Mob mentality is usually viewed with disdain. Gustave Le Bon, who was a pioneer in this field of study, painted the mob to be distinctly uncivilized … even sub-human. Yet we ought to also recognize that the cornerstones of what we consider to be modern civilization are governments that were created out of protest, as… Continue reading To Go with the Flow OR To Swim against the Stream
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ASS: Artificially Sentient Slop
Anyone who has successfully graduated grammar school ought to know that the plural form of “Nostradamus” is “Nostradami”. The hyper-inflation in Nostradami today is unprecedented. [1] The current flood of Nostradami is leading to rising levels of Doomsday books, for which we (of course) need ever more investments in artificial intelligence. One leading Nostradamus recently… Continue reading ASS: Artificially Sentient Slop
How Censorship Can Be Particularly Damaging to Open Source Projects
Upon returning from a WordPress Congress last week (namely WordCamp Europe 2025 in Basel, Switzerland), I had some reservations concerning in the WordPress community’s evolving cultural norms. This week, these reservations became even more rampant as I became aware of signs that some of my own views may be being censored. Censorship is always a… Continue reading How Censorship Can Be Particularly Damaging to Open Source Projects
The Progression from Progress through Progressive towards Progressivism
For a couple of centuries, progress has been an industrial undertaking. During this time, smokestacks and iron buildings were built to embellish many skylines. Today, many of these rusty ruins remain as relics of what once happened. And similar “progressive” plans are still being built to make similar results happen somewhere else (in the spirit… Continue reading The Progression from Progress through Progressive towards Progressivism
Scaling Time
Die Welt ist alles, was der Fall ist https://www.wittgensteinproject.org/w/index.php/Logisch-philosophische_Abhandlung#1 When I turn on the radio, I usually expect to be entertained more than I expect to be informed — and my expectations seem to be confirmed time after time. This morning was no exception. This morning I heard that something had happened in Vancouver (Canada)… Continue reading Scaling Time
Delayed Information
Today, I am returning to one of my perennial topics — literacy (and also my newfangled term: publicacy — see also “What is Publicacy + Why does it Matter?“). I was reminded of these issues yet again (and indeed, several times) this week. The most prominent reminder was undoubtedly this quote (by Joe Rogan): As… Continue reading Delayed Information
After More than 2 Decades of Blogging, When Will We Ever Be Able to Clearly Define What is a Blog?
I am quite certain that most people feel quite differently than I do about what the term “Blog” refers to. Personally, I feel I stick rather closely to the original understanding that it’s shorthand for “weblog” (see also “Captain’s Log“). In my humble opinion, a blog is the result of using software to create a… Continue reading After More than 2 Decades of Blogging, When Will We Ever Be Able to Clearly Define What is a Blog?
Tolerable Perfection and Implications for Human Mortality
This morning I experienced a sort of “AHA!” insight that I want to share with you now — even if the ink on my haphazardly scribbled notes has not yet even had any opportunity to dry in the fresh, crisp early autumn air. To provide more context, let me first add that quite a few… Continue reading Tolerable Perfection and Implications for Human Mortality
Captain’s Log
I recall the television series “Star Trek” … and the entries entered into the “Captain’s Log”, which were spoken somewhat in the voice of a narrator. This didn’t occur odd to me at the time, but as I reflect on it now, I do find it odd that this narration seemed so trustworthy and reliable.… Continue reading Captain’s Log
A New Kind of Market Failure?
“Market Failure” is commonly thought of as something that goes wrong with the way normal (“free”) markets work. There are actually a lot of assumptions made about how such markets work normally, and many of these are so illusory that it seems amazing anyone would ever pay any attention to what any economist says —… Continue reading A New Kind of Market Failure?
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