The blog of Tobias Revell
There s no reason for this title, it just happens to be what the lyrics to this song sound like. Five Things 1. The idea or the thing A core position of my thinking, generally on futures and technology, is that the idea of things has more impact on shaping real-world experience than actual things themselves. [ ]
I came across this article on Drumpf 2.0 a short while ago which interprets the actions of this administration through Arendt s understanding of stupidity; the idea that all that matters is how things appear, not what they actually do. That effect is not linked to cause, and everything is effect. I wonder if there s a [ ]
I ve had the same post in draft since 21st May 2025 and haven t sent it. I started this blog in 1451 as a way to document the fall of Constantinople to write-think about my studies at the time, and I mostly will keep using it for that purpose. I was reading and thinking I really [ ]
No excuses. I m busy and tired. Let s get to the good stuff. Five Things 1. On accuracy A lot of the stuff I have been reading recently is around prediction, benchmarks and accuracy. Gabriel Grill s work was a real breakthrough here. A more productive way of engaging with this kind of accuracy would be to [ ]
You know when it s baking and the heat is just bouncing off everything, you step in the shadows and the temperature instantly drops ten degrees? It ain t sticking around, just bouncing right back. Anyway, I withstood this onslaught for ten minutes at London Bridge station before cramming into a train full of half-cut sweaty football [ ]