Because Complex Iterative Systems Tend Towards Optimality…Sorta
The funny thing about the North Pole, we don’t get news, only thinning ice sheets, every year the hunting season is shorter and shorter, every year my cubs hungrier. It is, for the most part, a solitary life, your kids outgrow you and go searching on their own never to be seen again. You meet… Continue reading A Polar Bear
About Big Fish Alright, now I am going to break one of the core rules about telling a story. This story was about the importance of meaning, and the idea that even if our purpose turns out to be false, we are likely better off without knowing that important bit of trivia. This was a… Continue reading Of Fish and Storytelling
George sat in his rowboat, fishing rod poised ready to strike, as he did every day, rain or shine. He never caught anything. He had retired long ago to a little lake house. Some neighbors had told him of a legendary fish, well legendary for such a small lake at any rate. George took no… Continue reading Big Fish
So dolphins, as you might know, we don’t have hands, so then how am I writing this you might wonder. Well, I had this human trainee, and after learning his primitive manner of vocalization and rudimentary not nearly squeaky enough language, I taught him a trick that could correspond to each letter of his simplistic… Continue reading Dolphin Warning
(Part I here) A knock at the door, and that could only mean one of two things, a delivery or Daisuke. This time it was a mix of both, Daisuke was standing there bag in hand presenting his host with only the finest of convenience store sushi and sake. The events of the previous day… Continue reading Dream Girl: Part III
My guiding principle when teaching, telling a story, speaking with others, or well anything is pretty simple: People can tell the difference between real and fake. The world is, let's face it, a pretty dark place, filled with hypocritical self serving motives, that we largely mask and pretend are not true. That is why I… Continue reading Guiding Principle
Friday thank god, a whole weekend laid before him where he could stay in his safe happy home. He already had the queue of shows he was going to watch, and he was finally going to get the chance to sink his teeth into the new Dragon Quest game. He just had to make it… Continue reading Dream Girl: Part II
