Missives
Keep track of what's happened since you were last here with the newsletters and the changelog.
March 1, 2021
Changelog
New articles in the Digital Architecture series:
Server 101: Digital Foundations
Server 102: Access Everywhere
These are probably only going to appeal to those who are motivated by the premise I set out in Digital Architecture. More, they’re just drafts—it’s difficult to remember what concepts I found difficult when I started these projects myself, and at points do a bad job explaining them. Thank you to everyone who has already provided feedback. These are for you, so I welcome any feedback in future.
February 24, 2021
Changelog
New article about Karl Popper’s solution to his own paradox of tolerance.
February 21, 2021
Changelog
New articles:
Autopoeisis: the origin of thought.
New project on nutrition, to combat my impulse toward biohacking. First segment is on how everything is poison.
From a letter to a friend, an article on the merits of existential therapies.
February 2, 2021
Changelog
Updated Stages of Change.
RSS feed back up and running after the changeover to the new backend. It’s here No longer an atom feed, just basic RSS, so update your readers accordingly.
January 31, 2021
Changelog
Sorry for the hiatus. Site is no longer static. I made it into a web app. It might take a while to straighten out the kinks because I’m hanging on by the seat of my pants coding this thing. That said, look forward to more fun features.
The first fun feature is the Marginalia. See also the new sections on the home page, updated now with the latest content.
Updated: why, much like the cupboard under the stairs, your brain might be nothing more than a happy accident.
January 16, 2021
Changelog
New article on the value of Duckworth’s narrative about motivation, community, and success—Grit.
Update to the loneliness epidemic.
Update to IQ is meaningless.
Donation process formalised—no more long email conversations about how to do that, unless you actually want to. Accepting bitcoin and paypal. Links scattered around the place.
RSS feed moved to here. Redirects in place. Hopefully not too annoying for you all.
Google Analytics removed from the website. Privacy policy updated.
January 11, 2021
Changelog
The nature/nurture debate is entirely misleading. Genetics is nurture.
Update to the impact of social isolation on our genetics.
January 3, 2021
Changelog
Updated the forer effect article: the reason why astrology is so sexy to us.
Move newsletter from mailchimp to Sendy. Took bloody ages.
Happy new year.