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AI / ML

Small Models, Long Memories February 3, 2026
Emergence, or a Trick of the Ruler? November 22, 2025
In Praise of Generative Doubt July 9, 2025
When the Map Starts Learning the Territory September 14, 2024

Data Science

Sampling Is a Worldview June 1, 2026
The Tyranny of the Average January 19, 2026

People Science

What People Say, What People Do April 22, 2026
The Anchor You Didn't Know You Set March 8, 2026
Trust Is a Network Property October 15, 2025
A Survey Is a Scientific Instrument May 2, 2025
The Crowd Is Wise, but Not the Way You Think November 8, 2024

Neuroscience

The Brain Predicts Backwards May 30, 2026
Memory Is Reconstruction, Not Playback February 17, 2026
The Metabolic Cost of a Thought August 19, 2025
Plasticity and the Persistence of Self January 24, 2025

Art

The Constraint Is the Material June 28, 2025
The Glitch as a Form of Honesty October 2, 2024

Philosophy

The Ship of Theseus Sails Through Every Model April 11, 2026
The Map, the Territory, and the Virtue of Humility December 9, 2025
Free Will Is a Question of Resolution April 16, 2025
Meaning Is Use, and the Machines Are Listening August 5, 2024

Personal interests

On Learning in Public June 20, 2026
Walking as a Thinking Technology October 28, 2025