there are many forthcoming posts (and some i’ve already written about systems in general) that deal with complexity. in order to make sure those posts are well-grounded, i feel like it’s important to write through my understanding of complexity theory.
Read more...this post has the potential to be a doozy but i’m going to try and keep it tight and high-level. let’s see how it goes.
Read more...in chapter 1 (Computers and Computer Cultures) of mindstorms, seymour papert identifies the qwerty phenomenon. he says:
Read more...a couple of months ago, i was chatting with spencer about writing and i articulated something about my daily writing practice that felt noteworthy. in a sense, this post could be an extension of the why i keep a public journal post.
Read more...one of the more interesting things i’m doing this summer is participating in an online, virtual book club. i will probably write about the backstory of me joining the book club on colab radio sometime, but for now, i wanted to write about this one section in the book. oh, i guess i should say that the book is called mindstorms, it’s by seymour papert, and you can find the entire text online here.
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