Posts

• In What Sense is Matter 'Programmable'?

  Just as every smartphone app was latent in the laws of computation as laid out nearly 100 years ago, what lies latent within the laws of physics, and how might we use this to increase our control over physical matter?

  Aug 14, 2021

• Hamming-Enablers and The Tech In Techno-Optimism - part 1

  Part 1 - Computation, Intelligence and Coordination + Progress, Institutions, and Politics

  Aug 6, 2021

• Spinning Up in Active Inference and the Free Energy Principle

  A Syllabus for the Curious

  Oct 14, 2020

• Friston's Free Energy Principle Explained (part 1)

  Part 1 - Introducing and Deriving Free Energy

  Aug 8, 2020

• Unconventional Ways to Learn More Online

  3 short ideas to get more out of your autodidacticism

  May 12, 2020

• Your Algorithmic Reflection

  Google, Facebook, Twitter, and their advertisers want to shape your behaviour. This doesn't have to be bad.

  Aug 11, 2019