Philosophy Mondays: Human-AI Collaboration
Today's Philosophy Monday is an important interlude. I want to reveal that I have not been writing the posts in this series entirely by myself. Instead I have been working with Claude, not just for the graphic illustrations, but also for the text. My method has been to write a rough draft and then ask Claude for improvement suggestions. I will expand this collaboration to other intelligences going forward, including open source models such as Llama and DeepSeek. I will also explore other moda...
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Web3/Crypto: Why Bother?
One thing that keeps surprising me is how quite a few people see absolutely nothing redeeming in web3 (née crypto). Maybe this is their genuine belief. Maybe it is a reaction to the extreme boosterism of some proponents who present web3 as bringing about a libertarian nirvana. From early on I have tried to provide a more rounded perspective, pointing to both the good and the bad that can come from it as in my talks at the Blockstack Summits. Today, however, I want to attempt to provide a coge...
Philosophy Mondays: Human-AI Collaboration
Today's Philosophy Monday is an important interlude. I want to reveal that I have not been writing the posts in this series entirely by myself. Instead I have been working with Claude, not just for the graphic illustrations, but also for the text. My method has been to write a rough draft and then ask Claude for improvement suggestions. I will expand this collaboration to other intelligences going forward, including open source models such as Llama and DeepSeek. I will also explore other moda...
Intent-based Collaboration Environments
AI Native IDEs for Code, Engineering, Science
Web3/Crypto: Why Bother?
One thing that keeps surprising me is how quite a few people see absolutely nothing redeeming in web3 (née crypto). Maybe this is their genuine belief. Maybe it is a reaction to the extreme boosterism of some proponents who present web3 as bringing about a libertarian nirvana. From early on I have tried to provide a more rounded perspective, pointing to both the good and the bad that can come from it as in my talks at the Blockstack Summits. Today, however, I want to attempt to provide a coge...
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One of the great opportunities in homeschooling is the amazing access that now exists to classes online. Whether it is EdX, Coursera or Skillshare, there is a wealth of classes and it is growing seemingly by the hour.
One advantage of this emerging system that I had not considered before is that they are largely age agnostic. Two of our children are taking courses right now where I suspect that they are on the younger end of the range of participants. But nobody knows that and as a result they are treated no differently than other participants. That is pretty much the opposite of the traditional school system in which almost everything is based on age.
The risk of trying something out at an early age is also much reduced. If you succeed then you are pulling way ahead. But if you fail, the downside is much more limited than with an in person class especially of kids you know and will see every day. Taking only online classes might be isolating, so we are balancing this with some in person tutoring and homeschooler classes in New York (more on those in a separate post).
One of the great opportunities in homeschooling is the amazing access that now exists to classes online. Whether it is EdX, Coursera or Skillshare, there is a wealth of classes and it is growing seemingly by the hour.
One advantage of this emerging system that I had not considered before is that they are largely age agnostic. Two of our children are taking courses right now where I suspect that they are on the younger end of the range of participants. But nobody knows that and as a result they are treated no differently than other participants. That is pretty much the opposite of the traditional school system in which almost everything is based on age.
The risk of trying something out at an early age is also much reduced. If you succeed then you are pulling way ahead. But if you fail, the downside is much more limited than with an in person class especially of kids you know and will see every day. Taking only online classes might be isolating, so we are balancing this with some in person tutoring and homeschooler classes in New York (more on those in a separate post).
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