On Knowing
Today we wandered through some of Tegmark’s thoughts on how we perceive motion and ended up with an interesting architecture for how humans interact with the world around them. Continue reading
Today we wandered through some of Tegmark’s thoughts on how we perceive motion and ended up with an interesting architecture for how humans interact with the world around them. Continue reading
I’ve been fascinated by the topic of influence and decision making for most of my life. It began to form some sort of cohesive structure when I first read Isaac Asimov’s Foundation Trilogy as a teenager. It was also heavily influenced by pondering the religious beliefs of my relatives and … Continue reading
I considered this talk to be the gem of OSCON 2014 (O’Reilly Open Source Conference). I think his insights into backwards causality (67% of all successful generals bombard hills) and crossing value chains with market maturity are brilliant. Here’s Simon’s OSCON 2014 keynote … Simon Wardley OSCON 2014 Keynote: "Introduction … Continue reading
[My friend Ian Page, who researches and writes extensively about energy has graciously allowed me to repost some of his emails here.] by Ian Page, 2024.08.07 German Utilities Paid to Stabilize Grid Due to Increased Wind and Solar Its well understood that as the proportion of renewables increase, both stabilisation … Continue reading
This is the real world. The other 362 days of the year are just a Dilbert comic strip. Continue reading
I made it home. It was good. I saw a lot of things I hadn’t seen before. I carried around a lot of stuff that I didn’t need to. All in all a typical road trip. I didn’t take many pictures, but here are a few… Continue reading
I got up at 3am hoping to get to the canyon edge and take some star pictures before the sun came up. Unfortunately it was already too light by the time I got there. I’ve never been to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon before this and I didn’t … Continue reading
Well, I made it to Monument Valley. It didn’t do it for me. Some places are a little too commercial. I keep wanting to check to see if I still have my wallet. It also attracts an interesting group of people. There’s a road to the valley floor from the … Continue reading
I discovered that there are two entrances to Canyonlands National Park. One south of Moab (Needles) and the other north (Island in the Sky). Island in the Sky is the closest to Moab so I went there. My plan was to do a bit more sightseeing then find a hotel … Continue reading
It started out as a miserably rainy morning. I went out for breakfast where I spoke with a very nice couple from Dallas at the counter with me, she’s originally from Delhi, he’s from Bangalore. They are vacationing in Moab and had driven there from Denver the day before. We … Continue reading