s21e27: Neal Stephenson is leaking again; When computer isn’t computer
0.0 Context setting It’s Wednesday 2 September in Portland, Oregon, where it was the first day back at school which also meant it was time to start raining...
s21e26: Defaults and threat-model.md; Making a toaster, but societal institutions
0.0 Context setting Thursday, 27 August 2026 in Portland, Oregon. I started this on Tuesday and then now suddenly it’s Thursday? That’s no fun. Separately,...
s21e25: It’s all vibes, until it’s not
0.0 Context Setting Monday, 24 August 2026, in Portland, Oregon. I had the idea for this yesterday, maybe? And then started writing it up, and finished it...
s21e24: What if they’re all right?; I didn’t make this; I write because
0.0 Context Setting Friday, 21 August 2026 in Portland Oregon where the timer continues to tick down to Skynet Sentience day. A busy day today: the 9am show,...
s21e23: The OODA loop
0.0 Context Setting Wednesday, August 19 2026 in Portland, Oregon. I am sitting in my study and still, inexplicably, have Def Leppard’s Hysteria on single...
s21e22: Three Short Pieces; India’s UPI; A 33% floor; Period drama
0.0 Context Setting Morning, on Tuesday 18 August 2026, in Portland, Oregon, where I had a summer catchup call in the morning and then a nice catchup with...
s21e21: Technology is a tool and we have choices to make as a society; It’s magic
0.0 Context Setting Monday, 17 August in Portland, Oregon. I don’t think I’ve been outside today? I should go outside. All we want to do is figure out what...
s21e20: Trinity
0.0 Context Setting Friday, 14 August 2026 in Portland, Oregon, pretty much straight after finishing a live show. I’ve got a full day and this is an attempt...
s21e19: Artificially intelligent pragmatism; Your subjective experience is generative; The Profane Town Crier
0.0 Context Setting Tuesday August 11, 2026 in Portland Oregon. The freezer isn’t working. It’s super irritating. We’ve tried a whole bunch of stuff (I got...
s21e18: Tools are easy now, data is hard; Background culture; Tingly is a decision I have to live with; Uniqueness Index
0.0 Context Setting Thursday, 6 August 2026 in Portland, Oregon. It’s been 2 days and 29 years since Skynet was turned on, and we only have about three weeks...
s21e17: It Was Supposed To Be Different; Reading Material
0.0 Context Setting Wednesday, August 5, 2026 in Portland, Oregon. Today, the city briefly had the worst polluted air out of all the cities in the world!...
s21e16: Organizational Entropy, Activation Energy, and Catalysts
0.0 Context Setting Friday, 31 July 2026 in Portland Oregon, after I just finished today’s show with Russell. Of which, well, that’s the thing that caught my...
s21e15: Adjust Your Register; The Curse of The Next Generation; Some Sort Of Tinkerbell; Your AI Pharmacy
0.0 Context Setting It’s Thursday, 30 July, 2026 in Portland, Oregon and a dog just came to sit down next to me. 0.1 Events: How People Work, Live! ... with...
s21e14: Just the Links
0.0 Context Setting It’s Tuesday, 28 July, 2026 in Portland, Oregon. My brain is mush. 0.1 Events: How People Work, Live! How People Work, Live! is the live...
s21e13: The Irritating Aspect of Spiciness; Improving Pharmacies Somewhat
0.0 Context Setting Monday, July 27 in Portland, Oregon. That’s it. That’s all the context I have for you. Oh, I guess it’s 4:50pm and I started writing this...
s21e12: For All Humanity?; Gordon Moore Folds Your Clothes
0.0 Context Setting Tuesday, 21 July 2026 in Portland, Oregon where it’s been hot. There’s been a Fifa Men’s World Cup Football Final which in my humble...
s21e11: Somebody Else’s Cloud
0.0 Context Setting It’s Wednesday, July 15th 2026 in Portland, Oregon, and the England football team have just finished being the archetypal England...
s21e10: Well, What Would You Do?
0.0 Context Setting It is Tuesday 7 July in Portland, Oregon, where we are totally not living through what could be described as William Gibson’s Jackpot. I...
s21e09: A Different Strategy, The Sanest Choice In An Insane World
0.0 Context Setting Thursday, 3 July in Portland, Oregon, which is the day before the day that the main events of Independence Day (1996) occur. 0.1 Events...
s22e08 - You Broke It, We (Should) Own It
0.0 Context Setting Monday, 29 June 2026 in Portland, Oregon, where the U.S. Supreme Court is definitely asserting its supremacy and I have belatedly...
