Wiki Master Index
Domains: Health & Fitness — Thyroid | Language Learning — French | Cryptocurrency & Finance | Quantum Computing | AI & Technology | Programming & Web Development | Psychology & Decision-Making | Risk & Philosophy | Society, Geopolitics & Future | Social Intelligence | Evolutionary Psychology & Biology Last updated: 2026-04-15 Sources ingested: 22 | Concept pages: 107 | Entity pages: 42
Sources
Health & Fitness — Thyroid Disorders
| Page | Summary |
|---|---|
| healthline-2026-hyperthyroidism-diet | Healthline consumer overview of dietary dos and don’ts for hyperthyroidism. |
| mathew-kaur-rawla-2026-hyperthyroidism-statpearls | StatPearls clinical reference distinguishing hyperthyroidism from thyrotoxicosis (truncated raw). |
| ludgate-hayes-2024-diets-supplements-thyroid | BTF evidence review of specific foods and supplements (14 nutrients) for thyroid disorders. |
| johnson-2019-best-diet-hyperthyroidism | Medical News Today article on foods to eat and avoid for hyperthyroidism. |
Language Learning — French
| Page | Summary |
|---|---|
| heminway-2018-complete-french-all-in-one | McGraw-Hill comprehensive French grammar & vocabulary reference, ed. Annie Heminway (2018, A2–B2+). |
| unknown-edito-a1-methode-de-francais | ⚠️ Édito A1 French course (Didier); raw file empty/corrupted — stub only, pending re-ingest. |
Cryptocurrency & Finance
| Page | Summary |
|---|---|
| prasad-2021-five-myths-cryptocurrency | Eswar Prasad (Brookings, 2021) debunks 5 crypto myths; blockchain tech is transformative even if coins aren’t money. |
| fischer-2019-yap-stone-money-cryptocurrency | U of Calgary (2019) connects Yap rai stone distributed oral ledger to Bitcoin’s blockchain concept. |
| benton-2026-cryptocurrency-money-laundering-2-3m | Chattanooga TFP (2026): Tennessee woman’s 3 Coinbase accounts seized in $2.3M BEC + romance mule scheme. |
| weisman-2026-ic3-cryptocurrency-investment-scams | Forbes (2026): FBI IC3 2025 report — 8.65B (72% of investment scams). |
Quantum Computing & Cryptography
| Page | Summary |
|---|---|
| babbush-neven-2026-quantum-vulnerabilities-cryptocurrency | Google Quantum AI (2026): Bitcoin’s ECC breakable with <500K physical qubits; urges PQC transition by 2029. |
| cottier-2026-quantum-computing-breakthroughs | Discover Magazine (2026): Google Willow, Quantinuum, and Caltech advances shrink timeline to fault-tolerant QC. |
| drury-2026-rigetti-2-qubit-fidelity | Motley Fool (2026): Rigetti’s 99.9% prototype fidelity record is insufficient vs. IonQ’s 99.99%; not a buy. |
AI & Technology
| Page | Summary |
|---|---|
| fridman-huang-2026-nvidia-ai-revolution | Lex Fridman Podcast #494 (2026-03-23): Jensen Huang on NVIDIA strategy, four AI scaling laws, CUDA moat, agentic AI, and the future of computing. |
| fridman-lambert-raschka-2026-state-of-ai | Lex Fridman Podcast #490 (2026-01-31): Lambert & Raschka on China vs US AI race, RLVR, scaling law status, transformer architecture, and AGI timelines. |
Concepts
Thyroid Conditions
| Page | Summary |
|---|---|
| hyperthyroidism | Excess thyroid hormone production; causes, symptoms, diet management, and treatment overview. |
| thyrotoxicosis | Broader term for excess thyroid hormone exposure to tissues; distinct from hyperthyroidism. |
| graves-disease | Most common cause of hyperthyroidism; autoimmune condition with dietary and microbiome connections. |
| iodine-induced-hyperthyroidism | Uncommon hyperthyroidism triggered by excess iodine intake; usually temporary. |
| bone-mineral-density | How hyperthyroidism accelerates bone loss and how to counter it with calcium and vitamin D. |
Diet & Nutrition
| Page | Summary |
|---|---|
| iodine | Essential thyroid mineral — adequate is protective, excess worsens autoimmune hyperthyroidism. |
| low-iodine-diet | <50 mcg/day iodine protocol prescribed before radioactive iodine treatment. |
| selenium | Trace mineral essential for T4→T3 conversion; reduces thyroid eye disease in Graves’ patients. |
| zinc | Mineral linked to thyroid function; deficiency associated with Graves’ disease. |
| calcium | Protects bone density in hyperthyroidism; interferes with levothyroxine — four-hour gap required. |
| vitamin-d | Supports calcium absorption and bone health; commonly deficient in hyperthyroid patients. |
| iron-and-thyroid | Required for thyroid hormone synthesis; deficiency linked to hyperthyroidism; interferes with levothyroxine. |
| cruciferous-vegetables | Brassicas may reduce thyroid hormone production and iodine uptake — beneficial in hyperthyroidism. |
| kelp | Very high-iodine seaweed supplement; contraindicated in any diagnosed thyroid condition. |
| soy | Interferes with radioactive iodine uptake and levothyroxine absorption. |
| caffeine-and-hyperthyroidism | Amplifies hyperthyroid symptoms (anxiety, palpitations, insomnia); should be limited. |
| gluten-and-thyroid | Possible link to Graves’ disease; gluten elimination may help some patients. |
| anti-inflammatory-diet | Whole-food, plant-rich diet pattern that may support immune regulation in autoimmune thyroid disease. |
Supplements & Compounds
| Page | Summary |
|---|---|
| biotin | Mega-dose biotin distorts thyroid blood tests; stop 2 days before testing. |
| carnitine | Antioxidant that improved hyperthyroid symptoms (especially palpitations) in a clinical trial. |
| magnesium | Deficiency linked to hypothyroidism; higher levels may help control Graves’ — inconclusive evidence. |
| vitamin-b12 | Lower in hypothyroid patients; no evidence supplementation improves thyroid function. |
| resveratrol | Antioxidant in red wine; no trials in thyroid disease yet. |
| lemon-balm | Herb with lab/case-report evidence of blocking Graves’ antibodies; needs clinical trials. |
Medical Treatment & Physiology
| Page | Summary |
|---|---|
| thyroid-hormones | T3 and T4 — the hormones produced by the thyroid gland, requiring iodine and selenium. |
| radioactive-iodine-treatment | RAI therapy for hyperthyroidism; requires low-iodine diet and soy avoidance beforehand. |
| levothyroxine | Synthetic T4 medication for hypothyroidism; multiple foods/supplements interfere with absorption. |
| gut-microbiome | Emerging link between microbiome diversity and autoimmune thyroid disease; too early for specific advice. |
Entities
People
| Page | Summary |
|---|---|
| marian-ludgate | Prof. Emerita, Cardiff University; thyroid autoimmunity researcher; BTF article co-author. |
| jonathan-hayes | NHS Lothian registered dietitian; BTF article co-author. |
| shannon-johnson | Health writer; author of Medical News Today hyperthyroidism diet article (2019). |
| philip-mathew | Co-author of StatPearls hyperthyroidism clinical reference. |
| jasleen-kaur | Co-author of StatPearls hyperthyroidism clinical reference. |
| prashanth-rawla | Co-author of StatPearls hyperthyroidism clinical reference. |
| annie-heminway | Editor of Practice Makes Perfect: Complete French All-in-One (McGraw-Hill, 2018). |
| eswar-prasad | Cornell economist, Brookings fellow; author of “Five Myths About Cryptocurrency” (2021). |
| ryan-babbush | Director of Research, Quantum Algorithms, Google Quantum AI; co-author of 2026 crypto vulnerability paper. |
| hartmut-neven | VP of Engineering, Google Quantum AI; co-author of 2026 quantum vulnerability disclosure. |
| scott-aaronson | Computer scientist, UT Austin; leading quantum computing theorist and public commentator. |
Organisations
| Page | Summary |
|---|---|
| british-thyroid-foundation | UK patient charity for thyroid disease; publishes evidence-based patient resources. |
| american-thyroid-association | US professional medical society; publishes clinical guidelines and low-iodine diet guidance. |
| statpearls | Continuously updated NCBI-indexed clinical reference resource. |
| mcgraw-hill-education | US educational publisher; publishes the Practice Makes Perfect French series and Language Lab App. |
| brookings-institution | Washington D.C. nonpartisan think tank; published Prasad’s 2021 crypto myths article. |
| google-quantum-ai | Google’s quantum computing division; built Willow chip and published 2026 crypto vulnerability estimates. |
| rigetti-computing | Superconducting QC company (NASDAQ: RGTI); 99.9% prototype fidelity but scaling challenges. |
| ionq | Trapped-ion QC company; industry-leading 99.99% 2-qubit gate fidelity (Oct 2025). |
| quantinuum | Trapped-ion QC company; demonstrated quantum advantage with Fermi-Hubbard simulation (Nov 2025). |
| fbi-ic3 | FBI’s cybercrime complaint centre; 2025 report shows $20.9B in losses, crypto fraud dominant. |
| coinbase | Major US crypto exchange; appeared in money laundering case and as PQC migration collaborator. |
Concepts — Language Learning (French)
Core
| Page | Summary |
|---|---|
| french-language-learning | Study and acquisition of French as a foreign language; covers grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, and CEFR levels. |
| french-grammar | Full rule system of French: hub page linking all grammar topics with overview of articles, verbs, pronouns, prepositions, negation. |
| cefr-language-levels | A1–C2 proficiency framework: full can-do descriptors, grammar milestones per level, certifications (DELF/DALF), and time estimates. |
Grammar Topics
| Page | Summary |
|---|---|
| french-articles | Definite, indefinite, and partitive articles; contractions with à/de; when articles are omitted. |
| french-noun-gender | Masculine/feminine gender; ending-based detection rules; nouns that change meaning with gender; adjective agreement. |
| french-adjectives | Gender/number agreement; BAGS position rule; meaning changes by position; comparative and superlative forms. |
| french-verb-tenses | All 15 tenses/moods with conjugation tables; avoir/être choice; passé composé vs imparfait; conditional sentences. |
| french-subjunctive | Subjunctive mood: formation, 10 irregular verbs, all trigger categories (WEIRDO), conjunction table, indicative vs. subjunctive. |
| french-pronominal-verbs | Reflexive, reciprocal, and inherently pronominal verbs; compound tense with être; past participle agreement; imperative forms. |
| french-pronouns | Subject, direct/indirect object, adverbial y/en, disjunctive, reflexive, relative, and interrogative pronouns with placement rules. |
| french-prepositions | Core prepositions; geographic rules; verb+preposition+infinitive lists; depuis/pendant/pour distinction; à vs dans. |
| french-negation | ne…pas and all variants (jamais, rien, personne, plus, que, ni…ni, aucun); compound tense positions; expletive ne. |
| french-adverbs | Formation with -ment; irregular adverbs; placement in simple vs compound tenses; comparative/superlative; transition adverbs. |
| french-questions | Three yes/no question methods; interrogative words; inversion with euphonic -t-; indirect questions; tag questions. |
| french-numbers | Cardinals 0–1 billion (including 70–99 irregulars, Belgian variants); ordinals; time; dates; fractions; approximate quantities. |
| french-conjunctions | Coordinating conjunctions; subordinating + indicative (cause, time, condition); subordinating + subjunctive (purpose, concession). |
| french-indirect-speech | Reported speech: pronoun changes, tense backshift table, time expression changes, indirect questions with si, reporting commands. |
| french-passive-voice | être + past participle; par vs de agent; all tenses; on construction and pronominal alternatives; state vs action distinction. |
Concepts — Cryptocurrency & Finance
Core
| Page | Summary |
|---|---|
| cryptocurrency | Digital currency on distributed ledgers; volatile, scam-prone, and facing quantum security threats. |
| blockchain | Distributed append-only ledger technology underlying crypto; conceptually parallels Yap stone oral ledger. |
| bitcoin | Original and dominant cryptocurrency; proof-of-work; 21M cap; slow/expensive payments; quantum-vulnerable. |
Financial Instruments
| Page | Summary |
|---|---|
| stablecoin | Crypto pegged 1:1 to fiat; solves volatility but derives value from the government currencies it was meant to replace. |
| central-bank-digital-currency | Sovereign digital money; Bahamas live, China/Japan/Sweden in trials; response to crypto competitive pressure. |
| dogecoin | Meme coin with no supply cap or utility; price driven by social media; pure greater-fool speculation. |
Fraud & Crime
| Page | Summary |
|---|---|
| cryptocurrency-scams | Crypto fraud: $8.65B in 2025 (72% of investment scam losses); pig butchering and money mule schemes dominant. |
| pig-butchering-scam | Long-duration romance scam luring victims into fake crypto investments; up 8,500% in 4 years. |
| money-mule | Person recruited to transfer stolen funds, often via romance/job scam; crypto kiosks enable rapid laundering. |
| yap-stone-money | Ancient Micronesian distributed-ledger currency; conceptual precursor to blockchain. |
Concepts — Quantum Computing & Cryptography
Core
| Page | Summary |
|---|---|
| quantum-computing | Computing using quantum mechanics; recent breakthroughs have dramatically shortened the timeline to fault-tolerant machines. |
| qubit | Basic quantum information unit; can superpose 0 and 1 simultaneously; fragile and prone to decoherence. |
| quantum-error-correction | Correcting qubit errors; Google Willow (2024) crossed the critical fault-tolerant threshold. |
| quantum-advantage | Performing a computation intractable classically; Quantinuum’s Fermi-Hubbard simulation (2025) is a credible case. |
Cryptography
| Page | Summary |
|---|---|
| elliptic-curve-cryptography | ECC/ECDLP-256 secures Bitcoin and most blockchains; breakable by Shor’s algorithm on a future CRQC. |
| post-quantum-cryptography | NIST-standardised algorithms resistant to quantum attack; the migration path for crypto and internet security. |
| shors-algorithm | Quantum algorithm that solves discrete logarithms in polynomial time; threatens ECC; qubit needs falling fast. |
| 2-qubit-gate-fidelity | Standard QC accuracy metric; IonQ leads at 99.99%; Rigetti prototype 99.9% but production system only 99%. |
Concepts — AI & Technology
Core AI
| Page | Summary |
|---|---|
| ai-scaling-laws | Four scaling axes (pre-training, post-training, test-time, agentic) that make AI capability scale primarily with compute; Lambert’s three-axis status check confirms all still working. |
| agentic-ai | AI systems that autonomously use tools, access files, spawn sub-agents; Jensen Huang calls it the current inflection point. |
| large-language-models | Transformer-based neural networks at the foundation of modern AI; architecturally GPT-2 at core; rich open-weight ecosystem as of 2026. |
| artificial-general-intelligence | Huang: AGI is already here; Lambert/Raschka: capabilities are jagged, specialised models will dominate. |
| open-source-ai | Open-weights AI strategy; Chinese labs dominate large MoE tier; training data legal risks growing (Anthropic $1.5B lawsuit). |
| mixture-of-experts | Sparse FFN routing enabling larger parameter counts at lower per-token compute; dominant frontier architecture as of 2026. |
| synthetic-data | AI-generated training data; addresses data scarcity in pre-training and powers RLVR problem-answer pair generation. |
| rlvr | Reinforcement Learning with Verifiable Rewards; scales log-linearly; unlocks inference-time reasoning; coined by AI2 Tulu 3 team. |
| reinforcement-learning-from-human-feedback | RLHF; finishes model style/tone; plateaus due to reward hacking; does not scale like RLVR. |
| transformer-architecture | Autoregressive decoder-only transformer; fundamentally GPT-2; innovations are efficiency tweaks (MoE, GQA, MLA, SwiGLU). |
| text-diffusion-models | Parallel token generation alternative to autoregressive; early commercial deployment in code-diff startups (2026). |
Infrastructure & Platform
| Page | Summary |
|---|---|
| cuda | NVIDIA’s GPU computing platform; developer install base is NVIDIA’s #1 moat, built over 20 years at enormous initial cost. |
| ai-factory | Data centres reframed as token-producing factories; warehouses gave way to revenue-generating compute infrastructure. |
| rack-scale-computing | Co-designing GPU, CPU, memory, networking, power, and cooling as one logical unit; NVLink 72 and Vera Rubin pod. |
| physical-ai | AI for physical domains — robotics, satellite imaging, biology, weather — distinct from language-only models. |
Entities — AI & Technology
People
| Page | Summary |
|---|---|
| jensen-huang | Co-founder and CEO of NVIDIA (1993–present); architect of CUDA strategy and the extreme co-design philosophy. |
| lex-fridman | AI researcher and long-form podcast host; Podcast #494 (Jensen Huang) and #490 (Lambert & Raschka). |
| nathan-lambert | Post-training lead at AI2; co-coined RLVR; RLHF Book author; Podcast #490 guest. |
| sebastian-raschka | ML researcher and educator; Build a LLM From Scratch (2024); Podcast #490 guest. |
Organisations & Products
| Page | Summary |
|---|---|
| nvidia | Dominant AI compute company (NASDAQ: NVDA); ~$4T market cap; designs GPUs, CUDA platform, and AI rack systems. |
| tsmc | World’s leading contract foundry; manufactures NVIDIA GPUs; noted for engineering excellence and operational trust. |
| openclaw | Agentic AI platform; Jensen Huang’s “iPhone of tokens”; fastest-growing application in history per Huang (2026). |
| anthropic | Maker of Claude; coding-focused culture; lost $1.5B training data lawsuit in 2026 for torrenting books. |
| openai | GPT-5, o1, gpt-oss-120b; routing architecture for cost efficiency; chaotic but research-innovative. |
| deepseek | Chinese open-weight lab; R1 was the geopolitical AI moment of 2025; pioneered RLVR scaling at scale. |
| allen-institute-for-ai | AI2; OLMo fully open models; Tulu 3 RLVR recipe; non-profit; Nathan Lambert’s employer. |
Sources — Programming & Web Development
| Page | Summary |
|---|---|
| schwarzmuller-2021-react-burger-app | React 17 + Redux + Firebase burger-builder SPA; capstone project from Schwarzmüller’s “React: The Complete Guide” (Udemy). |
| schmedtmann-2018-natours-advanced-css | Natours static landing page; course project from Schmedtmann’s “Advanced CSS and Sass” (Udemy); full 7-1 Sass architecture and BEM. |
Concepts — Programming & Web Development
Frontend Frameworks & Libraries
| Page | Summary |
|---|---|
| react | Facebook’s component-based UI library; virtual DOM, unidirectional data flow; powers the burgerApp SPA. |
| redux | Predictable state container; single store + pure reducers + actions; connected via react-redux and redux-thunk for async. |
| react-router | Client-side routing for React SPAs; BrowserRouter, Route, Switch, withRouter. |
| single-page-application | One HTML shell, JS-driven navigation without page reloads; enables fast, app-like web experiences. |
| higher-order-components | React composition pattern wrapping a component to add cross-cutting behaviour (error handling, routing injection). |
| firebase | Google BaaS; burgerApp uses Realtime Database for orders and Identity Toolkit REST API for auth. |
| webpack | JavaScript module bundler; traces imports, applies loaders, outputs optimised bundles; powers the burgerApp build. |
CSS & Styling
| Page | Summary |
|---|---|
| sass-scss | CSS preprocessor adding variables, nesting, mixins, and partials; SCSS dialect used throughout Natours. |
| css-architecture | 7-1 folder pattern for scalable Sass codebases: abstracts → base → components → layout → pages. |
| bem-methodology | Block Element Modifier naming convention; flat specificity, self-documenting class names; used in Natours. |
| css-animations | @keyframes entrance animations, CSS transitions, and 3D flip cards (transform + backface-visibility) in Natours. |
| responsive-design | Fluid grids + media queries; Natours uses em-unit breakpoints via a Sass respond() mixin at 600/900/1200/1800px. |
Entities — Programming & Web Development
People
| Page | Summary |
|---|---|
| maximilian-schwarzmuller | Udemy instructor; creator of “React: The Complete Guide”; the burgerApp is his course’s capstone project. |
| jonas-schmedtmann | Udemy instructor; creator of “Advanced CSS and Sass”; designed and built the Natours project. |
Organisations & Platforms
| Page | Summary |
|---|---|
| udemy | Online learning marketplace; hosts both the React course (Schwarzmüller) and the Advanced CSS course (Schmedtmann). |
Sources — Psychology & Decision-Making
| Page | Summary |
|---|---|
| kahneman-2011-thinking-fast-and-slow | Daniel Kahneman’s synthesis of dual-process cognition, heuristics & biases, prospect theory, and overconfidence — the foundational text of behavioural economics. |
Sources — Risk, Philosophy & Ethics
| Page | Summary |
|---|---|
| taleb-2018-skin-in-the-game | Nassim Taleb (2018): skin in the game as epistemic filter, ethical obligation, and mechanism for system self-correction; intolerant minority, Lindy effect, interventionistas. |
Sources — Society, Geopolitics & Future
| Page | Summary |
|---|---|
| harari-2018-21-lessons | Yuval Noah Harari (2018): 21 essays on present challenges — AI/automation, surveillance, nationalism vs. globalism, post-truth, resilience, and the need to learn how to learn. |
Sources — Social Intelligence & Communication
| Page | Summary |
|---|---|
| tynan-2015-superhuman-social-skills | Tynan (2015): social skills as learnable; four communication channels (content, meta, emotion, status); architecture of friend groups; eliminating annoyance before adding value. |
Sources — Evolutionary Psychology & Biology
| Page | Summary |
|---|---|
| miller-2001-mating-mind | Geoffrey Miller (2001): human mind evolved through sexual selection as fitness indicator — intelligence, language, art, humour, and morality as costly courtship displays. |
Concepts — Psychology & Decision-Making
Cognitive Architecture
| Page | Summary |
|---|---|
| system-1-system-2 | Kahneman’s dual-process model: System 1 is fast/automatic/associative; System 2 is slow/deliberate/effortful; most errors arise when System 1 substitutes easier questions for harder ones. |
| cognitive-biases | Hub page for systematic errors in judgement: representativeness, availability, anchoring, overconfidence, framing, and loss aversion — all documented by Kahneman & Tversky. |
| heuristics | Mental shortcuts enabling fast good-enough judgements; efficient in most contexts but producing systematic biases in statistical or financial domains. |
Biases
| Page | Summary |
|---|---|
| availability-heuristic | Estimating frequency by ease of recall; distorted by emotional salience, recency, and media coverage — causing rare vivid events to be over-estimated. |
| anchoring-bias | Over-reliance on the first number encountered; adjustment from anchor is always insufficient even when the anchor is arbitrary. |
| overconfidence | Systematic over-estimation of one’s predictive accuracy; includes illusion of validity, planning fallacy, and hindsight bias — Kahneman’s “most damaging bias.” |
| framing-effect | Logically equivalent information presented as gain vs. loss produces different decisions; preferences are constructed by context, not merely revealed by choices. |
Decision Theory
| Page | Summary |
|---|---|
| prospect-theory | Kahneman & Tversky’s descriptive model of risky choice: reference dependence, loss aversion (~2:1 asymmetry), diminishing sensitivity, and probability weighting produce the fourfold pattern. |
| loss-aversion | Losses weigh ~2× gains; drives endowment effect, status quo bias, sunk cost fallacy, and the disposition effect in finance. |
Concepts — Risk, Philosophy & Ethics
| Page | Summary |
|---|---|
| skin-in-the-game | Personal exposure to consequences as epistemic filter, ethical obligation, and system self-correction mechanism; Taleb’s central principle in Skin in the Game. |
| lindy-effect | Expected future lifespan of non-perishables is proportional to current age; time-tested knowledge has survived implicit testing — a heuristic for valuing the classical over the new. |
| antifragility | Taleb’s term for systems that gain strength from volatility and disorder — beyond robust (unchanged) and fragile (harmed); skin in the game is the mechanism that creates antifragility. |
| black-swan | High-impact events outside the realm of regular expectations, rationalised in hindsight; Taleb’s signature concept from the preceding Incerto book. |
| intolerant-minority | A small committed non-compromising minority can impose its preferences on a tolerant majority when accommodation costs are asymmetric — halal food, language standards, political vetoes. |
Concepts — Society, Geopolitics & Future
| Page | Summary |
|---|---|
| post-truth | Political environment where emotion and tribal narrative are more influential than facts; Harari argues this is not new — humans have always required shared fictions to cooperate at scale. |
| surveillance-capitalism | Accumulation of behavioural data by corporations and governments enabling prediction/manipulation of preferences; whoever owns the data owns the future political economy. |
| technological-unemployment | AI/automation threatening to displace cognitive and creative work — qualitatively different from previous industrial revolutions; requires education focused on learning-to-learn. |
| nationalism | Harari’s nuanced view: nationalism provides legitimate local meaning but is structurally incapable of solving 21st-century global collective-action problems (climate, nuclear, AI governance). |
Concepts — Social Intelligence & Communication
| Page | Summary |
|---|---|
| social-skills | Learnable interpersonal competencies; four channels of communication; architecture of friend groups; be a net addition; eliminate annoyance before adding value — per Tynan. |
| communication-channels | Tynan’s four simultaneous channels: content (literal words), meta (subtext/implication), emotion (tone), status (hierarchy); meta is most important for real social decisions. |
Concepts — Evolutionary Psychology & Biology
| Page | Summary |
|---|---|
| evolutionary-psychology | Scientific discipline applying evolutionary biology to explain human psychological mechanisms as adaptations shaped during the Pleistocene; covers mating, social cognition, and cognitive heuristics. |
| sexual-selection | Darwin’s second mechanism: traits evolve because they increase mating success; mate choice drives evolution of costly honest-signal ornaments — Miller applies this to the human mind. |
| fitness-indicators | Costly, hard-to-fake traits that honestly signal genetic quality to mates (Zahavi handicap principle); Miller argues general intelligence, art, and humour are human mental fitness indicators. |
| runaway-selection | Fisher’s model of preference and trait co-evolving in a self-reinforcing loop; Miller’s “Runaway Brain” hypothesis explains rapid hominid brain expansion as a runaway sexual selection process. |
Entities — Psychology, Risk & Philosophy
People
| Page | Summary |
|---|---|
| daniel-kahneman | Israeli-American psychologist; Nobel 2002; co-founded heuristics-and-biases programme with Tversky; author of Thinking, Fast and Slow. |
| amos-tversky | Israeli cognitive psychologist; Kahneman’s co-developer of prospect theory and heuristics research; widely considered the most influential psychologist of the 20th century. |
| nassim-nicholas-taleb | Lebanese-American statistician and former derivatives trader; Incerto series author (Black Swan, Antifragile, Skin in the Game); risk, uncertainty, and epistemic humility. |
| yuval-noah-harari | Israeli historian; Hebrew University Jerusalem; author of Sapiens, Homo Deus, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century; global-scale macro-historical narratives. |
Entities — Social Intelligence & Evolutionary Psychology
People
| Page | Summary |
|---|---|
| tynan | Self-improvement author; Superhuman Social Skills (2015); self-publishes concise practical guides on social, productivity, and lifestyle topics. |
| geoffrey-miller | Evolutionary psychologist (UNM); The Mating Mind (2001); argues human mental capacities evolved as sexual selection fitness indicators. |