Category Archives: mindworks

1982: Science in Songs

Posted on September 13, 2015 by randomyriad
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Present-Tense Anthropology™

Posted on September 12, 2015 by randomyriad

Originally posted on synthetic zerØ:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w2BfJKRpJR8/UpermRNc92I/AAAAAAAABJw/KirXDcGGG4s/s1600/ARMCHAIR+IMGP0185+crop.jpg “It isn’t revolutionaries and terrorist who make the nuclear power plants melt of blow their tops, or the electricity grids crash, or the automated trading systems go all higgeldy-piggeldy and write their billions down…

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A Short Note and Three Poems From My Journal on 2/1/14

Posted on September 7, 2015 by randomyriad

2/1/14 I like the controlled, refined space of my work table when I write in my notebook. Scene Change My dreams have moved into a new house, with glass doors and religion, Fat babies scurry here and there happily unaware. … Continue reading →

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Two Little Notes, A Fictional Concept and A Dream

Posted on August 23, 2015 by randomyriad

I am not sure where these two little thoughts came from, but they were written in my notebook by me. You can never go boldly into the land the land of gods: you must slide in unnoticed or fall in … Continue reading →

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Resisting the Habits of the Algorithmic Mind

Posted on June 13, 2015 by randomyriad

Michael Sacasas thoughtfully suggests that our reliance on machines to make decisions for us may lead us to outsource our moral judgement, With some Heart of Darkness and Hannah Arendt and a few good examples from recent media sources to … Continue reading →

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