Written on BART
Words written on my commute (BART = the Bay Area’s subway system). Every post is started after getting on the train and published before exiting on the other end. No drafts, no context, no bailing when nothing really materializes. REALLY SORRY.
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12 ways to change the level of water in a bathtub*
12 ways to change the level of water in a bathtub*
Turn the faucet on or off.
Dealing with the mental hot potatoes of cognitive dissonance around Trump’s election
Dealing with the mental hot potatoes of cognitive dissonance around Trump’s election
My brain (perhaps like yours) is in a state of panic trying to resolve some serious cognitive dissonance about the world. Specifically…
On Getting Stronger When Weakened
Which of these entities gets stronger when attacked and threatened?
The Catalog of All Things
The Catalog of All Things
When I was in 1st or 2nd grade my family got a World Book Encyclopedia from someone selling them door-to-door.
The Loebner Prize for Bots
The Loebner Prize for Bots
I just learned about this from Rob Ellis, who’s building SuperScript. The Loebner Prize is a yearly competition to write a chatbot that…
You Are Here
You Are Here
Why do we call the Big Bang the Big Bang? Are there other smaller Bangs of a similar nature that we’re looking at and thinking “wow, I’ve…
Tracking Confidence
Tracking Confidence
I’m sort of obsessed with tracking things. I’ve tracked my morale, how much coffee and alcohol I drink, how much sleep I get, and all the…