A Short Walk
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As I mentioned in my previous post The Long Walk, I struggle to get out of
the house and away from my laptop to take short walks in the neighbourhood
durin...
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
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This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak:
- I’m giving a virtual talk on “The Security of Trust in the Age of AI,”
hosted b...
How economics became a religion
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from Lars Syll Economics today has — as we all know — become a ‘the model
is the message’ discipline. However, as long as it does not seriously
examine and...
Naturally Occurring Quasicrystals
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I love quasicrystals—like crystals, but with patterns that never repeat,
like Penrose tiles. But they’ve very rare in nature. They’re created only
by the m...
No more NYT cooperation: my dog-rape red line
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Over the years, I’ve written two op-eds for The New York Times about
quantum computing, at the NYT editors’ invitation: I’ve also visited the
NYT office an...
How to build a lunar mass driver
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Casey Handmer May 2026 What? Elon has recently (late 2025, early 2026) been
talking about building many terawatts of orbital AI compute and launching
some ...
The Extinction of the Human Species Won't Matter
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All things come to an end eventually, including the human species. From the
perspective of the universe it won't matter, and so it also shouldn't
matter ...
Monday Message Board
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Another Monday Message Board. Post comments on any topic. Civil discussion
and no coarse language please. Side discussions and idees fixes to the
sandpits,...
CHI 2026 trip report: ay ay AI
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[image: wood latices hanging from the ceiling of a beige foyer.]The foyer
lattice of the International Barcelona Convention Center
There is never a good ti...
Retracing steps
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This is sort of a follow-up to the My journey series. In that, I talked
about learning programming on 8-bit computers, and progressing onto much
more power...
Spring 2026 PCAS Update: Recruiting a new Lecturer
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My last update on the University of Michigan’s Program in Computing for the
Arts and Sciences (PCAS) was in March 2024 (see post here). I did give some
upd...
Rethinking climate change
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by Nicola Scafetta My new book is now published: The Frontier of Climate
Science: Solar Variability, Natural Cycles and Model Uncertainty For more
than t...
ANALYSIS OF THE UKRAINE WAR, 2026
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Bill Kerr Q&A format: What is the situation on the battlefield? The
situation changes everyday. To keep up to date follow some of the links
here to regular...
Predictions Scorecard, 2026 January 01
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Nothing is ever as good as it first seems and nothing is ever as bad as it
first seems. — A best memory paraphrase of advice given to me by Vice
Admiral Jo...
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