Ian GeckelerHuman EngineeringIn 2018, engineered humans jumped out of the pages of Brave New World and into a lab in Shenzhen China, as the first genetically…Apr 30, 2020Apr 30, 2020
Ian GeckelerBeliefs are magnets, humans are iron filingsIn the spring of 1997, police found 39 dead bodies in a San Diego home. The house was the scene of a mass ritual suicide of the religious…Apr 19, 2020Apr 19, 2020
Ian GeckelerWhat’s the minimum information required to live well?We’re all drowning in a sea of information. The average processing speed of a human brain is 60 bits per second, but collectively we…Jan 12, 20201Jan 12, 20201
Ian GeckelerThe Cybernetic Loop: Cheat Codes For LifeScroll to the bottom for a tldr.Jan 11, 2020Jan 11, 2020
Ian GeckelerBooks To Expand Your PerspectiveBooks are like software. One of the most interesting classes of books are those which update your OS for how you interpret the world…Dec 17, 2019Dec 17, 2019
Ian GeckelerWhy Our Brains Can’t Be TrustedEverybody makes mistakes, here’s one of mineMay 22, 2018May 22, 2018
Ian GeckelerCreating as PlayFrom my early to late tweens my favorite activity was playing with Legos. Over many years, I amassed quite a collection of the trademarked…Mar 25, 2018Mar 25, 2018