Here are some topics I’m thinking about - if you have interesting thoughts to share on any of these bullet points, I’d enjoy hearing about them!

the experience of understanding

- thought experiments in biology (spatial/visual/narrative), math (Galois theory)

- the value of understanding (paths to transcendence - to move toward that which we do not yet know, going through a portal to other worlds *of understanding*)

- what the future will look like

- humane transhumanism

- identity preservation - what do we care about preserving?

- what the *hell* is going on with evolution

- what does 'evolution' mean under current definitions

- is collective computation an important method for fitness to evolve - how to think about it, if so

- principles for how different communication systems allow computation to scale with population size

Also, how to play with machines