Atlas · 32 subjects · 9 projects · 9 pieces of writing
How it all connects
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Origin
- Consciousness
- Quantum mechanics Interpretation The measurement problem asks what counts as an observation. Some read a role for mind in it; mainstream physics does not require one.
- AI and neural networks Perspective Whether systems that process information like this could ever have experience is an open question.
- Philosophy
- Open questions Established Philosophy is the discipline of keeping hard questions open and precise.
- Writing Established Most philosophy reaches us as writing, from Plato’s dialogues to Montaigne’s essays.
- Agents and automation Perspective Delegating work to machines raises who is responsible for a decision.
- Nonduality
- Perception Interpretation Science models a perceiver and a world; nondual traditions question the split itself.
- Identity
- Places: Bristol and Burdur Perspective Living between two countries and languages shows how much of a self is shaped by place.
- Perception
- AI and neural networks Interpretation Predictive-processing accounts of the brain and machine learning both describe models that improve by reducing prediction error.
- Nonduality Interpretation Science models a perceiver and a world; nondual traditions question the split itself.
Cosmos
- Astronomy
- Space exploration Established Spacecraft and space telescopes are how modern astronomy sees.
- Black holes
- Relativity
- Computing and information Established GPS software applies relativistic clock corrections every day.
- Quantum mechanics
- Consciousness Interpretation The measurement problem asks what counts as an observation. Some read a role for mind in it; mainstream physics does not require one.
- Mathematics
- Music and sound Established Consonant intervals correspond to simple frequency ratios.
- Computing and information Established Turing’s machine and Shannon’s bit are mathematical ideas before they are machines.
Life
- Evolution
- AI and neural networks Established Artificial neural networks were loosely inspired by neurons, and evolutionary search inspired optimisation methods.
- Body and health
- Travel and expeditions Established Time in nature is linked to restored attention and lower stress.
- Food and nutrition
- Self-sufficient living Established Growing food is the largest part of feeding a household from its own land.
- Living systems
- Self-sufficient living Established Agroecology applies ecosystem principles to growing food.
- Relationships
- History and institutions Interpretation Institutions extend the trust of close relationships to strangers.
Civilization
- Economics and money
- Entrepreneurship Established Ventures live or die by prices, costs and demand.
- Ownership and capital
- Making and invention Perspective When making gets cheap, value moves to what stays scarce: trust, taste and physical work.
- History and institutions
- Relationships Interpretation Institutions extend the trust of close relationships to strangers.
- Places: Bristol and Burdur Perspective Settling in a new country is mostly learning its institutions, which is what MyLifeConsultant maps.
Intelligence
- AI and neural networks
- Evolution Established Artificial neural networks were loosely inspired by neurons, and evolutionary search inspired optimisation methods.
- Perception Interpretation Predictive-processing accounts of the brain and machine learning both describe models that improve by reducing prediction error.
- Consciousness Perspective Whether systems that process information like this could ever have experience is an open question.
- Agents and automation
- Future possibilities Perspective What changes when tools can plan is the central open question of this decade.
- Entrepreneurship Perspective Agents can carry routine operations of a small business; this site’s projects test how far.
- Philosophy Perspective Delegating work to machines raises who is responsible for a decision.
- Computing and information
- Mathematics Established Turing’s machine and Shannon’s bit are mathematical ideas before they are machines.
- Relativity Established GPS software applies relativistic clock corrections every day.
Creation
- Entrepreneurship
- Economics and money Established Ventures live or die by prices, costs and demand.
- Agents and automation Perspective Agents can carry routine operations of a small business; this site’s projects test how far.
- Design
- Making and invention
- Ownership and capital Perspective When making gets cheap, value moves to what stays scarce: trust, taste and physical work.
- Writing
- Philosophy Established Most philosophy reaches us as writing, from Plato’s dialogues to Montaigne’s essays.
- Music and sound
- Mathematics Established Consonant intervals correspond to simple frequency ratios.
Frontier
- Places: Bristol and Burdur
- Identity Perspective Living between two countries and languages shows how much of a self is shaped by place.
- History and institutions Perspective Settling in a new country is mostly learning its institutions, which is what MyLifeConsultant maps.
- Space exploration
- Astronomy Established Spacecraft and space telescopes are how modern astronomy sees.
- Self-sufficient living
- Living systems Established Agroecology applies ecosystem principles to growing food.
- Food and nutrition Established Growing food is the largest part of feeding a household from its own land.
- Travel and expeditions
- Body and health Established Time in nature is linked to restored attention and lower stress.
- Open questions
- Philosophy Established Philosophy is the discipline of keeping hard questions open and precise.
- Future possibilities
- Agents and automation Perspective What changes when tools can plan is the central open question of this decade.