Desystemize

34th and Portland

The bus isn’t in service yet; we have to ask the driver stretching outside to make sure it’s the right one.

Jan 8 • collin

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February 2025

If You're So Smart, Why Can't You Die?

What does AI tell us about the word "intelligence?"

Feb 16, 2025 • collin

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October 2024

The Fractal Ratchet

How much of what you see is an artifact of how hard you looked?

Oct 20, 2024 • collin

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November 2023

Walls and Legitimacy

How does responsibility flow through collective agents?

Nov 14, 2023 • collin

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October 2023

Thought Strewn All Around Us

Fluidity Forum '23 Talk and Reflections

Oct 19, 2023 • collin

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March 2023

AI, The Idiot Ant Queen

A commentary on David Chapman's "Better Without AI"

Mar 7, 2023 • collin

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January 2023

Crypto is not money, money is not utility, utility is not real

How should you evaluate something's potential value?

Jan 26, 2023 • collin

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June 2022

Desystemize Turns One

A once-a-year meta post.

Jun 18, 2022 • collin

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Chasing the Treasure Fox

What can studying Skyrim tell us about the world?

Jun 12, 2022 • collin

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March 2022

Desystemize #9

What do revolutionary new Sudoku techniques teach us about real-world problem solving?

Mar 30, 2022 • collin

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Representation and Uncertainty

How do our forms of expression keep us from understanding what's true?

Mar 19, 2022 • collin

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October 2021

Desystemize #8

Why do McKinsey types keep making the same mistakes?

Oct 2, 2021 • collin

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