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Ruminations on AI, thinking about thinking, and immigration
Aweh Dear Ruminants and Groupies, Last week I wrote about foreigners and immigration. This week is a continuation of that discussion, although it takes what appears to be a rather odd detour into artificial intelligence and how I think. Bear with me. There is a point to all of this. At least I hope there…
Ruminations on March and March and the seductive pleasure of not thinking
Aweh, Dear Ruminants and Groupies, The American columnist David Brooks has observed that many people seem remarkably uninterested in the hard work of thinking, finding it far easier to outsource that burden to whoever offers the simplest explanation. Thinking requires holding contradictory ideas simultaneously. It requires tolerating uncertainty. It requires sitting with the discomfort that…
Ruminations on being 65 and my last magnum
Aweh Dear Ruminants and Groupies, The bet On Sunday, I turned 65, and as Nerine does, there was a lavish feast with friends and family. It’s what Nerine does best, and I love her for it. We drank the last magnum of Kanonkop Paul Sauer 2012 that I owned. I won six of these magnums…
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