Systems-Based Epistemological Researcher Mainly active at https://www.psybertron.org/ and https://twitter.com/psybertron If you're looking for an "argument" I have rules. http://psybertron.org/rules-of-rhetorical-engagement 3 strikes and you're out. https://bsky.app/profile/psybertronian.psybertron.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/psybertronian.psybertron.org/post/3mtld4h4u5c26Tax the Rich? (This is just a stub post to collect multiple links.) Tax the Rich? is the headline, but it's the recurring issue of how nation states can remain meaningful, when individuals and commercial entities can become bigger, wealthier and more powerful than nation states, and can avoid… https://www.psybertron.org/archives/21130?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social21 Aug 2026 08:17 +0000at://did:plc:7fa6donheprwg3eicfnlk36v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtld4h4u5c26https://bsky.app/profile/psybertronian.psybertron.org/post/3mtegkxsyln2cUp to Date on SubStack All my original postings and notes are on SubStack these days, so here a catch-up posts since my last one here on only recently having read Roger Penrose (1989) "Emperor's New Mind". Starting from the most recent: What's So Funny 'Bout- the Peace, Love and Understanding of… https://www.psybertron.org/archives/21110?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social18 Aug 2026 14:30 +0000at://did:plc:7fa6donheprwg3eicfnlk36v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtegkxsyln2chttps://bsky.app/profile/psybertronian.psybertron.org/post/3mrct57m73i27Roger Penrose For completeness, posting mainly new content on Substack these days, but just cross-posting a link here to maintain semantic connectivity until the whole project is functioning. I'd never read Penrose before today, despite his obvious relevance to my long-standing agenda here. Enjoy.… https://www.psybertron.org/archives/21093?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social23 Jul 2026 12:19 +0000at://did:plc:7fa6donheprwg3eicfnlk36v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrct57m73i27https://bsky.app/profile/psybertronian.psybertron.org/post/3mr5tukmog32nA Little Piece of (Blogging) History Posting this on the original Psybertron blog because it was missing from my 2006/7 archive. Forests, thickets, trees and clearings (and fences, and gates) are frequent metaphors in knowledge discovery (and identity and definition) contexts, and the number of… https://www.psybertron.org/archives/21087?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social21 Jul 2026 12:49 +0000at://did:plc:7fa6donheprwg3eicfnlk36v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr5tukmog32nhttps://bsky.app/profile/psybertronian.psybertron.org/post/3mouhkmqg6c2x"The beginning of infinity" David Deutsch [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Jun 2026 08:25 +0000at://did:plc:7fa6donheprwg3eicfnlk36v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mouhkmqg6c2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/psybertronian.psybertron.org/post/3mokoiwclsq2xReading & Housekeeping Had some very productive writing time recently. Turned down a couple of gigs and writing of reviews - they're my escape from the intellectual project(s), but it's easy to fill your time with those instead. Also avoiding a couple of conferences I'd normally support, to the… https://www.psybertron.org/archives/21068?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social18 Jun 2026 11:02 +0000at://did:plc:7fa6donheprwg3eicfnlk36v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mokoiwclsq2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/psybertronian.psybertron.org/post/3mofxnpskdc2bOnto-Epistemic Layering of Values As notified, my writing has effectively moved to Substack, and here is my most recent post there. (Prompted by a discussion with Keith Gillette on the new Robert Pirsig Association discussion forum.) Multi-Axis Evolutionary Layeringof Values in "Onto-Epistemic… https://www.psybertron.org/archives/21066?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social16 Jun 2026 14:03 +0000at://did:plc:7fa6donheprwg3eicfnlk36v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mofxnpskdc2b