] , or if you prefer read by Kurzgesagt: [this video] ).

Strong rec bigmattystyles · 2020-08 · on “Ask HN: Films that made you see the world differently?”

Jean de Florette (1986) and its conclusion Manon des Sources (1986), great 80s French movies, top notch cast you would even recognize in the US. Also Le château de ma mère (1990) and La gloire de mon père (1990). I haven’t watched the second pair since I was a small boy, but I remember being captivated. A complete tangent is this Kurzgesagt video on YouTube where they consider the possibility that you will be every human and live every life. I can’t stop thinking about it. [this video]

Strong rec beckman466 · 2021-05 · on “Apple Silicon Hardware: SPRR and Guarded Exception Levels (GXF)”

> People aren't "gifted" with technology I used the words "humans having been gifted digital technology" as I am a marxist and I believe that all the technologies and scientific knowledge that we reverse engineer from nature is gifted to us by a higher power. Others talk about the brilliance of human minds, yet since I see us as a part of nature, there's no distinction in that for me. Another reason I say it that way is because unfortunately the 'great man theory/myth' still reigns supreme in the tech industry [1]. I think though that this 'brilliant mind' story that is commonly told in the west seems to have often justified detrimental and destructive human supremacy/domination over the res

Strong rec timetraveller26 · 2023-11 · on “They're Made Out of Meat”

The Egg is one of my life long favorite histories. kurzgesagt did a video animation of it a few years ago [this video]

Recommends freediver · 2021-11 · on “Ask HN: I feel so shallow and dumb when I see what other smart people are doing”

A perspective that may be interesting to you - all those successful around you are you, as well as the billions less fortunate - they are also you. "The Egg" [this video]

Recommends BbzzbB · 2022-08 · on “From novice to master, and back again (2013)”

Kurzgesagt's short video is great too, it's (quasi-)verbatim, but the music, animation and narration makes it quite poignant. The idea behind the story is quite fascinating to me. If simulationists are right, it's as good or better of a "why" as "origin seeking" IMO. Not that I believe one way or the other, I just think the idea's interesting to ponder on. [this video]

Recommends majewsky · 2023-01 · on “Make Up a Guy”

Since we're linking to The Egg, we should also link to the animated narration of it by Kurzgesagt: [this video]

Cites Moodles · 2021-03 · on “Magic Mushrooms Are Decriminalized in DC as of Today”

I’ve taken mushrooms quite a few times. With a light dose, it’s just been mild, being silly and giggling at colors and nature. Pleasant, but just kind of a fun drug honestly. With a moderate dose, you tend to be introspective and consider your own life and relationships in different ways. Feels like therapy to be honest. Hard work. Emotionally draining. There’s usually a lesson at the end. Overall it is good for me and makes me a better, more empathetic person. With higher doses in a so-called bad trip, it’s sometimes been just extremely confusing and not at all fun, to the extent that I’d forget my own name or what I’ve taken and basically just all memories. It’s very frustrating to be in t