Your Name

Almost 8 years later and the soundtrack still lifts me. The movie is exceptional.

Wetware

Where most of the AI hype today represents software models running on conventional computers, Cortical Labs is trying to make computation happen inside living neural tissue.

…Bet you didn’t have that on your bingo card.

Imagine a bookshop café where each table becomes a private listening booth…

…sharing music with friends, your date, or curious strangers.

Or at least somewhere to safely house the “Let me show you my Spotify Wrapped” population.

I wonder if rich people get their hangers custom-fitted, so each shirt or sweater hangs perfectly and never gets those little shoulder bumps….

Norwegian Movies I’ve watched in November so far:

  • Verdens verste menneske (2021)
  • Elskling (2024)
  • Drømmer (2024)
  • Kjærlighet (2024)
  • Ninjababy (2021)
  • Syk pike (2022)

ZK-Proofs

Imagine you could prove things about yourself (age, citizenship, credit score or subscription) without ever handing over your personal details.

No forms, no documents. Instead, your phone shows a QR code that represents a kind of digital ‘yes’. It’s a cryptographic proof that confirms you meet the requirement without revealing the underlying data. More here.

Real-World Problems zk-Proofs Could Solve Overnight:

Platforms request lots of PII to know if you’re real, safe, or profitable. Zk-proofs flip that logic on its head, meaning no identity leaks through hacks.

Also, bots can’t fake cryptography, therefore the web can be spam-free and built on trust.

Sensory System

Long before we came along, with our brains and matcha tea, early life forms only had rudimentary sensory systems.

They detected and responded to environmental stimuli… things like light, pressure, or temperature. These primitive systems didn’t “think”, they just acted. They supported survival by moving toward nutrients, or reacting to threats and toxins.

As nervous systems evolved to nerve nets, and eventually to brains… those older, sensory systems didn’t disappear. They became the foundation of what we now experience as intuition or gut feeling. They operate waaaayy quicker than our rational thought because of how ancient and experienced the circuitry is. For example, the amygdala and brainstem responses can trigger action before the cortex even finishes processing what’s happening (aka sometimes you know something before you know it).

So…intuition and feeling aren’t just “soft” or “irrational”, they’re actually evolutionarily ancient tools for survival and rapid decision-making. Rational thought is a newer layer built on top….And for some people, it’s still under construction.

Unnecessary shots fired.

Stability Isn’t the Same as Flow

For a long time, I thought stability and good communication were enough…that if you worked hard at a relationship, flow and improved connection would naturally follow.

But they don’t.
Not always.

Sometimes two people can share affection, safety, and even intimacy… and still miss the spark that makes everything feel alive.

That kind of flow doesn’t come from effort alone, there’s a deeper layer of nervous-system compatibility that has to exist.
Mutual affection doesn’t equal reciprocal energy. For example, you can have all the intimate facets (touch, talk, connection), yet still lack the spark of play or a sense of moving forward together. Sometimes a relationship can feel emotionally rich, yet subtly draining, if for example, playfulness is missing and is the thing that makes you feel most alive.

I used to make decisions top-down: over-analysing data, drawing insights, reasoning my way through everything. These days, it’s more bottom-up…the collection of experiences either feels right or doesn’t. Sometimes you know immediately; other times you have to let it unfold until you feel certain of the path. And we’ve all been in situations where our intuition knew the answer long before our intellect caught up.

Note: stability and good comms are both still important but I think they should be the baseline tbh.