Marvin Minsky of MIT is a cognitive scientist and an artificial intelligence pioneer. I recently came acros his 1981 paper on “Music, Mind, and Meaning” which I found informative and profoundly thought provoking. Here’s an extended quote from it, for… Read More ›
Day: Saturday June 27, 2009
Weekend links: Stuff worth a look
A couple of links. One video lecture by David Weinberger. One excellent article by James Fallows.
The US Empire in Decline
R Vaidyanathan has an interesting piece in expressbuzz cryptically titled “The Lost Horizon of the Emperors.” He takes a very big picture view of what’s happening around the world. Big picture painted rather randomly. He starts off with USA’s decline… Read More ›
