Many concepts can be explained concisely, in simple language, and we should all strive for clarity. But the aphorism is a mistake, for a number of thoughts approximate the carpenter’s craft, and to meaningfully reveal them requires time and attention. Sometimes these cannot simply be told to another at all, they must be grown. For a topical... See more

Here are 13 things that every skilled chaos-surfer understands:

1. How something appears to you may not be how it is.


2. What is said or shown may not be all there is.


3. What is true for me may not be true for you.


4. The same words may mean different things to different people.


5. What people say may not be what they mean. Because comms is lossy and language is

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We do this all the time: we attempt to reach the brain through the ears, but all we end up doing is vibrating the air. We try to convince students that math is fun by saying, “Hey students, math is fun!” We write blog posts about how a bad thing is actually good, or how good thing is actually bad, and we send them into the void. Airports still

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