The Tech Canon →
My thoughts on the books that constitute Silicon Valley’s “canon” of essential, influential works.
Microblog
Stewart Brand on tradition.
From How Buildings Learn.
Oscar Peterson & Andre Previn →
Jazz legend Oscar Peterson talks and plays with Andre Previn.
Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan - Wikipedia →
The world’s oldest continually-operating company. Founded in 705.
Calculating Empires: A Genealogy of Technology and Power since 1500 →
The Wisdom of Restraint →
Riffing on one of my favorite quotes, from Calvin Coolidge:
Escape the Algorithm →
Wrote this week about the problems with feeds, algorithmic discovery, and passively letting the machines define your taste.
We all need a return to active participation in what we consume.
“Pace layers”
Pulteney Bridge. Bath, England.
Prompt: “liminal space”
Recalls the finale of Interstellar.
Walking and Talking →
Low-tech dictation is a new technique I’ve adopted for creativity.
A map of galaxies, the citations of academic papers, urban traffic flow, a neural network.
The similarities.
The Carina Nebula. Only 8,500 light years away.
Modes of Control →
An interesting idea from Andy Grove’s High Output Management.
Diagram of a harpsichord. Arnault de Zwolle, c. 1430.
How Cultures Accumulate →
The launch complex at Cape Canaveral.
Monthly Links, May 2024 →
Last month’s interesting finds.
“Stages of Evolution of Plant Species” , from the Whole Earth Catalog , Spring 1970.
Space habitat by Carol Kramer. From Space Colonies , 1977.