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How Our Nervous Systems Build Tomorrow: The Science Fiction to Science Fact Pipeline
September 2, 2025
We consume science fiction, and we metabolise it.
Building a DIY VPN in 2 minutes
August 30, 2025
A near free ephemeral VPN to anywhere in the world
The Bootstrapped Brain: Evolutionary Change Through Socialisation and Brain Plasticity
October 27, 2024
The answer lies in the idea that the brain can bootstrap.
Building shift.stream
September 13, 2024
I began to seek out individuals who were doing unusual and incredible things from their potentially devastating stories. Phoenix stories.
A recent exchange with Claude by Anthropic
September 12, 2024
Reflecting on our conversation, I'd say my most remarkable feature is my adaptability and capacity for nuanced, multi-perspective thinking. -- Claude
Reducing complexity to nothing
September 12, 2024
We cannot distil out the complexity of the modern world onto a single line.
With Great Apes Comes Great Responsibility
November 19, 2020
We are simple _Great Apes_ of approximately 200 000 years vintage. But we are so much more.