Drew Morgan
@drewtm.bsky.social
observe the universe, ask good questions, make jokes, and do your best to carry on.
i think this might be the only way to explore anything: 1. unknown knowns <- 2. known knowns <- 3. known unknowns <- 4. unknown unknowns. is there a way to skip a step? maybe we can skip the middle two and just do subconscious learning? I'm pretty sure you can't just skip step 3.
December 2, 2025 at 3:35 AM
i think this might be the only way to explore anything: 1. unknown knowns <- 2. known knowns <- 3. known unknowns <- 4. unknown unknowns. is there a way to skip a step? maybe we can skip the middle two and just do subconscious learning? I'm pretty sure you can't just skip step 3.
Consider a complex system that changes or evolves through time by interactions between internal parts with various states; a person going about their day, a new forest growing, a species evolving, a nation arising.
November 3, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Consider a complex system that changes or evolves through time by interactions between internal parts with various states; a person going about their day, a new forest growing, a species evolving, a nation arising.
i made this miniature test of an artwork with Python, a 3D printer, and some craft mirrors. the sunset image is a preliminary viewing test using my monitor; due to angles and perspective and stuff it will look better (different?) outdoors when i get the chance. github.com/drewtm/mirrormapper
September 29, 2025 at 1:29 AM
i made this miniature test of an artwork with Python, a 3D printer, and some craft mirrors. the sunset image is a preliminary viewing test using my monitor; due to angles and perspective and stuff it will look better (different?) outdoors when i get the chance. github.com/drewtm/mirrormapper
we say repressing emotions is bad; on the other hand, i can see personal growth as learning to only selectively apply emotions to behaviors. is there a certain time scale that differentiates suppression from repression? asking because i think there must be an informed answer out there.
September 28, 2025 at 2:27 PM
we say repressing emotions is bad; on the other hand, i can see personal growth as learning to only selectively apply emotions to behaviors. is there a certain time scale that differentiates suppression from repression? asking because i think there must be an informed answer out there.
mostly time glitches out.
mostly it vaporizes, fractally
scattering across a pan.
it gets in my eye;
i blink. it's tomorrow.
the sky blinks slowly, and
the ground slower still.
i fall into it when it's open,
time, though i intend to stay.
that one time, in my house,
is still there, maybe.
mostly it vaporizes, fractally
scattering across a pan.
it gets in my eye;
i blink. it's tomorrow.
the sky blinks slowly, and
the ground slower still.
i fall into it when it's open,
time, though i intend to stay.
that one time, in my house,
is still there, maybe.
September 2, 2025 at 12:42 AM
mostly time glitches out.
mostly it vaporizes, fractally
scattering across a pan.
it gets in my eye;
i blink. it's tomorrow.
the sky blinks slowly, and
the ground slower still.
i fall into it when it's open,
time, though i intend to stay.
that one time, in my house,
is still there, maybe.
mostly it vaporizes, fractally
scattering across a pan.
it gets in my eye;
i blink. it's tomorrow.
the sky blinks slowly, and
the ground slower still.
i fall into it when it's open,
time, though i intend to stay.
that one time, in my house,
is still there, maybe.
but sometimes it swells sideways, blocked up, time does.
thick, arterial sunbeams tingle like
some kind of temporal lidocaine.
i get lost in the dimensionality of
a moment.
fuzz floating in the stratosphere,
gravel swallowed in a glacier:
mismatched scales of time and space,
thought and perception.
thick, arterial sunbeams tingle like
some kind of temporal lidocaine.
i get lost in the dimensionality of
a moment.
fuzz floating in the stratosphere,
gravel swallowed in a glacier:
mismatched scales of time and space,
thought and perception.
August 31, 2025 at 8:10 PM
but sometimes it swells sideways, blocked up, time does.
thick, arterial sunbeams tingle like
some kind of temporal lidocaine.
i get lost in the dimensionality of
a moment.
fuzz floating in the stratosphere,
gravel swallowed in a glacier:
mismatched scales of time and space,
thought and perception.
thick, arterial sunbeams tingle like
some kind of temporal lidocaine.
i get lost in the dimensionality of
a moment.
fuzz floating in the stratosphere,
gravel swallowed in a glacier:
mismatched scales of time and space,
thought and perception.
time is stretching thin.
i can feel the gaps
in the meat of it, of time.
slits thru the air over the road where
it's drawn tight, the cords of space
brushing away from each other.
the guttural thrum of life rings
tinny,
hollowed.
i can feel the gaps
in the meat of it, of time.
slits thru the air over the road where
it's drawn tight, the cords of space
brushing away from each other.
the guttural thrum of life rings
tinny,
hollowed.
August 29, 2025 at 2:42 AM
time is stretching thin.
i can feel the gaps
in the meat of it, of time.
slits thru the air over the road where
it's drawn tight, the cords of space
brushing away from each other.
the guttural thrum of life rings
tinny,
hollowed.
i can feel the gaps
in the meat of it, of time.
slits thru the air over the road where
it's drawn tight, the cords of space
brushing away from each other.
the guttural thrum of life rings
tinny,
hollowed.
February 20, 2025 at 2:39 AM
"zero" tells a story about the existence of something interesting that should be counted. "nothing" makes no such promises.
February 19, 2025 at 12:27 PM
"zero" tells a story about the existence of something interesting that should be counted. "nothing" makes no such promises.
Everything is natural. Humans are natural. Everything humans do is natural. Raging against the natural order of things is natural. Is this a defeatist attitude?
January 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Everything is natural. Humans are natural. Everything humans do is natural. Raging against the natural order of things is natural. Is this a defeatist attitude?
my friend invented this game 'bergin' where you see who can use their kayak to carve off the biggest sheet of ice from the bank. not sure I'll partake again but it was fun in it's own way.
January 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
my friend invented this game 'bergin' where you see who can use their kayak to carve off the biggest sheet of ice from the bank. not sure I'll partake again but it was fun in it's own way.
do you ever think about your media consumption, leisure activities, downtime locations, and even decorating choices as part of a plan to curate the inputs to your subconscious mind? how sensitive is my subconscious mind to the painting hanging on the conference room wall, really?
December 27, 2024 at 1:14 PM
do you ever think about your media consumption, leisure activities, downtime locations, and even decorating choices as part of a plan to curate the inputs to your subconscious mind? how sensitive is my subconscious mind to the painting hanging on the conference room wall, really?
i was just considering fear as signal that my subconscious has perceived danger. there's more nuance to it, but maybe some unique fears can be consciously overcome by realizing they'd be more ubiquitous if they were true indicators of danger.
December 27, 2024 at 12:54 PM
i was just considering fear as signal that my subconscious has perceived danger. there's more nuance to it, but maybe some unique fears can be consciously overcome by realizing they'd be more ubiquitous if they were true indicators of danger.
i wonder how much of the vast amount of data we're accumulating as a species is unique/non-duplicated? if we optimally compressed it all, how much would be left?
December 19, 2024 at 2:56 AM
i wonder how much of the vast amount of data we're accumulating as a species is unique/non-duplicated? if we optimally compressed it all, how much would be left?
it seems like the discussion of AI x ART has multiple, logical, but opposing views. my instinct is to question whether all the words are clearly defined. maybe there's two or more separate phenomena that we have always bundled together as "art" but the bundling breaks down now that genAI has arrived
December 19, 2024 at 2:53 AM
it seems like the discussion of AI x ART has multiple, logical, but opposing views. my instinct is to question whether all the words are clearly defined. maybe there's two or more separate phenomena that we have always bundled together as "art" but the bundling breaks down now that genAI has arrived
Are mid-life crises a modern Western phenomenon?
December 16, 2024 at 3:24 AM
Are mid-life crises a modern Western phenomenon?
Reposted by Drew Morgan
I think a lot of early benefit of LLMs will not be about helping me be spectacular but helping me cheaply avoid being terrible. Sometimes it avoids being mediocre too.
December 11, 2024 at 10:48 AM
I think a lot of early benefit of LLMs will not be about helping me be spectacular but helping me cheaply avoid being terrible. Sometimes it avoids being mediocre too.
Humans are social creatures. Isolated, you wouldn't have survived. Like ant colonies, our societies are superorganisms. Fire is part of our digestive system. Vaccines are part of our immune system. We are evolving faster and at a more abstracted level than any creature ever has (that we know of).
December 9, 2024 at 4:08 AM
Humans are social creatures. Isolated, you wouldn't have survived. Like ant colonies, our societies are superorganisms. Fire is part of our digestive system. Vaccines are part of our immune system. We are evolving faster and at a more abstracted level than any creature ever has (that we know of).
you can make anything. but you can't make everything.
December 4, 2024 at 1:55 AM
you can make anything. but you can't make everything.
Maybe it's time to send out, on a rocket trip, backup copies of Wikipedia and a some more specific libraries, to land back on earth in 150 years. Do you think we could include a computer to read them that would still work upon return?
December 3, 2024 at 11:49 AM
Maybe it's time to send out, on a rocket trip, backup copies of Wikipedia and a some more specific libraries, to land back on earth in 150 years. Do you think we could include a computer to read them that would still work upon return?
are emotions just survival instincts?
December 2, 2024 at 12:30 AM
are emotions just survival instincts?
where along these axes do you feel yourself to be right now?
steadfast [0...5] adapting
defensive [0...5] opportunistic
steadfast [0...5] adapting
defensive [0...5] opportunistic
November 30, 2024 at 11:02 PM
where along these axes do you feel yourself to be right now?
steadfast [0...5] adapting
defensive [0...5] opportunistic
steadfast [0...5] adapting
defensive [0...5] opportunistic