Writing
- How I built Mindscape Explorer
A build log for the tools over 439 episodes of Sean Carroll's Mindscape, from a respectful scraper to topic models, a serendipity recommender, and a search that understands the question.
- How this site is built
A short note on the machinery behind preferencespace.com, which doubles as the example post for the format.
Essays
Older writing from before the projects, kept here for the arguments.
- With Digital Contact Tracing, Take the Middle Ground
An essay from the first months of the pandemic on the ethics of digital contact tracing, with a note from five years on.
- Territorial Rights Supersession
An essay defending territorial rights supersession, on Moore's political theory of territory, against Simmons's Lockean objections.