From Time Magazine:  "All that horsepower could be put in the service of emulating whatever it is our brains are doing when they create consciousness — not just doing arithmetic very quickly or composing piano music but also driving cars, writing books, making ethical decisions, appreciating fancy paintings, making witty observations at cocktail parties.If you can swallow that idea, and Kurzweil and a lot of other very smart people can, then all bets are off.

Recently I have been working with one joint venture partner who I really like as he is very above-board and cost-conscious, coming up with creative solutions to save money and still achieve great final results.We have already been talking about doing multiple flips together; we are currently working on one flip together and I have actively been looking for potential additional projects.

But, we take those risks because we have, consciously or not, done the analysis and decided that the benefit was worth it.  

Unlike last time where I dived in head first without even realizing I was buying at peak, at least this time, I am conscious enough to know that we are either approach a peak or at a peak already4.

It is a skill that needs to be nurtured and consciously developed.

You can show them numbers a child should be able to understand all day long -- there's a huge, monstrous, built-up mental block in them to understanding your HOME AND HEARTH is not, by conscious choice, your personal EXPRESSION OF SOCIAL STATUS.

As well as remote work.True, my single friends that move here go to Venice, Mar Vista, Echo park, but I've seen some get price conscious and move closer this way.

We made a conscious decision that we wanted to stay in here long term.

Just be conscious of the scale of the rehab, it's budget, and other risk factors and take your cut accordingly.

Basically the only thing OSU doesn't invest in anymore is inexpensive education for local kids.... they consciously nixed that mission statement years ago.