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Archives

Below are all posts in reverse chronological order.

2009

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The Singularity

Ray Kurzweil predicts The Singularity is coming by 2045 based on his law of accelerating returns.

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Abstractions

Our visual system suggests how our brains might cope with complexity in general.

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Seeking What's New

Why do we crave new content so much?

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The Human Scale

Humans are locked into a certain scale in both space and time.