Literacy lag: We start reading too late
And neuromyths aren't helping
Literacy lag: We start reading too late
31.07.2025 15:15 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
"They Die Every Day"
An information hazard
"They Die Every Day"
14.07.2025 14:42 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
More Lore of the World
Walmart, cicadas, stubbornness
More Lore of the World
19.06.2025 15:40 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
$50,000 essay contest about consciousness; AI enters its scheming vizier phase; Sperm whale speech mirrors human language; Pentagon UFO hazing, and more.
Desiderata #36
$50,000 essay contest about consciousness; AI enters its scheming vizier phase; Sperm whale speech mirrors human language; Pentagon UFO hazing, and more.
13.06.2025 16:14 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
How I taught my 3-year-old to read like a 9-year-old
Tripling reading level through tutoring
How I taught my 3-year-old to read like a 9-year-old
28.05.2025 14:49 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The Lore of the World
Field Notes for a Childβs Codex
The Lore of the World
01.05.2025 14:53 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Alien Poop Means We Are Not Alone. But Let Me Just Adjust This Model Parameter...
K2-18b and our new age of alien agnosticism
Alien Poop Means We Are Not Alone. But Let Me Just Adjust This Model Parameter...
18.04.2025 17:09 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1
Welcome to the semantic apocalypse
Studio Ghibli style and the draining of meaning
Welcome to the semantic apocalypse
27.03.2025 17:54 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1
Now published: My new theory of emergence!
Glimmers of free will
Now published: My new theory of emergence!
20.03.2025 14:18 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The Memory Game Rulebook
An adventure of sensorial recollection awaits!
The Memory Game Rulebook
13.03.2025 14:07 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
2.3% chance an asteroid hits Earth, book blurbs finally die, and the new AI Deep Research can't find me a mattress
Desiderata #32: links and commentary
2.3% chance an asteroid hits Earth, book blurbs finally die, and the new AI Deep Research can't find me a mattress
08.02.2025 15:18 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The new Liar's Paradox
A parable of perfect people-pleasers
The new Liar's Paradox
17.01.2025 16:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Mass hysteria was the inevitable outcome of the UFO craze
Dancing in Strasbourg, vol. 3675
Mass hysteria was the inevitable outcome of the UFO craze
17.12.2024 15:54 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
I said no to $20,000 because writers must take a moral stand on AI
And yet so many others said yes
I said no to $20,000 because writers must take a moral stand on AI
26.11.2024 16:16 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
AI progress has plateaued below GPT-5 level
Or, "Search isn't the same thing as intelligence"
AI progress has plateaued below GPT-5 level
14.11.2024 16:07 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
What do you think about consciousness?
Everyone's got a theory
What do you think about consciousness?
08.11.2024 15:22 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Consciousness as a GΓΆdel sentence in the language of science
Why the Hard Problem (might be) so Hard
Consciousness as a GΓΆdel sentence in the language of science
24.10.2024 15:17 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Vigil
A larger animal waits for a smaller one to die
Vigil
14.10.2024 15:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Sticky humans in a post-AGI world
Why pure AI tutoring won't work
Sticky humans in a post-AGI world
03.10.2024 15:01 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Sorry Ted Chiang, humans aren't very original either
But our margins are still slightly better than AI
Sorry Ted Chiang, humans aren't very original either
17.09.2024 15:31 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0