Adam Timlett

A hypothesis on the difference between 'organism' and 'machine' As a result of the research, described in my book "On the Origin of Risk", I am developing a new theory of organisms based on the distinctive way that they manage risk compared to typical human design...

Here's my thought experiment on the difference between organism and machine.

www.turingmeta.org/post/a-hypot...

It posits the nature of the coupling of the entity to the world and the specific risk pattern generated is the key difference between a more machine like versus a more organismal entity.

Insurance is a business sector that can't ignore the bottom-line effects of climate chaos, which will likely increase. This means they are also a potentially key voice in driving policy change.

We've been talking with leaders in the field ... keep an eye out for more on this!

some fir-cone mushrooms growing out of a Douglas-fir cone

‘tis the season

We must adapt to protect our future.

We’re calling for a National Climate Resilience Plan to invest in:
📚 public education
🏗️ stronger infrastructure
🏘️ local funding

Sign the petition today: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

#ClimateResilience #Adaptation #ClimateMajorityProject

Learning from Nature - Climate Majority Project Learning from nature: How organisations like the Climate Majority Project are (and can be more) organismal in their strategic approach and methods By Adam Timlett, Rupert Read & Joe Eastoe Cover note ...

Nature shows us how to adapt to threats.
This explores how the Climate Majority Project — and climate movements more widely can be more organismal in strategy and method.

A deeper dive into movement theory by Adam Timlett, Rupert Read & Joe Eastoe
→ climatemajorityproject.com/learning-from-nature/

Learning from Nature - Climate Majority Project Learning from nature: How organisations like the Climate Majority Project are (and can be more) organismal in their strategic approach and methods By Adam Timlett, Rupert Read & Joe Eastoe Cover note This article is more ‘academic’ than most writing we do about or under the banner of the CM(P). The intended readership of

It was a pleasure to work with @rupertread.bsky.social and Joe Eastoe on this piece for the @climatemajority.bsky.social on how it already does, and also can do more, to be inspired by Nature and the science of cutting-edge biology, in how it organises.
climatemajorityproject.com/learning-fro...

Masters of adaptation: How cancer and immune cell plasticity mediates tumor progression The ability of cancer cells and immune cells cell to dynamically change their phenotype contributes to tumor progression and therapy resistance. This Essay explores the mutual plasticity of various ce...

The ability of #cancer and immune cells to change their phenotype contributes to tumor progression and therapy resistance. @heidefordlab.bsky.social explores the mutual plasticity of cells in the tumor microenvironment and why this matters for the development of therapies 🧪 plos.io/4774Y7a

I'm told in the 1950s and 60s Peckham was a very popular destination in South London for entertainment and going out with lots of busy cafes, cinemas, good shopping for fashion probably clubs too. By the the 1980s it was already in a steep decline and the last of the big stores were closing.

Higher resolution. More grains.

The v. enjoyable 'Failure' by Stuart Firestein argues for plurality as a path to scientific discovery. Any formal comparisons of advantages of Plurality, Monism & Modularity as models? Aware of search, meta-search, QD, argument Bayes is meta model, a few other basic axioms in the literature. #math?

authors@bookmarks Nat Dyer Ricardo's Dream The fascinating story of David Ricardo, Adam Smith's only real rival as the 'founder of economics'

I'll be in London - at Bookmarks bookshop - speaking about Ricardo's Dream on 6th June at 6.30pm.

Free tickets at the link. Please join me

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/authorsboo...

YouTube video by Adam Timlett On the Origin of Risk: Decision Making Under Deep Uncertainty

@philipcball.bsky.social hi, good to meet you at the science fair in Caterham the other day. Here's a link to a talk on how the meta modular organisation we see in biology addresses the problem of managing risk in a highly uncertain environment.

youtu.be/eCyAWZya5_g

YouTube video by Adam Timlett On the Origin of Risk: Decision Making Under Deep Uncertainty

My talk to the Decision-Making Under Deep Uncertainty Group to show how deep uncertainty is managed radically differently by biological organisms than how we humans tend to try to manage such risk.

#risk #biology #uncertainty #complexity #decision-making

youtu.be/eCyAWZya5_g

The Law of Regression to the Not so Mean:

Dealing with my paranoid streak in response to certain seemingly unlikely coincidences requires a thorough understanding of this law.

Why can't gradients be the solution to learning and more?

To have gradients you need a cost function
To have cost function you need to know *all* variables that matter & functional form & have function stable across time
This doesn't work for adaptive&autonomous biological systems
=> no gradients

Looking forward to this discussion on RICARDO'S DREAM tomorrow at @cdsbath.bsky.social

amzn.eu/d/dhuPRJa

See On the Origin of Risk for why a diversity of responses to risk should be expected, even in an individual. Rather than choosing a single optimal response, organisms manage risk by conserving the capacity for change, requiring a diversity of potential responses to be retained.

On the Origin of Risk Cover, a Queen playing card with the queen as a bee.

I'm excited to say "On the Origin of Risk" is now available. It's about learning how risk is managed in Nature so differently to how we currently do it as organisations and in society. It also offers a new perspective on risk for biologists.
#risk #Biology #economics #complexity amzn.eu/d/7ENAFn2