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I find myself recommending this article in multiple situations and settings. It is on almost every syllabus I create regardless of the stated intent of the course. It is an excellent entry point into systems thinking and a cribsheet that anyone hoping to improve organizations and systems ought to have handy

"What is a human? What are social relations? Thinking about robotics and artificial intelligence is dealing with big philosophical questions. uni:view talked to Mark Coeckelbergh, philosopher of technology, about the ethics of robotics, his daily work and personal balance."

Ideation, one of the thinks we do at metacaugs, they have a coop and I guess they also have some revenue-model.

"He believes that although technology can objectively decrease risk of a particular kind or make us feel less vulnerable in particular way, any technology that decreases some kind of risk also introduces new risks, thereby altering the ways in which we are at risk and experience vulnerability. Thus, rather than think of the human-technology dialectic as a process that makes humans less vulnerable, it is better conceptualized, he believes, as a process of transformation--a process that transforms human vulnerability."

A thesis, Howard sent me the document thinking it would be especially relevant for metacaugs

I really think RoamResearch has some unique features and pulls it all together in a new way. Maybe that bidirectional links (subject of this video) are not unique, but the way they use unlinked references and play with the sidebar is pretty amazin.

In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with William MacAskill about how to do the most good in the world. They discuss the "effective altruism" movement, choosing causes to support, the apparent tension between wealth and altruism, how best to think about generosity over the course of one's lifetime, and other topics.

metaverse as web3

Interesting book about how to survive the future, Bob has a background in asian religions and seems to apply this in his howto escape boxes in a post-categorical future

Stunning maps of what Facebook is and knows.

Trying to change complex systems is best done with a delicate touch. The metaphor of "dancing" with a system captures this quite nicely.

FB will allow users to skip the algorithm

Worth a read. I note the comment that the book equates AI with Deep Learning, which would be a shame.