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On re-architecting twitter for collective intelligence

Sketching a cybernetic theory of collective intelligence on twitter

May 15·1 min read·36 words

Mathematics as reinforcing practices of a verbal culture

Does empathy trump intelligence?

May 9·2 min read·373 words

Finding the Right Primitives

Is it common in the developer community to use the term "primitives" when designing languages or systems?

May 6·2 min read·335 words

Visualizing Fluid Flow With Dye

"Shepherd: I can't see. Let's light it up. Dilute fluorescein, please. Inject it into the EVD and clamp it." WTF does this mean?

Apr 27·2 min read·343 words

Learning Methodology — Thurston Facilities

How I learn complicated math

Apr 26·1 min read·10 words

Freedom is living in a world ordinary people can still act upon

Apr 21·1 min read·87 words

Diverse Modes of Human Thought in Mathematics

Why is reading math notation difficult for my brain?!

Apr 20·7 min read·1248 words

What Is the Ultimate Driver of Innovation?

It's not the lone genius. It's not finance or VC either... all of that is down the path when you have already spotted opportunity. So, the bottleneck is our mechanisms for seeing opportunity and disco…

Apr 19·4 min read·619 words

Which shared lexicons does leaflet.pub read?

A leaflet post is a record on your PDS conforming to a specific lexicon.

Apr 15·1 min read·32 words

Figuring out my B floor

Can we make a normally-opaque system legible enough to actually reason about, collaborate on, and trust?

Apr 13·1 min read·136 words