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Hunches worth talking about
My 1990s financial hunches sounded really stupid. What did I know. And then…
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The New Latin
You know, like, posts, that, well — won't get read, why? Citations. Backlinks. Fair, but it's a decision with its own grammar.
Oct 188 min read


The One about Anthropic and the Religious Leaders: notes that seem obvious, don't they?
So many questions are raised for me at a — deeper level. Am I allowed to say that, or is that domain already claimed by tech companies?
Oct 186 min read


Escape Lane Friction
You might wonder why some of my posts seem to interrupt themselves, like I'm trying to get chucked out of my own talk. Reader. Trust.
Oct 182 min read


Chips and Chips: What's Getting Chipped Away?
So, there's chips, and there's chips. Ask your great-grandparents, and then ask the nearest five-year-old. A crucial difference. Not just one.
Oct 83 min read


Conclusion: My deep Concern Around AI
In a final note for now about AI, I say something about the use and abuse of logic and grammar.
Oct 72 min read
Notes on Trust, Contingency and Chapter Seventeen
The unfolding of Chapter Seventeen's architecture and approach feels compelling. I’m thinking aloud here about potential areas of research.
Oct 56 min read
Notes on Artificial Certainty: AI, Faith, and What We Think We Know - But Was It Only Hearsay?
Just notes on certainty and hearsay, as I thnk aloud about how artificial intelligence shows us more than we wanted to see about what we're full of.
Oct 25 min read


Higgaion, Qualia, AI and Language
Thinking aloud on questions of philosophy and AI, touching on strawberry ice cream and elevator music.
Sep 287 min read


Catacombs and Smuggling
How can I say this loudly enough. There are sites that get the job done, and there are sites that don't think that was the point.
Sep 253 min read
The Other Draining Board: Aspirational kitchen geography, and why it seems theological.
Doesn't everyone have two draining boards? No? Well, that's okay. Contemporary systems seem to flatten our natural urges. Hang on. That may be more important.
Sep 214 min read


Philosophy, Preaching, Perhaps…: Notes on Language, Conviction and Public Thinking
Preaching through philosophical thought experiments, or just pondering? Toning it down, hyping it up — what's going on with my writing, I wonder aloud.
Sep 103 min read


Metametaphorically Speaking: Notes on metaphors
More notes on my thinking around metaphor and metametaphor — and how metaphor can provide scaffolding for ideas, thought experiments and meaning.
Sep 104 min read


Why No One Needs Another Course on Plastic Hammers
So many things to say about the nature of reality as seen through plastic hammers for babies and how teachers — like, God, for example — teach.
Sep 93 min read
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