Members of the Wearable Computing Project at MIT. Mid 1990s.
January 11, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Members of the Wearable Computing Project at MIT. Mid 1990s.
Spotted a javelina in the moonlight, alongside the grassland range in front of my home. I like them.
January 10, 2026 at 6:07 AM
Spotted a javelina in the moonlight, alongside the grassland range in front of my home. I like them.
Future collective intelligence in polarized worlds won’t look like consensus machines.
More likely: federated networks where incompatible value systems coordinate on narrow problems without reconciling.
More likely: federated networks where incompatible value systems coordinate on narrow problems without reconciling.
January 9, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Future collective intelligence in polarized worlds won’t look like consensus machines.
More likely: federated networks where incompatible value systems coordinate on narrow problems without reconciling.
More likely: federated networks where incompatible value systems coordinate on narrow problems without reconciling.
The US Arctic Research Commission’s last posted briefing from August references USAF General Billy Mitchell stating to Congress in 1935 “I believe that in the future, whoever controls Alaska controls the world.”
January 9, 2026 at 12:26 AM
The US Arctic Research Commission’s last posted briefing from August references USAF General Billy Mitchell stating to Congress in 1935 “I believe that in the future, whoever controls Alaska controls the world.”
1988 speculations for 2013.
Narrative-rich visualizations and storylines. 25 year horizon. Visual futurist Syd Mead (Blade Runner, Tron, Alien) made the illustrations for a never-produced CBS series called "LA 15."
Narrative-rich visualizations and storylines. 25 year horizon. Visual futurist Syd Mead (Blade Runner, Tron, Alien) made the illustrations for a never-produced CBS series called "LA 15."
January 7, 2026 at 9:47 PM
1988 speculations for 2013.
Narrative-rich visualizations and storylines. 25 year horizon. Visual futurist Syd Mead (Blade Runner, Tron, Alien) made the illustrations for a never-produced CBS series called "LA 15."
Narrative-rich visualizations and storylines. 25 year horizon. Visual futurist Syd Mead (Blade Runner, Tron, Alien) made the illustrations for a never-produced CBS series called "LA 15."
They’re all worthwhile episodes but this one in particular reorganized some details of my thinking over the holidays.
I think this podcast works well because enough latitude is given for interpretation of each topic, without getting lost in abstraction.
I think this podcast works well because enough latitude is given for interpretation of each topic, without getting lost in abstraction.
At a time of continuing technological disruption, changes are taking place in the institutions and processes in both the US and China that make it harder for radical technological innovation to occur there - says Carl Benedikt Frey in the latest London Futurists podcast episode
January 7, 2026 at 9:42 PM
They’re all worthwhile episodes but this one in particular reorganized some details of my thinking over the holidays.
I think this podcast works well because enough latitude is given for interpretation of each topic, without getting lost in abstraction.
I think this podcast works well because enough latitude is given for interpretation of each topic, without getting lost in abstraction.
Love this a lot. 6400 sound live 93Q Houston CLUB MUSIC ‘88 linked linked linked
archive.org/details/ASid...
archive.org/details/ASid...
A Side Re-Animator Ending : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Club 6400 Live Broadcast on 93Q, sometime early to mid 1988. I have taken the original recording I made from FM radio to a cassette tape sides A & B and...
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January 6, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Love this a lot. 6400 sound live 93Q Houston CLUB MUSIC ‘88 linked linked linked
archive.org/details/ASid...
archive.org/details/ASid...
The social rituals seem pretty well practiced at this point. Some combination of near immediate commentary, super narrow conclusions (hardened, certain views of an anticipated future)…
I want to tune into the people asking very good questions, that’s interesting territory to me
I want to tune into the people asking very good questions, that’s interesting territory to me
January 5, 2026 at 6:08 AM
The social rituals seem pretty well practiced at this point. Some combination of near immediate commentary, super narrow conclusions (hardened, certain views of an anticipated future)…
I want to tune into the people asking very good questions, that’s interesting territory to me
I want to tune into the people asking very good questions, that’s interesting territory to me
This is one of those moments where it becomes clear what people are reading and what media they’re immersed in.
As well as how far out they’ll go with theories and broadcasting interpretation based *solely* on the above.
As well as how far out they’ll go with theories and broadcasting interpretation based *solely* on the above.
January 5, 2026 at 6:03 AM
This is one of those moments where it becomes clear what people are reading and what media they’re immersed in.
As well as how far out they’ll go with theories and broadcasting interpretation based *solely* on the above.
As well as how far out they’ll go with theories and broadcasting interpretation based *solely* on the above.
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We had a good run
2026 could be great. We simply don't know.
January 3, 2026 at 4:08 PM
We had a good run
Double bedtime tea versus full moon at full volume
January 3, 2026 at 6:04 AM
Double bedtime tea versus full moon at full volume
