Jay Olson

Jan 8, 2024 | aeon.co | Jay Olson

Some time late this century, someone will push a button, unleashing a life force on the cosmos. Within 1,000 years, every star you can see at night will host intelligent life. In less than a million years, that life will saturate the entire Milky Way; in 20 million years – the local group of galaxies. In the fullness of cosmic time, thousands of superclusters of galaxies will be saturated in a forever-expanding sphere of influence, centred on Earth. This won’t require exotic physics.

Nov 16, 2023 | lesswrong.com | Duncan A Sabien |Jay Olson |Ben Pace |Alvin Ånestrand

You know it must be out there, but you mostly never see it. Author's Note 1: In something like 75% of possible futures, this will be the last essay that I publish on LessWrong.  Future content will be available on my substack, where I'm hoping people will be willing to chip in a little commensurate with the value of the writing, and (after a delay) on my personal site (not yet live).

Aug 18, 2023 | fergusfallsjournal.com | Jay Olson

For those of you who do not know what an apothecary is, it's what they used to call a pharmacy in old English. They still are referred to as an apothecary in the U.K. Fergus Apothecary is an “old school” kind of pharmacy where the glass wall has been removed as a barrier between the chemist (pharmacist) and the patient.