complex systems - Sonya Supposedly

examining/ Jul 2021 /5 min read

Entropy Notes

Eventually a system will realize a possibility that reduces the subsequent number of possibilities, and so on, until there are no available possibilities that could have this effect.

examining/ Dec 2020 /2 min read

Spelling

Epistemic status: Making a stab at the ineffable. The ineffable dodges and I miss. Again, argh! It always does that. Oh well, gonna keep stabbing anyway. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hey kids, wassup. Wanna talk about magic? '

examining/ Jul 2020 /19 min read

Multiplayer Psychosis

My friend Beau [https://beaugunderson.com/] suggested that I reflect on cyberpunk again, do an issue of Exolymph [https://www.exolymph.news/] for old time's sake. I've been pondering the

examining/ Jun 2020 /8 min read

Survivalist Epistemology

On the existential politics of sorting through salience signals under uncertainty.

examining/ May 2020 /9 min read

Notes on the Santa Fe Institute

An overview of complexity research enclave the Santa Fe Institute, frequented by luminaries ranging from Murray Gell-Mann to Cormac McCarthy.

just-so stories/ Apr 2020 /4 min read

Civilizational Immune Systems

In a recent call to arms, software magnate Marc Andreessen remarked on widespread inability to respond swiftly, let alone appropriately, to the onset of pandemic: [...] the harsh reality is that it all failed — no