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Capital Must Seek Delight
The last fifteen years of technology investing can be understood as a transition from black swan farming to consensus black swan herding. But beneath the surface financial story lies a deeper cultural and civilizational shift: capital has l...
Ribbonfarm Resurrected
I’ve mentioned this project in passing a couple of times in recent posts, and some of you have been following my updates in the chat section, but it’s time for an official launch.
My old WordPress blog, Ribbonfarm, which I retired in 2024,...
Getting Gooier
Everything is now about AI except AI. AI is about the shapes of human beings.1 likes to point out, and I agree, that in thinking about the impact of major technologies, everybody is obsessed with how the world might change, but few have the...
AI in World Machine Theory
The basic premise of the World Machines theory I’ve been developing in collaboration with book club regulars is that we can describe how the world works at any given time in terms of three co-extensive machine-like planetarities, an ascenda...
Writing Liveness
A side quest within my ongoing exploration of liveness lately has been applying the notion to writing. I don’t mean liveness in a figurative sense, such as a particularly well-conceived fictional character coming “alive” in a good novel. I...
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