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Ritual technology
Seven thoughts on ritual
Nov 28
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Gordon Brander
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Artificial Intuition, not Artificial Intelligence
LLMs are Artificial Intuition, not Artificial Intelligence. I think this is a meaningful analogy? Let’s piece together a hunch from a few insights…
Nov 6
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Gordon Brander
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October 2023
Provocation-driven development
Many of the foundational computing projects started with a provocation… “Man-Computer Symbiosis” (1960) J.C.R. Licklider’s provocation transforms our…
Oct 16
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Gordon Brander
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September 2023
Noosphere at Summer of Protocols
I gave a talk about Noosphere Protocol at the Summer of Protocols program. Here’s a teaser. I go wide. We cover Noosphere, tools for thought, how the…
Sep 13
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Gordon Brander
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Fragments: vertebrate technology
Hierarchies evolve from the lowest level up—from the pieces to the whole, from cell to organ to organism, from individual to team, from actual…
Sep 7
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Gordon Brander
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August 2023
Tools for thought should evolve building blocks
What genetic algorithms can tell us about tools for thought
Aug 28
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Gordon Brander
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Subconscious Beta
Building a decentralized shared mind
Aug 16
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Gordon Brander
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Fragments: Attractors
Continued existence of complex interactive systems depend upon preventing the maximization of any variable. (Gregory Bateson quoting W. Ross Ashby…
Aug 7
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Gordon Brander
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July 2023
Effort is evidence of broken feedback loops
You're trying too hard. Stop trying and build feedback loops instead.
Jul 19
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Gordon Brander
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June 2023
Tools for thought in your OODA loop
The unreasonable effectiveness of getting oriented
Jun 23
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Gordon Brander
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Tools for thought: the first 300,000 years
Researchers have discovered 300,000 year old use of symbols. Homo naledi, an archaic human species, carved symbols onto the cave walls where they buried…
Jun 10
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Gordon Brander
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May 2023
The minimal definition of user agency
Own your ID, own your content, own your contacts.
May 26
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Gordon Brander
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