Barbarism or Civilization
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Luca Placidi: Welcome, everybody. It is a great pleasure and honor to have
with us today Professor Michael Hudson. For those who still do not know
him, M...
CRA Snowbird 2024 trip report: computing contrasts
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[image: A wide shot of seven rows of seating with more than 300 attendees.]The
ballroom.
Back in 2016, I was fortunate to be invited to the CRA Snowbird co...
Cryonics Chances
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Attending an event on cryonics this last weekend tempts me to revisit the
topic. And given the crazy tiny number of folks who have signed up for it
(~4K), ...
Agent-Based Models (Part 13)
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Our 6-week Edinburgh meeting for creating category-based software for
agent-based models is done, yet my collaborators are still busy improving
and expandi...
Me, During a Starry Night
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These person sized print of a part of the starry sky by Thomas Ruff from
1992 I found beautiful and impressive. Deep glossy black, which you don’t
see in t...
In Search of Mega Rays & Manta Rays
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I was diving at Wreck Beach Reef, Great Keppel Island, last Friday and I
managed to photograph a Blue Spotted Fan Ray (Taeniura lyenma) –a regular
stingr...
On taking first steps into a new orientation
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This is a follow-up to my post On improving a computing model. My posting
to this blog has slowed down a lot over the last few years. One reason for
that i...
The Pathology of Envy
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The distinction between envy and jealousy resides along the same lines as
that of Loosh and Faith. It all depends upon how one quietly resents
another in r...
How Does the Economy Really Work?
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The world economy is an amazingly complex, physics-based, self-organizing
system. The three major elements are extracted resources including energy
resourc...
New comment policy
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With yesterday’s My Prayer, for the first time I can remember in two
decades of blogging, I put up a new post with the comments section
completely turned o...
John Quiggin and the Overton Gradient
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(Not to mention Overton’s Elephant and Overton’s Mouse) With inflation
stuck at 4%, what a terrible problem that it will probably take a
deliberately engin...
Implications of the Linear Carbon Sink Model
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by Joachim Dengler This post is the first of two extracts from the paper
Improvements and Extension of the Linear Carbon Sink Model. Introduction –
Modelli...
Conscript The Old!
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*Source: hotpot.ai*
Putin's invasion of Ukraine has reminded everyone of how dangerous a world
we live in. As rich countries scramble to rebuild militarie...
How Terraform Navigated The Idea Maze
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Originally posted on the Terraform Industries blog. Terraform Industries is
making cheap, synthetic, carbon neutral natural gas from sunlight and air.
I fo...
Experts vs. Imitators
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If you want the highest quality information, you have to speak to the best
people. The problem is many people claim to be experts, who really aren’t.
Saf...
GPT-4oReview
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I asked GPT-4o to review this old technical report of mine. Speaking as a
sometime editor, I have had worse reviews from humans... Here is the resul...
Diary
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For the full record. Arthur Dent deliberately set out to wreck this site
early in 2016 and considering it was on life support at the time this was
easily a...
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...
Struggling with a Moral Panic Once Again
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I have to admit that it’s breaking my heart to watch a new generation of
anxious parents think that they can address the struggles their kids are
facing by...
Return to 4th grade Code Club
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One of my high school seniors wanted to do a service project teaching
coding to elementary students. He loved our field trip to the elementary
school that ...
Predictions Scorecard, 2024 January 01
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[You can follow me on social media: @rodneyabrooks.bsky.social] This is my
sixth annual update on how my dated predictions from January 1st,
2018 concernin...
Wellness: Bad Stress: Philosophy – Stoicism
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In a previous post, I mentioned that I started researching wellness a few
months into the pandemic when I noticed my physical and mental health
declining. ...
CMK23
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Constructing Modern Knowledge returned to Manchester, New Hampshire this
summer and it was awesome! I posted a Twitter thread but Gary badgered me
to ex...
Languages for Learning
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As recommended and used at Constructing Modern Knowledge Language Use URL
Turtle Art 2D art and Logo geometry – also exports SVG files. Great first
progr...
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