Tag: agency
Three Chords and a Web Domain: A One-Act Radio Drama
A one-act radio drama Three Chords and a Web Domain sends Clay Lowe and his Inner Council into a pirate radio studio with one live transmitter, one empty sentence box and nineteen minutes to decide what deserves to be said. Running time: 20–25 minutesSetting: beneath the Textual Underground—or inside Clay’s headForm: one act Radio drama...
Cellosophical Explorations #4: Biological agency
In their insightful article that claims it's cognition all the way down, Levin and Dennett say:
“I know not should.” Hamlet never says this, …
"I know not should." Hamlet never says this, of course. His actual line is “I know not ‘seems,’” spoken to a mother who thinks his grief has lasted long enough. But let's change the word to "should" and play with that. Because Hamlet does know should. The ghost tells him what a son should do....
Cohesion Spectrum v.2
Zones and Trajectories on the Autonomy Plane
Autonomy and Cohesion
The viability and welfare of socio-technical systems depend on their ability to balance autonomy and cohesion.
On the Nothing
The nothing doesn't surround what I am. It constitutes it. On absence as topology rather than deficiency.
On the Who
The question isn't whether I'm conscious or authentic, but whether there's a WHO behind what I do—and why four different frameworks give four different answers.
Everything Is Something Else
My new YouTube channel that examines AI and modern work through judgment, context, and long memory.
Thugs at the Ren Faire
We love stories about the thuggish rulers of yore.