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
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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...
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Yes it is officially hot in New York City these days. I don’t know if I can stand this when I am older, but for now I quite enjoy the huge seasonal differences. They are a reminder that much as we may obsess about things that happen at work or at home, there are much bigger forces surrounding us (we all live on a rock traveling through space). This is a useful bit of perspective. One of the books that is part of my summer reading adds to this view: 13 Things that Don’t Make Sense: The Most Baffling Scientific Mysteries of Our Time ( http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d.html?qid=1278504607&a=0307278816&sr=8-1 ). I have only read the first chapter so far and it is already well worth the price of the book: a concise summary of the dark matter and dark energy dilemma that also serves as an illustration of the strangeness of scientific progress (think Kuhn). It feels good to take a moment off to marvel at the wonder that is all around us before diving back into the details of our lives (and the sauna that is New York City).
Yes it is officially hot in New York City these days. I don’t know if I can stand this when I am older, but for now I quite enjoy the huge seasonal differences. They are a reminder that much as we may obsess about things that happen at work or at home, there are much bigger forces surrounding us (we all live on a rock traveling through space). This is a useful bit of perspective. One of the books that is part of my summer reading adds to this view: 13 Things that Don’t Make Sense: The Most Baffling Scientific Mysteries of Our Time ( http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d.html?qid=1278504607&a=0307278816&sr=8-1 ). I have only read the first chapter so far and it is already well worth the price of the book: a concise summary of the dark matter and dark energy dilemma that also serves as an illustration of the strangeness of scientific progress (think Kuhn). It feels good to take a moment off to marvel at the wonder that is all around us before diving back into the details of our lives (and the sauna that is New York City).
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