Nick,IIRC you said you would like to hear more metaphors and allegories. A
while ago you have asked if code & coding could be a relevant metaphor for the
mind or the brain. I think yes. Code is essential. Here is why.In programming
writing code means basically creating one command after
Glen,
I am ambivalent about AA. There are many people I know whom I feel it has
saved from death, but, at the same time, it doesn't seem to be able to move
them beyond being "Alcoholics". It's like you’re put on some crazy cruise from
Hell to Bliss, which, three days out, you discover is
In light of the news from Denver:
https://ballotpedia.org/Denver,_Colorado,_Initiated_Ordinance_301,_Psilocybin_Mushroom_Initiative_(May_2019)
And coming off our recent discussions of phase transitions, narrativity,
experts' tendency to dig in under failure, etc, I found this essay interesting:
