Rewiring Democracy is Coming Soon
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My latest book, *Rewiring Democracy: How AI Will Transform Our Politics,
Government, and Citizenship*, will be published in just over a week. No
reviews ...
The Free Press touts faith again
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On October 9 I highlighted a Free Press piece called “How intellectuals
found God,” which I now see is part of a series of pieces on that site
touting the ...
Assembly by Natasha Brown
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Debut by Natasha Brown. Short, read it in one sitting over and hour or so
en route to Berlin last week. A Black woman in the UK has done and still
does all...
The natural party of government
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Labor looks like becoming the “natural party of government”, but in doing
so, it is abandoning its traditional role as the party of initiative. In
this pos...
Crown Ethers
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Students who memorize organic chemistry consider it torture. But to explore
it is a delight. It’s like the difference between being force-fed and
grazing a...
How A Nation Makes Money in Their Sleep
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Michael Hudson on the balance-of-payments illusion: how military outlays,
foreign aid, and transfer pricing let the U.S. earn without paying—under
dollar...
The True Meaning of Stoicism
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*Self-discipline isn't supposed to be punishing. Rather, it's friendly and
encouraging. The encouraging Master is strict only in holding fast to
moderation...
Tracy Britt Cool: Brick by Brick
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Warren Buffett called Tracy Britt Cool his “fireman” due to her
reputation at Berkshire Hathaway for turning around struggling
businesses. Today, Britt C...
Sad and happy day
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Today, of course, is the second anniversary of the genocidal Oct. 7
invasion of Israel—the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust, and the
event that l...
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...
Event-driven sessions at IBM TechXchange 2025
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Next week, I’ll be at IBM TechXchange: our annual technical learning
conference. Our other big annual event Think had a business focus, but
TechXchange is ...
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...
Seeing and not seeing: building and forgetting
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You might have seen the picture above. It’s the Tacoma Narrows bridge which
collapsed a few weeks after being built. Why? Well what you can see here is
the...
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...
What have I done?? No doubt a terrible thing!
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I never forgot this cartoon strip that I first encountered in my first year
at La Trobe University, Melbourne, in 1969. I was pleased to recently
rediscove...
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...
Papert’s 8 Big Ideas (Lithuanian Translation)
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Translation by Marius Narvilas Aštuonios didžiosios konstrukcionizmo
idÄ—jos Dr Seymour Papert 1999 Pirmoji idÄ—ja – mokytis darant. Visada
išmokstama ger...
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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