David Chapman

Insightful essay on current social dysfunction wrapped in a book review. Growing understanding that replacing the old American ruling class with the management class has left elites bereft of any sense of purpose, context, or responsibility. [via @St_Rev]

"People tell you everything you need to know about them in the first minute after you meet them"

On graduating, my sometime-collaborator Phil Agre went to interview for a faculty job at Yale, where Roger Schank was the senior AI guy. Phil came back somewhat shaken... (1/n)

I have been meaning to post a review for ages! If you like Heinlein, Illuminatus!, Laumer' Retief (intergalactic James Bond), you may love it. I did!

It's an unabashed celebration of masculinity, too. Avoid it if that squicks you.

_Thought and Language_ is his best-known work. It's quite short and a pretty easy read. It's largely framed as a critique of Piaget, so you do need to know some about that as background.

Nobody knows what to think about AI now (although many express strong opinions). Excellent survey of positions, and the tribes-in-formation adopting them, by @jonst0kes. This thread contains the essence of the post (but that's worth reading too).