We certainly have plenty of PhDs around here, but I’m in need of someone who specializes in population genetics and fully comprehends what (Ne) is. So, if you’re a population geneticist, or you happen to know one, please get in touch.
Let’s just say I have pretty good reason to believe Yuval Harari was wrong in a way that is going to make Sam Harris and his various End of Faith arguments look downright paragons of perfection.
And if you haven’t read Probability Zero, it’s time to do so. It sets the stage for what comes next, and what comes next looks like it could be a lot bigger. Seriously, this is something like my 18th book. When have I ever said: you REALLY need to read this? Well, I’m saying it now.
I should also note that I added an appendix which explains how I got the original generations per fixation calculation back in 2019 hopelessly wrong in a way that inadvertently strengthens MITTENS by a factor of three, not just one error, but four, that somehow no one from JF Gariepy to Gemini 3 Pro ever caught, until QBG – who wins a signed, leatherbound copy for his much-appreciated efforts – went back and read the original 2009 paper.
An audiobook version via Virtua Voice are now coming; it should be live later today.
And Grok now has a page for it on Grokipedia.