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What AI Will Never Know About Ice Cream, June 1981, and Everything Before or Since

On January 21, 2025 By stsampsonIn MusingsLeave a comment

Despite regular claims to the contrary, AI Does Not Have Access to All of Human Knowledge — and It Never Will

Beware the Curse of Knowledge

On January 3, 2024January 3, 2024 By stsampsonIn Words, Words, WordsLeave a comment

Expertise can be its own worst enemy.

Check Your Lenses

On January 2, 2021January 1, 2021 By stsampsonIn MusingsLeave a comment

Different tools enable different types of seeing and thinking.

Love and Wisdom

On February 17, 2020February 17, 2020 By stsampsonIn Musings6 Comments

Love is wiser than wisdom. Wisdom knows more than knowledge. Knowledge counts more than data.

From the Inside Out and the Outside In

On January 5, 2020January 5, 2020 By stsampsonIn Musings4 Comments

We humans understand each other asymmetrically. But that's a good enough place to start.

Keep Bending Toward Justice and Truth

On August 4, 2019January 16, 2021 By stsampsonIn MusingsLeave a comment

Some simple things you can do to make the world better.

Cheating Success

On March 26, 2019March 26, 2019 By stsampsonIn Fatherly Advice2 Comments

Real success is about building a better self, which is why you really can't cheat at it.

Nothing Much and the Center of Everything

On January 21, 2019March 26, 2019 By stsampsonIn MusingsLeave a comment

A brief reflection on the otherworldly importance of each of us—and why you should do your homework.

What Changed Your Mind?

On December 27, 2018December 27, 2018 By stsampsonIn Musings2 Comments

The most important mind-changers aren't nuggets you'll note in a TED talk or even lessons you'll learn from a book. They're experiences that change who you are.

Are the New Ways Better than the Old, or Vice Versa?

On July 1, 2018December 9, 2018 By stsampsonIn MusingsLeave a comment

In adolescence, we all seek to innovate. By middle age, we're more likely to like traditions. And in some ways, we're right all along.

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