Stories by johngossman

Many people have no mental imagery. What's going on in their brains?

"English Translators of Homer": A Review

Diverting the Flood of History: Ada Palmer's "Inventing the Renaissance"

The Secret World of Flexagons

Thales – the 'first philosopher'? A troubled chapter in the histo (2022)

Darwin's Beagle Library

Icelandic Met Office Eruption Update

Gordon Bell – The No Output Division (1982) [pdf]

Holden Karnofsky's recent comments on FTX (March 2023)

A brief look at the history of OpenAI's board

Elon Musk wants your entire financial life on X by 2024

Next Generation Lighter Than Air Specs and Visualization

Crypto Hippies: Thoughts on Reading "Going Infinite"

Ramon Llull

Why Hobbes would have thought LLMs were a big deal

Getty Images built a “socially responsible” AI tool that rewards artists

On re-reading “Brave New World”

Is Consciousness Consequential?

In Defense of Temporal Discounting in Longtermist Ethics

Spherical Cows and Trolley Problems

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