We are at the most risk when we’re the most certain.
Batteries
[This is a note sent by my friend, Ian. It’s a pretty interesting and comprehensive look at battery technology and trends.] Continue reading
[This is a note sent by my friend, Ian. It’s a pretty interesting and comprehensive look at battery technology and trends.] Continue reading
A system is considered to be intelligent if it more or less reliably produces a desirable outcome from a range of unexpected circumstances. A system is considered to be a machine if it more or less reliably produces a desirable outcome from a range of anticipated circumstances. Continue reading
I’m constantly amazed by the persistent belief that humans are not part of the world around us and that we can step out of it at any time we choose. Continue reading
We are at the most risk when we’re the most certain.
So the question for those of us here tonight is how we, all of us, can better reflect America’s hopes. I’ve served in Congress with many of you. I know many of you well. There are a lot of good people here, on both sides of the aisle. And many … Continue reading
Note to self (sort of obvious). In system design time is an assumption it’s not feedback. The proof of this is trivial. No matter what your system does or even if it exists, time marches on. Time doesn’t depend on your system in any way. For example, if I design … Continue reading
My friend Ian’s reflections on 2014. Continue reading
Religion, or the lack of it, is a hot topic on my Facebook news feed this morning. One friend came out of the closet and admitted to being an atheist, another shared a post having something to do with how science is increasingly demonstrating the existence of God. In the … Continue reading
My friend Ted pointed me at David Foster Wallace. I haven’t read any of his work yet other than the commencement address to Kenyon College from which the following two quotations are taken. Continue reading
“Just because you’re winning a game
doesn’t mean it’s a good game.”– Seth Godin