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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Yesterday, Fred wrote a post titled “Stuck In The Middle With You” about his continued support for President Obama. I feel the same way. I was excited early on about Obama’s campaign, felt that he made smart choices then, and was thrilled to see him elected. Obama took office under some of the most adverse circumstances of any president, with two wars in progress and an economy headed into free fall.
Now we find ourselves not even a year later and the beginning of a withdrawal from Iraq has not resulted in complete chaos there, the economy is showing signs of stabilization, and there is a good shot of actually getting some level of healthcare reform passed. I think it is easy to find some degree of fault with each one of these, but if this were a company and I was on the board, I would feel the CEO is doing a good job as a leader.
The ultimate responsibility of a board member is to replace a CEO. That is also the role of voters. As such, it doesn’t matter what I think about the details of any particular decision (most of that would be second guessing with a fraction of the information), but rather what I believe about the overall effectiveness. I sure wish more people would take that view, but in the meantime, I am glad that at least the President seems to think that is more important to be effective than right (or in this case: popular).
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Yesterday, Fred wrote a post titled “Stuck In The Middle With You” about his continued support for President Obama. I feel the same way. I was excited early on about Obama’s campaign, felt that he made smart choices then, and was thrilled to see him elected. Obama took office under some of the most adverse circumstances of any president, with two wars in progress and an economy headed into free fall.
Now we find ourselves not even a year later and the beginning of a withdrawal from Iraq has not resulted in complete chaos there, the economy is showing signs of stabilization, and there is a good shot of actually getting some level of healthcare reform passed. I think it is easy to find some degree of fault with each one of these, but if this were a company and I was on the board, I would feel the CEO is doing a good job as a leader.
The ultimate responsibility of a board member is to replace a CEO. That is also the role of voters. As such, it doesn’t matter what I think about the details of any particular decision (most of that would be second guessing with a fraction of the information), but rather what I believe about the overall effectiveness. I sure wish more people would take that view, but in the meantime, I am glad that at least the President seems to think that is more important to be effective than right (or in this case: popular).
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