A historical collection of our writing.
So far in the Tech Tuesday series on the theory of computer science we have covered questions of computability. We have looked at ways of formalizing computation through abstract machines such as the Finite State Machine and the Turing Machine to explore limits on what can be computed at all. We […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post on bitcoin as protocol that got a couple of hundred comments from which I learned a lot. This is an important topic and Chris Dixon has done a lot of good thinking and writing on this. He has a new short post on the relationship between […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
On Monday I posted about looking for a Research Assistant primarily to look into questions around using Basic Income Guarantees as a way to deal with what I believe is the end of work as we know it. Then yesterday Fred wrote a terrific post on the Limits of Capitalism and linked to my earlier […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
There is an amazing tool out there for teaching and learning about Math (and the world) and not enough people know about it. If you have never tried it out before, you should head over to Wolfram Alpha right now. Wolfram Alpha describes itself as a computational knowledge engine which may not mean […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Early next year I will be giving a talk on the challenges and opportunities arising from the current transformation of economy and society by technology and technology enabled globalization. I am rapidly realizing though that I don’t have nearly enough time to chase down all the primary research to […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
So earlier this week while in SF, I was trying to get some work done on my way from the city to Sand Hill road. As per usual I turned on tethering on my Android phone and started up my laptop. Within seconds my wifi had connected to the hotspot, I fired up a browser […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
