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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The election is over and the results are as expected bad for the Democrats. I worry a bit that we are experiencing first hand the limits of democracy. We have a great many people voting out of frustration with the economy (understandable) but voting for the same candidates and policies that got us here in the first place (less so). My own frustration is that even the Democrats seem to be in denial about the true underlying causes of the high level of unemployment. The mortgage crisis was a mess for sure but what the downturn really did is give companies a reason to implement the huge productivity gains that had accrued due to technology. The idea that we can get back to growing our way out of the problem the same way we did in the past, while appealing, is unfortunately wrong – at least that’s what I am planning to show with data I am collecting for my “age of abundance” posts. We are experiencing deep structural change and both parties seem to be intent on re-arranging the deck chairs instead. What all of this means is that things are likely going to get a lot worse before they will get better.
The election is over and the results are as expected bad for the Democrats. I worry a bit that we are experiencing first hand the limits of democracy. We have a great many people voting out of frustration with the economy (understandable) but voting for the same candidates and policies that got us here in the first place (less so). My own frustration is that even the Democrats seem to be in denial about the true underlying causes of the high level of unemployment. The mortgage crisis was a mess for sure but what the downturn really did is give companies a reason to implement the huge productivity gains that had accrued due to technology. The idea that we can get back to growing our way out of the problem the same way we did in the past, while appealing, is unfortunately wrong – at least that’s what I am planning to show with data I am collecting for my “age of abundance” posts. We are experiencing deep structural change and both parties seem to be intent on re-arranging the deck chairs instead. What all of this means is that things are likely going to get a lot worse before they will get better.
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