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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Last week in the starter edition of Homeschool Wednesdays, I got a ton of fantastic advice on key things everyone should know. I will figure out how to get these into some kind of wiki or maybe use Firepad (suggestions welcome). Today I want to air one of my pet peeves with how we learn most things: knowledge is broken down into isolated silos that are taught in a largely disconnected manner.
For instance, within math the relation between algebra and geometry is either never established or only very late. Math and physics are taught separately. Physics and chemistry. And so on. Some of the connections are obvious others one has to dig deeper, but I have always felt inspired by reading E.O. Wilson’s Consilience which makes a strong case for unifying our quest for knowledge (including the social sciences).
One of our goals will be to find projects for the kids to work on that can help re-integrate knowledge. Here is an example from the top of my head (not saying this will be one that we will actually try): have a toy car go down a ramp and then measure its speed. This very simple project has a ton of math and physics all connected to each other, including the notions of distance, slope, speed, acceleration, gravity, …
So in addition to cataloging various things that people should know, another goal for Homeschool Wednesdays will be to find and document projects that can be used for learning those concepts. One great resource here is Zach Klein’s DIY.org – would love to hear of any others that exist, including if any of the project oriented schools that are out there are publishing ideas.
Last week in the starter edition of Homeschool Wednesdays, I got a ton of fantastic advice on key things everyone should know. I will figure out how to get these into some kind of wiki or maybe use Firepad (suggestions welcome). Today I want to air one of my pet peeves with how we learn most things: knowledge is broken down into isolated silos that are taught in a largely disconnected manner.
For instance, within math the relation between algebra and geometry is either never established or only very late. Math and physics are taught separately. Physics and chemistry. And so on. Some of the connections are obvious others one has to dig deeper, but I have always felt inspired by reading E.O. Wilson’s Consilience which makes a strong case for unifying our quest for knowledge (including the social sciences).
One of our goals will be to find projects for the kids to work on that can help re-integrate knowledge. Here is an example from the top of my head (not saying this will be one that we will actually try): have a toy car go down a ramp and then measure its speed. This very simple project has a ton of math and physics all connected to each other, including the notions of distance, slope, speed, acceleration, gravity, …
So in addition to cataloging various things that people should know, another goal for Homeschool Wednesdays will be to find and document projects that can be used for learning those concepts. One great resource here is Zach Klein’s DIY.org – would love to hear of any others that exist, including if any of the project oriented schools that are out there are publishing ideas.
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