The Last Algorithm: Maps, Minds, and Monads Part I: Minds as Indivisible Monads or Emergent From Interconnected Mathematical Algorithms Chapter 1: Maps, Monads and Mathematics Definition of Maps, Monads & Algorithms Sujasha's map of the world and the map’s evolution along her journey from theist to determinist, first as a student of hinduism, second as a student of fluids, materials and mechanics, third as a neuroscientist at Johns Hopkins University, and finally as a DARPA r

Robotic Thinking If any part of you is secretly rooting for Venezuela to blow up in Trump’s face, congrats, you just met your tribal brain at the door. That part of the mind loves a cheap story. Heroes and villains. Pure good and pure evil. It wants the world to behave like a children’s cartoon because cartoons are easy to run in your head when you’re tired, angry, or afraid. And the cleanest cartoon is the one where Donald Trump  is 100% wrong, so anything that hurts him (ev

Om Ohm! Chapter 10 - The Symbols & Stories Sapiens Share: Integrating Set Theory, Category Theory & Systems Theory Indra’s Net, 8D/E8 Crystal Lattices, Simulations, Ruliads, Recursive Strange Loops, Emergent Fractals, Monads, Mayan Mythology & Maya (A Concept in Hinduism) In a Nut-Shell: 1.) Complex worlds can be built from simple mathematically composable relations and repeated/recursive rules. 2.) Both physics and cognitive neuroscience indicate that all observers experien

So Long 3I/ATLAS, and Thanks for All the Snow! Mimetic Disclosure - 3I Prelude - The Flash That Drew Attention When the first atomic bomb bloomed over the New Mexico desert in 1945, the Culture noticed. Not “noticed” the way poets mean it. It registered as an anomalous sensor event in the middle of a world war. A bright, sharp fingerprint that shows up when a young species finally learns that matter has seams, and that seams can be torn. Out in the quiet gaps between the loud