Cyril † @cyrilnotes

‘Surthrival’ focused (Don’t Die x Do Flourish). Long ethics; short expedience. Views are fervently argued and provisionally held cyril.substack.com 🇬🇧 Joined May 2021

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Cyril † @cyrilnotes

4 weeks ago

Precisely. There are few beliefs as twisted as “Death gives meaning to life”

David Deutsch @DavidDeutschOxf

4 weeks ago

Precisely. There are few beliefs as twisted as “Death gives meaning to life”

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Forget whether *this* is hype or not. We’re in the flip phone internet era of AI, not the iPhone + AppStore + widespread connectivity + “built for mobile first” era Wait until we collect data / design experiments / do infrastructure for AI rather than apply AI to a mess after

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Cyril † @cyrilnotes

a month ago

16yo's can now vote [0], but they can't be trusted to make judgements about talking to strangers [1], or listen to music [2], and the rest of us bear the burden. Increasingly absurd. [0] gov.uk/government/new… [1] news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/07/… [2] support.spotify.com/uk/article/age…

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Alec Stapp @AlecStapp

2 months ago

There's so much handwaving about how "AI will cure cancer" or "AI will revolution science" What we need are more specific, actionable ideas for how AI could accelerate science & security Dropping next week: @IFP will publish 15 "AI for science" ideas from experts.

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Cyril † @cyrilnotes

2 months ago

“… All fired up, I’m gonna go ‘til I drop.” And he did RIP Ozzy open.spotify.com/track/5axOkQnm…

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Cyril † @cyrilnotes

2 months ago

One step closer to designing the world for AI-first. We aren’t even at the iPhone/app-store/social media era of AI adoption yet. Still in the Nokia phase. This gets us a little closer.

GREG ISENBERG @gregisenberg

2 months ago

One step closer to designing the world for AI-first. We aren’t even at the iPhone/app-store/social media era of AI adoption yet. Still in the Nokia phase. This gets us a little closer.

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Looking for Growth @lfg_uk

2 months ago

Looking for Work. Looking for Jobs. This is the all-too-common story and situation of an ever-growing number of people in this country. Looking for Growth. This is our unending mission, so that the people can prosper, build their families, and build our future. LFG. 🚀

Office for National Statistics (ONS) @ONS

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Cyril † @cyrilnotes

2 months ago

‘Theories of Everything’ are appealing. I wonder, however, if it’s a problem best solved inversely. Why not a ‘Theory of Nothing’ first? (Closest I’ve seen is Constructor Theory, in a sense, but even that is ToE coded.) Then, apophatic physics

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Cyril † @cyrilnotes

2 months ago

This, but humans, everywhere. We’re so early in history of life, the universe is so young, we can be the forerunner species …

blighter @blightersort

2 months ago

This, but humans, everywhere. We’re so early in history of life, the universe is so young, we can be the forerunner species …

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Looking for Growth @lfg_uk

2 months ago

The dreams of the future generation might or might not be on hold, but you can be sure we're doing our utmost to make sure they arrive. Making the future's dreams come true. That's our mission and that's our crusade. LFG.🚀

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Cyril † @cyrilnotes

2 months ago

How is dashboards.gov.uk not a thing in 2025

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Cyril † @cyrilnotes

2 months ago

Impressed Alcaraz can smash a >140mph serve this far into a match, but even more impressed by Sinner’s precision and reflexes still being so sharp playing close to the net on both wings

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Sam Bowman @s8mb

2 months ago

This is a mistake. If you care about decarbonisation, you should above all care about cheap electricity. Even if the electricity comes with carbon emissions. Petrol-powered transport and gas-powered home heating account for ~47% of the country’s CO2 emissions. All the…

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Ben Ramanauskas @BenRamanauskas

8 months ago

New blog post! In order to reduce the burden on taxpayers, improve the public finances, and boost growth the State Pension Triple Lock should be scrapped. It should increase in line with average earnings growth only. Link in next post.

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Cyril † @cyrilnotes

2 months ago

And suddenly I want to see Mads Mikkelson playing an older Dante in a neo-noir Devil May Cry that leans much more into his detective role than hack and slash themes

Neil Renic @NC_Renic

2 months ago

And suddenly I want to see Mads Mikkelson playing an older Dante in a neo-noir Devil May Cry that leans much more into his detective role than hack and slash themes

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Cyril † @cyrilnotes

2 months ago

“The starting premise should have been: how long does it physically take to build something? From there, officials should be forced to justify every delay on top.” Yes. ‘It takes n days and costs x to do y. Increases in time or cost must be justified’ is the path