wanderingstan

the wanderings and wonderings of stan james

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Technology as “Combination and Structure”
I've started reading "The Nature of Technology" by W. Brian Arthur, published in 2009. He's primarily an economist, so it's… »
Your toaster will know mesopotamian history because it’s more expensive not too.
Prediction: in ten years your toaster will know about ancient mesopotamian history (and everything else). Three data… »
The AI era of coding means lousy code but we won’t care
My friend Gabe brought up an interesting point today. In discussing how AI will affect software development, he made an… »
Prosthetic Gods at play in the tragedy of the commons
Dall-e input: "An ancient god posed like a comic book, wearing headphones, adorned with many mechanical and electrical… »
Video phones, VR, ChatGPT and what we really want
Why are we often so wrong about what we think we want from technology? I'm thinking about the triumph of texting over video… »
Why are there dumb* people in our smart society?
tl;dr: Increases in societal knowledge enable increases in tolerable levels of individual ignorance. Credit: The Far… »