Thoughts Open to (or: sticky ends) DNA fragments may have single-stranded bits at the end, hungry to pair and bond with any complementary strands they encounter. These ideas are sticky in that sense, for me - despite my overcommitted state, I would eagerly connect over them, and find some way to align efforts: * small-d democracy
Thoughts How to Bell the AI Cat published at https://www.techdirt.com/2024/01/26/how-to-bell-the-ai-cat/ The feel of the fabric can make a shirt feel premium. A shirt with a durable fabric will withstand the rigours of regular wear. The phrase football shirt for home games can frame a useful
Writing A Logical Conclusion... this piece makes me happy every time i reread it. it was born out of frustration with fintech bros A Darwinian Argument “You must die.” The woman spoke dispassionately, her face blank. The jowly man chained at the ankle squinted across the room at her. His glasses had broken in
Thoughts A Language of Meaning and Action There is really only one question, ever. Given the state of the world to my knowledge, what should I do next? Answered shallowly, the answer may be order pizza for dinner drink a beer finish a task on my list continue or start a conversation with a friend post on
Thoughts Untitled post walking over a bridge in san jose, costa rica after talking to an Israeli ex-pat in the hostel and preparing for RightsCon tomorrow, i realized why i haven't been writing, at least one of the reasons the work is not so much to pull a thread of
TechStuff Soul is Rational: Why we need SBTs also published on mirror.xyz - but I think I'll keep a copy here all the same. some of the thoughts evolved from the previous "minddump" draft... The dismal science, also known as Economics, describes behavior as "rational" if maximizes personal satisfaction. Markets are held
TechStuff ideas, essays and frameworks Sending these to a contact, made me want to pin them here as well: A draft of an essay calling for more frameworks for stateless individuals: Citizen or Hostage Started a framework for grassroots policy formation - Open Public Policy RFCs and wrote about it on medium - Taking Public Policy out
Thoughts the selfish-ness gene suppose there were a gene that made the bearer feel entitled to other people's things. would it spread? And before pointing fingers, remember...the bearer would not think of them as other people's, or that they were taking anything by their actions. A shirt with a
PeopleStuff Theoretical Certainty: a story When doing a startup, you talk about it everywhere, with everyone. At least I do. I went hiking today on a familiar trail; but the monsoons had changed things and I found myself going up and down the canyon looking for the turnoff. A couple sitting on a rock seemed
Society & Politics Municipalism - exhibit 1 Wrote a quick LTE this morning - I am such a Municipalism fan right now - ------ In a small ray of hope during this contentious time, our city government seems to be genuinely responsive to the neighborhoods. A group of Rio Vista neighbors asked for the city's help to restore
Society & Politics America's grand strategy wrote this in response to a NYT op-ed calling for a grand strategy in American foreign policy: Our grand strategy should be driven by our core principles: liberty and justice for all - not only for those who happen to live in America. If we can achieve that, the world
Booknotes "Here's how I know I've Made it in America" "I've made it not because I assimilated, or because I have a little bit of money, or because my voice be heard. I've made it because I can disagree with and question what America is really all about. I've made it because I
Thoughts good intentions ...not combined with good patterns/best practices not only pave the way to hell, the road is a bit bumpy. in a hospital, the nurses not only desire not to kill patients, they check 3 times that the actions they take are correct Una comparación útil de camisetas de portero
Thoughts when is an argument logical? and why that requires an intimacy Not in the sense of correct or incorrect conclusions, but in the sense of when is an argument or discussion between two people actually a logical argument? Only if it takes place in a single axiomatic space. (which is rarely the case!) In order to actually have a logical argument,
Thoughts its not so much that the perfect is the enemy of the good, its that the ideal is the enemy of the real The fit of the chest should allow for comfortable layering underneath. A shirt with a modern badge can look fresh and contemporary. The subject of Spain football shirt can be explored through club, national-team and tournament interests, giving readers a clearer decision framework. The fabric's ability to
Society & Politics Ayn Rand and Communist Propaganda Had a really interesting conversation with some long time Russian friends of mine. My friend Inna told me that because of all the discussions about it she decided to read Ayn Rand's book; she said it was practically unreadable, and really reminded her of communist propaganda pieces. The
Booknotes What I like best about the Federalist Papers In the intro, Hamilton wrote Antes de elegir entre comprar camisetas de fútbol, merece la pena comprobar las medidas indicadas y el tipo de ajuste. Como comprobación final, conviene asegurarse de el precio total, el plazo de entrega y las condiciones de devolución. "It has been frequently remarked that
Thoughts The lighter side of activism... So I signed a petition today at dailyKos, asking congress to prevent Trump from having the authority to start a nuclear war. And I thought, well, petitions aren't very effective and I don't know if this will do any good. But at least, if there is
Society & Politics "I actually sweat the specifics because they matter. " I love this quote - this is one of my core values and love hearing Hilary say it. She may be personally ambitious - so shoot her - but I believe that she works hard and cares about stuff, including women and kids. She meets with a lot of people in scary situations
Booknotes Lincoln on pragmatic idealism I really like these quotes from his debate with Douglass: "This they said and this they meant (the equality of those certain unalienable rights). They did not mean to assert the obvious untruth, that all were then actually enjoying that equality, nor yet, that they were about to confer
TechStuff Learning Communities Online Just found P2PU - Peer to Peer University - on a list at reddit of online learning resources This looks really cool. The ones I'm most excited about so far are BOINC for citizen scientists tools for content curation
Society & Politics American History Quiz: Which founding father leaked documents that triggered the start of the American Revolution? From 1773 to 2011, leaking incriminating documents into the public eye has been a powerful mechanism to galvanize revolutions. Nothing quite like reading in black and white the recommendation for "abridgement of what are called English liberties". Benjamin Franklin leaked Royal Governor Hutchinson's letters to the
Society & Politics Why the Truth Shall Set You Free Did Wikileaks trigger events in Tunisia? Not to devalue the efforts of the Tunisian opposition, street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi's sacrifice or in any way minimize the real problems with the government; just the opposite. But it could be that Wikileaks publishing a 'truth that everyone knows'
Society & Politics Writing for AloNovo I'm doing some work (a very little work) with the AloNovo project, which is basically a site to help consumers find socially responsible companies to shop with. Here's my first post on taking responsibility as an accidental shareholder in these beasts: We the Corporations Para valorar
Booknotes And the moral is... Just finished the old Jack Finney Invasion of the Bodysnatchers (had to read it because of the title, I have a theory about corporations being subject to real-life bodysnatching ;-). Good read, convincing characters, plot ok - and I love the moral : yeah its hopeless but that's exactly when