Tuesday: Hili dialogue
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Welcome to the Cruelest Day: Tuesday, January 20 2024. and it’s cold
outside. The ambient temperature is 4°F or -16°C, and the wind is blowing,
so it feels...
Could ChatGPT Convince You to Buy Something?
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Eighteen months ago, it was plausible that artificial intelligence might
take a different path than social media. Back then, AI’s development hadn’t
cons...
Explaining few-shot prompting in Scratch
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In this post, I want to share a recent worksheet I wrote for Machine
Learning for Kids. It is a hands-on project to give students an insight
into an aspect...
Narrative Control Made Easy: Us versus Them
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*Those in charge of narrative control are suffering from the delusion that
they're making sense. Everything is under control until it isn't.*
*The name of...
Moran in Chief
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“Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel
Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation
to think ...
I Had A Dream
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Alas, the dream that I had last night was not the inspiring, MLK kind of
dream, even though tomorrow happens to be the great man’s day. No, I had
the lite...
Utilitarianism: it all went wrong with Sidgwick
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As part of my critique of pro-natalism, I’m looking at the philosophical
foundations of the idea. Most of the explicit discussion takes place within
the fr...
Dante and the 3-Sphere
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Apparently Dante conceived of the universe as a 3-sphere! That’s a
3-dimensional space formed by taking two solid 3-dimensional balls and
completely gluing...
How Washington Uses Energy as a Weapon
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This essay argues that control of the global oil trade is a core instrument
of U.S. power, underpinning dollar-based finance and coercive diplomacy. It
f...
Some quick thoughts on Venezuela from a comrade
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Some quick thoughts on Venezuela from a comrade: 1. Reuters confirms
agreement to divert Venezuela oil to US will not affect China much even
short term. On...
Update on Australian NetZero efforts
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by Chris Morris People have queried what is happening in Australia with
their push for a decarbonised all renewables/ Net Zero grid since the last
update...
High and higher. US credit card rates.
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Increasingly, we have to pay to pay. Directly, but also indirectly. For
instance, credit card payments entail borrowing, and debts entail interest
payments...
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...
2026: Expect a very uneven world economic downturn
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The Maximum Power Principle strongly suggests that even as limits are hit,
the world economy cannot be expected to collapse all at once. Instead, the
most ...
A good summation of the VPRI STEPS project
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I learned about STEPS from the ViewPoints Research Institute (VPRI) in
about 2008. It’s goal was to create a usable office system, from the ground
up (incl...
Energy Predictions 2025
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Printable pdf. It’s been a few years since I wrote a broad post on energy,
so I’m providing an update in one easy to read place. More detailed
specific pos...
Harvey at 90: A Verso Series
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From the Verso website: This month, in honour of David Harvey‘s ninetieth
birthday, we’re publishing a series of short essays on David’s unparalleled
contr...
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: ...
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