The Return of Aspect Oriented Programming
Aspect Oriented Programming's language of concerns and weaving fit well into the emerging world of vibe coding.
Temporal Proportional Representation
Temporal Proportional Representation, Part 2
Goodhart's Law and Genies
Power corrupts statistical correlations, and absolute power even more so.
Thoughts on "Ontological Crises"
How should a robot update its values when its whole world view has changed?
Why Trees Are Tall
Trees are tall to compete for sunlight, but why don't they cooperate instead? The answer, as always, is game theory.
Auction the Powers
Temporal Proportional Representation, Part 1.
Blogs I'd Like to See #4
Definitions from the future.
My Month at the Singularity Institute
In FAQ format.
Continuum Arguments
Two examples where they aren't fallacious.
Thoughts on Inglourious Basterds
Warning: contains spoilers and aesthetic critism.
Simpson's Paradox
A Fable.
The Ironic Timing of Infocom's Death
The commercial viability of text adventures such as Adventure and Zork died at almost precisely the same time AI researchers discovered how to parse English.
Problems With The Real Cost of Gasoline
A masterclass in how not to account for externalities.