I am the rock, you the stone, Together we ballast reality. Steady toward uncertain destiny, Whither the sheets above us are blown. Until...

This chapter concerns the second time I created something smarter than me. The first such occasion, the birth of my only son, was not entire...

We'll find all its secrets and make them our own; A yarn to weave and be woven. We'll choose among the least likely chosen And bu...

Modern digital computers are not designed to do unexpected things. When they do occur, these are usually called "failures." Bu...

A place where gently blowing semi-trees Stand constant in the changing sands, And pretty birds flying flawless paths Sing palindromic mel...

I sell to leftists and rightists. I'd sell to independents but they're not the most regular customers. There will always be war...

I have a theory that almost all of us agree on almost everything. But we're wired somehow to zero in on the things we disagree about, h...