GNU-GPL – a base of code
Richard Stallman famously wrote the GNU GPL, which is a license based on copy-left, not copyright. His position is the freedom to work with computers… Read More »GNU-GPL – a base of code
change
Feedback (positive)
When I was a kid, my cousin had a tape-recorder just like this one – it had a microphone with a yellow sponge. Putting the… Read More »Feedback (positive)
Learning for the future: fundamentals
Your stick Here’s a first try on the importance of fundamentals in learning. Imagine you are holding a long stick – better yet, a sword… Read More »Learning for the future: fundamentals
Learning
Here’s a theory of learning: A person**… meets something new… has some kind of interaction with it… and is changed in some way. I think… Read More »Learning
Stan Lee (1922-2018) – What If?
Stan Lee was brilliant and prolific. We know him for Spiderman, the X-men, the Avengers, the Fantastic Four, Black Panther… for being the driving force… Read More »Stan Lee (1922-2018) – What If?
Progressive. Conservative.
We all have change that we’d like to see in the world. There are things we’d like to abolish. There are things we’d like to… Read More »Progressive. Conservative.
Today’s status quo
On the other hand, doing something a particular way because that’s what everyone else does – or because it’s how it’s always been done –… Read More »Today’s status quo
Conservatism and the status quo
Edmund Burke and Friedrich Hayek make good arguments for leaning towards conservatism (small c). For all its problems, the relatively stable equilibrium we live in… Read More »Conservatism and the status quo
Anything yet: the hockey stick
Sustainable growth? I was going to call this ‘the exponential function’, but I didn’t want to put you off. This is a key force behind… Read More »Anything yet: the hockey stick
Anything yet
Here’s the intuition: New technologies – including ideas, techniques and ways of thinking, as well as physical tools – very often come from the creative… Read More »Anything yet