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cybernetics

optimise this

We remain perfectly capable of making catastrophically short-sighted decisions all by ourselves. The technology simply amplifies the incentives we have already normalised.

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cybernetics

knot clever: machine learning

The road to hell is paved with greedy algorithms.

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cybernetics

Organisational Inertia

It is an uncomfortable truth that most organisations exist to sustain their own inertia. Systems accumulate procedures, forms, and roles that replicate themselves under the guise of necessity. Meaning, in this context, is not produced by purpose but by repetition—the continual reinforcement of structures that justify their own persistence. The illusion of productivity masks a […]

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cybernetics

Lagrangian, Entropy, Absence

To reframe the Lagrangian in terms of deeper exploration of least action, entropy, and logical incompleteness, we begin by shifting the focus from the traditional mechanical interpretation of least action—the path that minimises energy expenditure—to a broader, more ontological interpretation. Here, the least action becomes an approximation towards a kind of dynamic equilibrium, not merely […]

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culture

Order and Decay

Entropy and disorder are inevitable, mismanagement of their consequences is not.

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Philosophy

Untangling Webs: Extended Cognition

The role of innovative technological mediation in information storage and processing…