James's Blog

Sharing random thoughts, stories and ideas.

Recent Posts

Feb 3, 2019
The Usefulness of Wrong Models
◷ 4 minute read
If all models are wrong, are they completely useless?
Jan 26, 2019
Personal Analytics
◷ 3 minute read
We have surprisingly little data on our own personal lives.
Jan 20, 2019
Post-Truth World
◷ 4 minute read
What could a post-truth world look like?
Jan 12, 2019
Nature of Information
◷ 3 minute read
Some thoughts on the nature of information.
Jan 9, 2019
Curse of the Moderate
◷ 3 minute read
Why do most opinions seen today tend toward the extreme?
Jan 4, 2019
2018 Highlights
◷ 4 minute read
The annual summary of some of the more interesting things I've read/watched in 2018.
Dec 23, 2018
Society as a Neural Network
◷ 4 minute read
Some thoughts from looking at society as a machine learning style neural network.