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It’s been nine-ish years since I left this medium (*wink*) to pursue other interests a world away. A LOT has changed. About an hour ago, back on my secret Tumblr, I wrote about not returning to this site because, you know, old ghosts and that sort of thing; skeletons in…

Paul Graham

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Paul Graham

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May 24

This is a brilliant post on something that has fascinated me about ancient mediterranian history…
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Jerome Kuseh

Hey Jerome, thanks for reading and responding thoroughly!

Hey Jerome, thanks for reading and responding thoroughly! Rome's longevity certainly had a lot to do with how well it learned to integrate other peoples into its structure, even though it did so imperfectly and sometimes against its own parochial interests. I've noticed the History of Byzantium, and I intend to start it soon. I've gotten into a bit of ERE history with a few videos about the start of the First Crusade, and I've since come to rate the Greeks highly on their political intrigue.

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·May 20

What Mythillogical Got Wrong about Asante

A couple of days ago, I was excited to share “Anansi the Trickster”, an episode from the Mythillogical Podcast, a show I had only just begun to enjoy because it touched on something I very much enjoy. Being Ghanaian (you should have noticed), I get excited when other people discuss…

History

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What Mythillogical Got Wrong about Asante
What Mythillogical Got Wrong about Asante
History

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·May 20

The Changing Faces of the Romans

I recently finished Mike Duncan’s History of Rome podcast. A thing that struck me, given my interest in states and nations, was the demographic make up of those who called themselves “Romans” from the birth of the city state to the fall of Constantinople. First things first: as I’ve stated…

Rome

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The Changing Faces of the Romans
The Changing Faces of the Romans
Rome

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·Apr 1

The Problems that Attract the Smartest People

The roller-coaster that is generative AI keeps chugging on, and for those of us sitting in the audience, it is more than entertaining. For a brief moment this week I was determined to get in on the action and contribute something little to the remarkable community that’s grown around Meta…

Llama

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The Problems that Attract the Smartest People
The Problems that Attract the Smartest People
Llama

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·Mar 24

Ideas Will Be King

In a world where implementation is commoditized, ideas will be king. That world is just round the corner. It’s been almost two weeks since I took my head out of the sand to fully appreciate the advancements made in Artificial Intelligence over the last few years, and especially in the…

ChatGPT

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Ideas Will Be King
Ideas Will Be King
ChatGPT

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·Mar 21

Consumer AI is Ripe for Centralization

One of the greatest ironies of the last few months was when we found out that decentralized finance (De-Fi) was, in fact, centralized. De-Fi’s hostility towards the Cathedral was not entirely founded on the technology itself. Although blockchain-backed financial assets don’t need to have any trusted centre of control to…

OpenAI

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Consumer AI is Ripe for Centralization
Consumer AI is Ripe for Centralization
OpenAI

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·Mar 17

The Psychology of Product Use: Notifications

The following is a semi-structured brain dump of observations I’ve made as a consumer of products and services, mainly software and consumer tech. I preface this with the following disclaimer: that I have only undergrad-level education in Human-Computer Interaction (a semester’s course that, oddly enough, I actually enjoined), an average…

Notifications

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The Psychology of Product Use: Notifications
The Psychology of Product Use: Notifications
Notifications

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·Mar 14

Speculative Fiction with Stanford Alpaca

There are a number of tasks authors writing speculative fiction perform that offer us readers a handle on the “extent” of their creativity. By a wide margin my favourite example has got to be Lewis Carroll’s nonsense poetry. Jabberwocky is, for me, a highlight of Carroll’s creative instinct. …

Stanford Alpaca

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Speculative Fiction with Stanford Alpaca
Speculative Fiction with Stanford Alpaca
Stanford Alpaca

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·Mar 13

Truth Seeking in a Grey World: a Dialectical Approach

I stalled on writing this a few days ago, because I needed a break after an intense week-long writing sprint. The thesis I had wanted to explore could be summarised this way: in many complex-enough fields, there isn’t one true way to achieve an end. This is sometimes the case…

ChatGPT

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Truth Seeking in a Grey World: a Dialectical Approach
Truth Seeking in a Grey World: a Dialectical Approach
ChatGPT

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