An Advertisement for Myself
Connections.
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Conversational Interoperability
This is my proposal for a set of principles that describe how to have interoperable conversations.
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- Tags: conversational interoperability, internet, jon postel
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How to Think about the Coronavirus: Non-Linearity, Uncertainty, Branching Histories
Take direction from people who understand exponential trends, wash your hands and, when it’s over, remember which branch of history we went down.
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- Tags: coronavirus, covid-19, nassim taleb, naval ravikant, nicholas a. christakis, sam harris
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The Accidental Tyranny of User Interfaces
The potential of technology to empower is being subverted by tyrannical user interface design, enabled by our data and attention.
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- Tags: GNU/Linux, Ted Nelson, YouTube
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Four Lessons from My Father
Four of the lessons that my late father taught me.
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Stop Looking at and Sharing Internet Memes
Stop memeing. Memes are fun but ultimately they’re mental junk-food – throw them out in favour of actual nourishment.
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- Tags: Christopher Hitchens, Dilbert, Downing Street, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Martin Amis, The Simpsons
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On Working Class Tories (a Response to a Meme)
Has being called a playground insult by a 478 pixel-wide internet meme ever convinced you of anything?
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On Linguistic Trickery
The purpose of language is to exchange ideas, linguistic trickery turns words into disinformation.
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- Tags: Communism, douglas hofstadter, emmanuel sander, english, Feminism, jessica valenti, language
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The Layers of Terror Beneath and Above the Video of Mother Berating Child for Trump Vote
Have you seen this video? Why did you watch it? Why did she record it? Why do we share things like this? Could the video actually have helped the boy?
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Against the Petition to Shut Down Liverpool University Pro Life Society
The call to shut down the Pro Life Society is philosophical and linguistic anti-Jujutsu.
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- Tags: liverpool university, liverpool university pro life society, pro choice, pro life
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