Archive - Desystemize

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

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

Feb 16 •

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

Mar 30, 2022 •

How did so many Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup players miss such an obvious bug?

Aug 16, 2021 •

How hard is it to get counting right?

Jun 18, 2021 •

Representation and Uncertainty

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

Mar 19, 2022 •

Why do McKinsey types keep making the same mistakes?

Oct 2, 2021 •

The Fractal Ratchet

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

Oct 20, 2024 •

AI, The Idiot Ant Queen

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

Mar 7, 2023 •

Chasing the Treasure Fox

What can studying Skyrim tell us about the world?

Jun 12, 2022 •

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

How should you evaluate something's potential value?

Jan 26, 2023 •

Walls and Legitimacy

How does responsibility flow through collective agents?

Nov 14, 2023 •

Why do cancer diagnoses spike at age 65?

Jun 26, 2021 •

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