Some words
Posts in 2026
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Heuristics
Sunday, May 03, 2026 in Thoughts
THIS IS A DRAFT! A running collection of heuristics I regularly use but have not yet fully thought upon or expanded. I may do so in the future. Introduction A collection of lenses I use to make sense of why people, and societies, behave the way they …
Posts in 2024
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Exploitation: To Depletion or Steady State
Tuesday, February 27, 2024 in Thoughts
DEFINITION Exploitation means to use some resource for advantage, benefit, or profit. THIS IS A DRAFT! Introduction Lately, I started using a model of “humans as an exploitation machine” to analyze or gain a different perspective on our …
Posts in 2020
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Privacy, Secrecy, and Data
Friday, May 01, 2020 in Thoughts
In January of 2020, I made a post to Facebook. It did not get the level of feedback I had hoped for. I had hoped to get feedback on the idea to inform and clarify my thoughts. Without that, I have tried to expand the idea and try to cover not only …