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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Early next year I will be giving a talk on the challenges and opportunities arising from the current transformation of economy and society by technology and technology enabled globalization. I am rapidly realizing though that I don’t have nearly enough time to chase down all the primary research to validate (or invalidate) some of my thinking. Here are some of the questions I am most interested in:
1. What is the foundational math of a Basic Income Guarantee? That is comparing some of the current government revenue base to expenditures to the total cost of a potential Basic Income Guarantee.
2. What can be learned from experiments with programs similar to Basic Income Guarantees that have taken place elsewhere?
3. What do we know about human behavior from tribes living in abundant areas? Including historic accounts, such as the first voyage of the Endeavour.
4. What behaviors are we observing in online systems that are marked by abundance?
5. What is the latest evidence on key macro trends, including population growth, levels of employment, under-employment and unemployment in economies around the world?
I am currently thinking that a graduate student in economics, politics or history here in the city (NYU, Columbia, Cuny, New School) would be ideal, but am entirely open to other backgrounds. This will be a paid position and I expect it to be on the order of 10 hours per week for at least a couple of months but could go on longer. Any and all suggestions on how to best find the right person are welcome!
Early next year I will be giving a talk on the challenges and opportunities arising from the current transformation of economy and society by technology and technology enabled globalization. I am rapidly realizing though that I don’t have nearly enough time to chase down all the primary research to validate (or invalidate) some of my thinking. Here are some of the questions I am most interested in:
1. What is the foundational math of a Basic Income Guarantee? That is comparing some of the current government revenue base to expenditures to the total cost of a potential Basic Income Guarantee.
2. What can be learned from experiments with programs similar to Basic Income Guarantees that have taken place elsewhere?
3. What do we know about human behavior from tribes living in abundant areas? Including historic accounts, such as the first voyage of the Endeavour.
4. What behaviors are we observing in online systems that are marked by abundance?
5. What is the latest evidence on key macro trends, including population growth, levels of employment, under-employment and unemployment in economies around the world?
I am currently thinking that a graduate student in economics, politics or history here in the city (NYU, Columbia, Cuny, New School) would be ideal, but am entirely open to other backgrounds. This will be a paid position and I expect it to be on the order of 10 hours per week for at least a couple of months but could go on longer. Any and all suggestions on how to best find the right person are welcome!
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