Nostalgia Revisited
Nostalgia: a kind of homesickness for the past. Another way of putting it: the longing you will have in future for the places and people… Read More »Nostalgia Revisited
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Eye on AI: ChatGPT and Me
You too can experiment with ChatGPT at https://chat.openai.com This is post is pretty long, so I’m putting the “See Also” links here: DriverlessCroc AI fun:The… Read More »Eye on AI: ChatGPT and Me
What does it cost? What is it worth? (2)
The less-obvious side of supply and demand in a nutshell: People pay different prices for (the same) pizza because for all sorts of reasons they… Read More »What does it cost? What is it worth? (2)
What does it cost? What is it worth?
Cost and Worth are the two essential components – value judgements – of every single transaction. This is the law of supply and demand: for… Read More »What does it cost? What is it worth?
More than your share
When you think you’ve done twice your share of the work, you’re probably getting close to having done your actual share. DriverlessParentodile Kant would categorically… Read More »More than your share
Layar Tancap (If you build it, they will come)
If you build it… … then they will come. You don’t have to have all that much, and they will come.
Technology (24): Keynes on The Permanent Problem; or, The Dread of Abundance
Hattip: Brink Lindsey Let us, for the sake of argument, suppose that a hundred years hence we are all of us, on the average, eight… Read More »Technology (24): Keynes on The Permanent Problem; or, The Dread of Abundance
The Specialist; or, Dr Snip
Don’t become a wandering generality. Be a meaningful specific. Zig Ziglar Returns to specialisation Dangers of specialisation See also: Dr SnipTechnology (22): Francis Bacon on… Read More »The Specialist; or, Dr Snip
Faith in action; Or, Action, in faith
In the long run, the ultimate effect of any change in the world is impossible to predict. This means that it’s impossible to evaluate whether… Read More »Faith in action; Or, Action, in faith
Amazing Japanese motorcycle production figures
Motorcycle production figures [for Japan] before 1930 are not available, but in that year a total of 1,350 were made in Japan. The 2,000 mark… Read More »Amazing Japanese motorcycle production figures