Human Judgement and Artificial Systems
Discovery, invention, thinking and the possibilities of codification.
Gleanings
A place for personal reflections, small essays, commentary, travel writings, and falsework for full Skillful Notes projects. Really a grab bag.
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What I learned from attending the 2024 Progress Conference
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Our political philosophy and practice must start and end with our cities
2023 Annual Letter
Year in review and aims for 2024
The Transformative Power of Tragedy
What does it mean to be high-agency?
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Selecting your terms wisely is a sacred act
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If you must be irrational at least be coherent
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There are ways to be productive even if you have a laptop job
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The Homunculus Fallacy Revisited
We cannot reduce the scope of our lives without fundamentally diminishing who we are
First Principles Tradition
We will never recover our ultimate concern using a 'view from nowhere'
Culture but for want of a plan
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Interstellar and Our Future with the Robots
The challenge of AI means we must be willing to look beyond ourselves
Worship is the Antidote to Ideology
We need to relate to something more than our pre-conceived notions of the world if we wish to change them
Skill is a Prerequisite to the Good Life
To exit our present stagnation we may need to swallow our pride and pursue some normative skills.
Non-aggression is not enough
Creating a great society means paying attention to the whole not just the part