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Utilitarianism, Totalitarianism, Elitism, Realism and Technological Determinism
Reflections of someone who hasn’t read Jeremy Bentham, Hannah Arendt, Pierre Bourdieu, Thomas Hobbes, Jacques Ellul or Langdon Winner, but should.
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Is there a better term than deep-state?
Wikipedia tells us that deep state is a calque of the Turkish words derin devlet. While this notion has value, it has been appropriated by noxious political groups and its connotations have many subtle but important differences, depending on the context.
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Some things I learned in 2023
Another list, now of things I learned in the past months.
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A (mostly culinary) stroll through Italy
Just a list of towns and eats.
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ChatGPT -- Embracing the Puzzle
My unyielding quest in cube reconstruction
Puzzles have an inexplicable charm that lures us in, igniting a fire within to conquer their enigmatic challenges, regardless of our skill level. As someone who admits to struggling with puzzles, I find myself irresistibly drawn to new endeavors, driven by the pursuit of discovery and triumph. My latest venture took the form of a cube reconstruction puzzle, a perplexing test of spatial awareness. Even after glimpsing an image of the final solution, I couldn’t resist the allure of attempting to solve this captivating enigma. In this blog post, I’ll share my journey of embracing the cube reconstruction puzzle, with the dynamic Jupyter Notebook as my trusted companion to document my attempts and learn from each failure. If in a hurry, skim to the end
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