A Man Smoking a Blunt
An Overdose of Hasheesh
Fuck.
Intelligent Agents
I’ve been thinking lately about why our civilization insists on flinging us full speed into climate change or why social media companies pursue strategies that are clearly trending towards social collapse.
Modal Dispersion
A rant about inconsistent technical terminology.
From Astrology to Q
A discussion of why so many members of the “New Age” community are getting caught in the QAnon conspiracy web.
Microgravity
A pointless exploration of the way we talk about floating in space.
Scary Vaccines
Some people will try to scare you away from vaccines by listing scary sounding chemicals that are in them.
Regulatory Choose Your Own Adventure
A look at the compromises necessary to regulate ride-hailing companies.
Naming Conventions - Part 2
I think computer component naming conventions may have gone off the rails somewhere. This is what happens when you let engineers operate without any adult supervision.
An Impossible Review
A review of cooking with Impossible Burger.
Harnessing Fire (An Information Allegory)
An essay about the dangers of failing to understand the flow of information.
Gwaihir
Cognitive development in digital assistants.
Wiki Game Musings
Musings about the creation of a path search algorithm for the Wiki Game.
Million Dollar Nonsense
I’ve stumbled across a piece of consulting GOLD. It comes in the form of a 27 page rebranding document produced by the now defunct Arnell Group as part of Pepsi’s 2009 brand refresh.
What Your Car Says About You
More specifically, what your car’s nationality says about you.
The Father and the Son
Contrasting the values and behaviors of God and Jesus in the Bible.
Divergent Goals - From Uber to Facebook
An essay on the goals we set for our software and why that can make it seem stupid.
Overkill
An examination of one of Elon Musk’s latest excesses.