THOUGHT OF THE DAY:

“Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this – no dog exchanges bones with another.”

— Adam Smith

BIRTHDAYS:

1445 Sandro Botticelli, Florentine Renaissance painter.

1810 Frédéric Chopin, Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period, who wrote primarily for solo piano. All 21 Nocturnes.

1817 Giovanni Duprè, Italian sculptor.

1848 Augustus Saint-Gaudens, American sculptor and designer.

1863 Alexander Golovin, Russian painter and stage designer, born in Moscow, Russian Empire.

MISCELLANEOUS:

Artificial General Intelligence. Diamandis and Mo Gawdat Talk AGI 2025

COVID 19 LOCKDOWNS – REQUIRED READING.

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FOCUSED PROTECTION: The Great Barrington Declaration

SCIENCE, ETHICS, AND THE NUREMBERG CODE:

Declaration of Canadian Physicians for Science and Truth

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