philosophy at the core

The ancient Greeks had two words for "order."

The first was " taxis " – deliberately created order, imposed by central design. This is the root of the word "taxonomy," meaning the classifications we place upon the natural world.

The second was " cosmos " – spontaneous order, emerging from decentralized interactions. Cosmos surrounds us: in markets... See more

Aristotle begins with a simple question: what makes a thing perform its function well? A knife is good when it cuts well; he contends that a human is good when he or she exercises reason well. This is part of our nature and it is what makes us distinctive as humans. Hence, for Aristotle, human excellence is reason-guided activity of the soul in... See more

knowledge should live outside authority:

Without philosophical examination, builders inherit their answers from the defaults of their environment.

kind of creative life personal computers should enable; ARPANET's pioneers envisioned what kind of connected society networks should foster. They translated their philosophies into code.