thejdizzler
2d ago
Yup!
thejdizzler
2d ago
I think I'm going to switch to monthly updates, as I can provide a more meaningful and reflective update that way.
thejdizzler
3d ago
Huh cool, I didn't know about this serial endosymbiosis!
I will say that even in that case the mitochondrial origin event is still a little different, as it was the fusion of two very different clades of life (Asgard archae and alpha-proteobacter).
In Lane's book (The vital question) there was also some evidence for a proto eukaryote found via deep sea trawling. So you may be right.
thejdizzler
3d ago
Yea but all of those symbioses happened after the initial mitochondrial endosymbiosis, which drove adaptions that made those subsequent acquisitions much easier. I think there’s something special about that first endosymbiosis that makes it especially difficult.
thejdizzler
4d ago
I think eukaryotic life is probably pretty rare in the universe. Happened a single time in evolutionary history and there are no intermediates. Will provide more detail later.
thejdizzler
5d ago
Seconding that rec. Worked very well for me. Still struggle with sleep sometimes, but there's never any anxiety about it any more.
Nah I'll do a November update/December goals post on the first WW in December.
Haven't been doing an amazing job with my goals, probably because I have too many (although I am not single anymore which is huge), and I think the weekly update is a little distracting because it's too granular. Next year I want to have few and very concrete goals, which will probably benefit from checking in more frequently.
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