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Last Saturday Y and I went to the Drukkunst fair, where printers of all
stripes and from across Europe presented themselves. We chatted with Roy
Scholten a...
The Revolution Trilogy
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*It would serve our interests to plot out what we can do from where we are
right now should the status quo succumb to gravity.*
*The research I've done ov...
Why the rich don’t pay taxes
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from Lars Syll Beneath the civic ideal of taxation as a collective,
equitable endeavour lies an entrenched hypocrisy: the architecture of
modern tax codes ...
The erosion of medical journals
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Of all the papers in the special issue of the Journal of Controversial
Ideas on censorship in science, the one below is perhaps the most
important, as the ...
From Safe Haven to Seizure Risk
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If Washington and Brussels can seize sovereign reserves, what wealth is
safe in Western custody? Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff unpack the gold
surge, ...
Social Engineering People’s Credit Card Details
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Good *Wall Street Journal* article on criminal gangs that scam people out
of their credit card information:
Your highway toll payment is now past due, on...
Philip Gibbs – Black Holes and White Holes
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A white hole is a purely hypothetical time-reversed black hole. What does
general relativity say about them? Would they repel you? Could you fall
into a wh...
Neither Dominance nor Prestige: Rank
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Recent social-science work distinguishes two classic forms of status:
dominance (or “power”) and prestige (or “honor”).
Introducing LLM benchmarks using Scratch
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In this post, I want to share a recent worksheet I wrote for Machine
Learning for Kids. It is perhaps a little on the technical side, but I
think there is ...
Career Development Guide for Job Seekers
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Context October 2025: With the government shut down and NASA JPL business
in apparent terminal decline, I have received numerous inbounds from former
colle...
Why Today’s Humanoids Won’t Learn Dexterity
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In this post I explain why today’s humanoid robots will not learn how to be
dexterous despite the hundreds of millions, or perhaps many billions of
dollar...
Natural Selection of Bad Science. Part II
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by John Ridgway In an earlier essay [1] I explained how positive feedbacks
can lead to potentially problematic scientific mono-cultures. I also
acknowled...
New book: The Story of Capital
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My next book, The Story of Capital: What Everyone Should Know About How
Capital Works, will be published on 24 February 2026 by Verso.
The Final Step of the Scientific Method
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An ideology that cannot be defended by means of evidence and deductive
logic, will inevitably be enforced by violence. You shall know them by
their habit: ...
CS 2881: AI Safety
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The webpage for my AI safety course is on
https://boazbk.github.io/mltheoryseminar/ including homework zero, video of
first lecture and slides. Future blog...
Good News Ukraine.
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Sorting out the real situation in the Russo Ukrainian war
https://billkerr1947.github.io/ukraineWar/ “Artillery Conquers, Infantry
Occupies” and drones are...
Marble Maze Modules
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Beyond the Marble: How Modular Mazes Build Skills and Spark Wonder Building
a marble maze is more than just a fun challenge—it’s a gateway to exploring
a w...
Lifespan extension: separating fact from fiction
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Thinking about longevity practically is a tricky affair. On the one hand,
we have very little definitive knowledge about how to prolong your healthy
years ...
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Building An Inexpensive Robot With micro:bit
I just released the source code and a tutorial on building a remote
controlled robot using the micro:bit.
T...
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