PinnedHow to Reduce Biased ThinkingThe brain is designed with blind spots, optical and psychological, and one of its cleverest tricks is to confer on its owner the comforting…Jun 12, 2022A response icon3Jun 12, 2022A response icon3
Cryptomnesia and Intellectual HumilityWhen we repeat a conversation, we don’t, as a rule, repeat the actual words; we put in some other words that seem to us to mean exactly the…Nov 1Nov 1
Children of the Magenta LineAs a software engineer, I regularly use AI and tools like Copilot in my work, all well within our company’s privacy policy. In some ways…Oct 28Oct 28
Magic: The SpyingIn 1856, the French government faced a peculiar problem in Algeria. The Marabouts, local religious leaders, were using what appeared to be…Oct 5Oct 5
Flavours of Proust’s MadeleineA few years ago, we visited Airfield Estate here in Dublin, a working farm that we love taking our daughter to, and I highly recommend it…Aug 31A response icon3Aug 31A response icon3
Parkinson’s Law, Hawaiian Time, and the Space BetweenPeople get cast in molds (of status and roles) for which they are variously equipped. The problem lies between man’s creativeness and…Aug 17Aug 17
A Timeline of Communication Patterns — Recurring Themes (part 2)As described in the previous article, communication technologies compressed time and space, creating shared experiences across vast…May 11May 11
A Timeline of Communication Patterns (part 1)Smiling, touching, watching, copying, talking, listening, singing, dancing, painting, writing, and making — these are the ways we have…Apr 7Apr 7