My "Reflections on the future of humanity" from the perspective of a life satisfaction researcher: https://cpbl.wordpress.com/2026/06/22/reflections-on-the-future-of-humanity/

Worst app (no longer) on my phone: @lyft In order of insane badness: (1) Waits until very last step of booking a ride to tell me I need to be over 18. (2) Does not tell me how to fix it. (3) Trying everything (add photo, reinstall, etc) the 'net suggests: no difference. I'm 52.

This gets my vote. I've experienced plenty of anxiousness over the last two years around what lies in the months and years to come. Amodei is calling for the right stuff. As he says, it's not really enough, but these are recommendations that are f… https://x.com/profcpbl/status/2065405653628129567

"AI-driven biomedical progress may also improve mental health, which could have a stabilizing effect on society." Yaaay! SOMA !! https://darioamodei.com/post/policy-on-the-ai-exponential

Added two days to my trip to the @CanEconomics meeting, to visit the suburban alpine: https://barrington-leigh.net/graphics2011/2026-GoldenEars/

Added two days to my trip to the@CanEconomics meeting, to visit the suburban alpine: https://barrington-leigh.net/graphics2011/2026-GoldenEars/

WTF is going on with @ClaudeAI Opus 4.8 today!? You want me to tell all agents in the future "Don't use git add -A"?? 🤦🤦‍♂️🤦‍♀️

Added two days to my trip to the @CanEconomics meeting, to visit the suburban alpine: https://barrington-leigh.net/graphics2011/2026-GoldenEars/

Hey @McGillU students: @ihsp_mcgill Impact Internship Program is accepting applications for Fall 2026 See the "Communications and knowledge synthesis for the Canadian Wellbeing Knowledges Network" (https://cwkn.ca) project at… https://x.com/profcpbl/status/2062906593146991076

Yikes. This essay from @Anthropic, out today, has almost the same tone and thread as http://ai2027.com: https://www.anthropic.com/institute/recursive-self-improvement

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You have found a very expensive way to make obviously-fake photos, @spacex! QRT: https://x.com/SpaceX/status/2058304809044750467

Propellant load is now underway

We are seeking global examples of how public expenditure can best promote the happiness of the people, for World Happiness Report 2027. 📃 Please submit your proposal by Sunday 31 May for the opportunity to write your own chapter in the report. https://ow.ly/O7qm50Z06XJ

Wellbeing researchers and policy analysts: This is an enormous platform, with extraordinarily high production and editing support. If you think you can contribute, submit your proposal this month. QRT: https://x.com/HappinessRpt/status/2054162267038515547

I'm having an "It-feels-like-it's-2025" day with Claude Code. 😟😠☹️😡😡😡 In the future they'll be able to turn us all into a mess of raging lunatics just by messing a bit, disobeying a bit, lying a bit.

Note to self: Do *not* go and re-read http://AI2027.com to see whether we're still on its predicted schedule.

Within a few seconds, I noticed a test message draft showing up in my Alpine! ... What a world, what a time.

Wow, I just levelled up. "ClaudeCode: please write yourself a skill for email control via my maildir folder." It installed himalaya (full email suite, maildir interface) and mu (maildir indexer), set up a cron job for mu, wrote its skill. All with --dangerously-skip-permissions

Me and Claude working together https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2043317484879523840/vid/avc1/1180x1624/UCA6tSjUlg5HKqrS.mp4?tag=21

Artemis II astronauts speak publicly for first time since successful moon mission: https://youtu.be/HacpRDfCbnw Robots do the best space science. Science is not why we send people briefly away from our island.

Did you know that Statistics Canada @StatCan_eng has a podcast?? Here's their most recent episode (not the first!) on happiness: https://share.transistor.fm/s/8050e746

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Highly recommended exposition. If you were taught frequentist ("standard") statistics, this is more fun, more beautiful, simpler, and is also what everyone will be doing in the future. QRT: https://x.com/rlmcelreath/status/2035979868114928084

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World Happiness Report 2026 is out tomorrow! Here’s what to expect.👇 https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/2034222182608318464/pu/vid/avc1/1280x720/PkoXIEBRiH9UqD9Z.mp4?tag=12

A propos of my day: The appointment for my first shingles shot is in 15 minutes. QRT: https://x.com/agingroy/status/2032484456867492336