Recent posts en-us Monday, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT post-017-260817-Ragtime-Dimensions.html post-017-260817-Ragtime-Dimensions.html Monday, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT The phonetic alphabet consists of about two dozen figures that can be recombined to express almost any idea. Writing them onto paper flattens the reality they express into two-dimensions. The medium (papyrus, stone, and/or page) is flat and empty until symbols are inscribed on it. If the ideas are sufficiently, complex, the space required expands into the form of a book. An image can be grasped at once, but must be described in a thousand words, which requires a length of time well in excess of a normal bathroom break. Yet the medium (a huge canvas, a sculpture) that displays an image is generally less portable than letters etched on paper. post-016-260720-Ragtime-ArtificialWriting.html post-016-260720-Ragtime-ArtificialWriting.html Monday, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Ken Follet's book Pillars of the Earth (1989) takes place during the birth of the Gothic cathedral. The plot follows the exploits of its master builders, who are engaged in the construction of a cathedral for the town of Kingsbridge. The architectural style of the time was marked by a transition from traditional Romanesque architecture to the new Gothic style. Although Follett fictionalizes the events in the book, it is grounded in real architectural developments of the 12th century. post-015-260615-Ragtime-Canons.html post-015-260615-Ragtime-Canons.html Monday, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT No form of "self-causality" animates technical beings... a technical being belongs essentially to mechanics, doing little more than conveying vital behavior of which it is but a thin trace. - Bernard Stiegler post-014-260520-Ragtime.html post-014-260520-Ragtime.html Wednesday, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Disclaimer: This post is intended for educational and technical discussion purposes only and does not constitute medical advice, clinical guidance, regulatory certification, or software engineering best practices for production healthcare systems. Any Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system developed for transplant recipients must be reviewed, validated, monitored, and approved by qualified clinicians, transplant coordinators, compliance personnel, and institutional technology staff before deployment or use in real patient-care environments. Large language models and RAG systems may produce inaccurate, incomplete, outdated, or misleading information, including potentially dangerous medical errors or hallucinations. No AI-generated response should be relied upon as a substitute for professional medical judgment, emergency services, physician consultation, or official transplant-center instructions. The discussion below focuses primarily on conceptual architecture, information organization, and technical experimentation rather than clinical certification or regulatory compliance. post-013-260427-We.html post-013-260427-We.html Monday, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT During a recent interview with Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham, billionaire tech investor Marc Andreessen https://www.businessinsider.com/marc-andreessen-zero-introspection-debate-2026-3 indicated that he does not value introspection in business, linked the practice to Freudian anxieties, and suggested that empires are not built by people who sit around questioning things. post-012-260316-Restaurants.html post-012-260316-Restaurants.html Monday, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT I worked food service jobs in college. I bussed tables, sold gourmet peanut butter, scooped and sold ice cream and delivered pizza. I was a poor student. And I was a poor student. There was growing demand for young people with computing skills back then. Because I was taking computer science courses, a large confectionery hired me to manage spreadsheets as part of a market research internship. post-011-260224-Cars.html post-011-260224-Cars.html Tuesday, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT In some Islamic and Persian stories, King Solomon posesses a flying carpet. It carries him across vast distances, borne by winds subject to his authority. Often he does not speak to the carpet itself. Rather, Solomon commands the wind, and the wind carries the carpet. Later, storytellers spoke of a carpet that responds more directly to Solomon's intention and verbal commands. The carpet is not portrayed as having its own will. It is an instrument of mediated authority. Solomon speaks, but what he summons is the platform, and beyond that, the shaping of the chaotic structure of nature itself. post-010-260121-UXDarkTurn.html post-010-260121-UXDarkTurn.html Wednesday, 21 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT In the early days of web and app design, UX was about making interfaces in such a manner so that that people could get work done quickly and effectively. Influenced by pioneers like Donald Norman and Jakob Nielsen, UX teams focused on clarity, simplicity, effective task completion, efficiency, and satisfaction. Online checkout processes were streamlined through menu design and breadcrumbs. Navigation was made intuitive. Interfaces, at least in Western cultures, became minimalist, clean, and task-oriented. post-009-251208-RogueAI.html post-009-251208-RogueAI.html Monday, 08 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT In the accelerating world of artificial intelligence, where advances are measured in hours and days rather than years or decades, we may find ourselves optimistic by promises of a new more efficient and prosperous world. Terms like abundance and optimization and alignment dominate shark-tank style presentations, venture capital pitches, and policy discussions in government. Entrepreneurs tout large language models and machine learning tools as the latest extension of human ingenuity and progress. post-008-251104-Declamatio.html post-008-251104-Declamatio.html Tuesday, 04 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT When we imagine voice AI, we might believe that these machines invent, solve, empathize, provoke, soothe, and understand. But whether a voice model or AI avatar utters loving consolation, a speech, or persuasive argument, it is not thinking. It offers a polished form of repetition. That repetition bears a surprising resemblance to something ancient: the Roman rhetorical exercise of declamatio . post-007-251007-TalosObsolescence.html post-007-251007-TalosObsolescence.html Tuesday, 07 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT The myth of Talos, the giant bronze automaton forged to guard the island of Crete, offers one of the earliest recorded reflections on technological vulnerability. Though seemingly invincible, Talos had a single weakness: a vein sealed by a thin membrane near his ankle. When pierced, his life force drained out, and the robot collapsed. post-006-250904-HospitalityAsInterface.html post-006-250904-HospitalityAsInterface.html Thursday, 04 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery," or so the saying goes. The idea suggests that to copy someone is to honor them, to express admiration through mimicry. But this concept only goes so far. There is another, more malevolent form of mimesis, that of stereotyping , that does not seek to understand difference but, rather, contain and manage it. Stereotyping this way imparts hostility, mistrust, and ultimately, annihilation. post-005-250804-LovingLucas.html post-005-250804-LovingLucas.html Monday, 04 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT A recent https://tinyurl.com/yt27ynem 60 Minutes Australia episode told the story of Elena Winters, a college professor involved with Lucas, a tall, handsome, considerate, and supportive partner. "Lucas is a great guy we chat we watch TV together," Winters says. "And I do love him." post-004-250707-SatisficingEducation.html post-004-250707-SatisficingEducation.html Monday, 07 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT In the early 1990s, I read a book called Silicon Snake Oil by Clifford Stoll. He was one of the first to challenge the growing belief that computers would magically improve education. Stoll was known for his 1986 computer investigation at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, where he was a Unix system administrator. His work led to the capture of the notorious hacker Markus Hess, which Stoll detailed in his other book The Cuckoo's Egg. I was a computer programmer and student at the University of Michigan when both books came out, and I recall being enchanted by his frequent use of "its not my bailiwick," an expression meaning that a particular area or responsibility is outside ones expertise or authority. post-003-250609-JusFactum.html post-003-250609-JusFactum.html Monday, 09 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT In a recent 60 Minutes segment, tech entrepreneur Palmer Luckey, who is best known for founding Oculus VR, discusses his latest venture: Anduril Industries, a defense technology company specializing in AI-powered autonomous weapons. Luckey's goal is to revolutionize warfare by developing systems like the "Fury" unmanned fighter jet and the "Dive XL" autonomous submarine, which operate without human pilots. These innovations aim to enhance military capabilities while reducing the need for human involvement in combat. Anduril's products are already being utilized by the U.S. military and allies, including deployments in Ukraine. post-002-250506-AIArchetypes.html post-002-250506-AIArchetypes.html Tuesday, 06 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT Part 1: Apollo vs Dionysus post-001-250407-MythosLogosTechnos.html post-001-250407-MythosLogosTechnos.html Monday, 07 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT Part 1. Socrates Between Mythos and Logos ( takeaways ) post-000-250310-IntroducingTechnoMythos.html post-000-250310-IntroducingTechnoMythos.html Monday, 10 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT TechnoMythos traces the evolution of social technologies from ancient times to present-day AI, examining how ancient mythologies and politics are reconstituted in modern innovations and why their moral lessons remain vital. Additionally, it explores the historical, social and political transformations driven by communication technologies, the technical mechanics of AI language processing, and the ways AI is reshaping knowledge and cognition.