Bits and Bobs 1/22/25
- Emergence and optimization are in tension.
- Emergence comes from the space between.
- Optimization removes the space between.
Bits and Bobs 1/22/25
A new paper: "The more unequal income distribution is in a democracy, the more at risk it is of electing a power-aggrandizing and norm-shredding head of government."
Bits and Bobs 1/22/25
- A big threshold in a system: Not “I can do it” but “I’m not not going to do it.”
- That’s the difference between demo and usable.
- When you cross that threshold, doing things inside the system is easier and better than doing it outside.
- A positive boundary gradient that makes people want to use it.