The mothers of Squid Game
TL;DR: assuming Squid Game is a commentary on capitalism, it also says that in capitalism mothers are expected to be passive non-entities and only exist to support (emotionally, financially, physically) their children. Disclaimer: there are some posts on Reddit about this topic–this was written without reading any. Dying Alone Think about it: after lying to…
Stochastic Parrots
This article receives periodic updates as the discussion around Stochastic Parrots evolves. At least for the immediate future, humans create technology. But what is it that we choose to create? The authors of the Stochastic Parrots paper asked this question about large language models and discovered some interesting answers. Their conclusions were enough to get…
A welcome to 2021
This year, I plan to spend this diary considering the meaning of liberty. It is a word that has become a litmus test for an individual’s political beliefs, moral beliefs, ethical beliefs, and cosmic beliefs, whether used in face to face discussion or in endless argument comment threads with strangers on the internet. It’s in…
Some Thoughts on Space
This will get periodic updates as new developments occur. Last update: June, 2021 (G7 agrees to address the issue of space junk; China sends first astronauts to space) In the 1960s, the United Nations created the Outer Space Treaty, which forms the basis of much subsequent discussion and legislation on the topic of the rights…
What is Liberty?
I believe that liberty is the ability to make free choices within a given system. The limits on those choices are the boundaries where they move from simple acts of free will and become harmful to other people. We have free will, but we are not free from consequences. We have freedom to express ourselves,…
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