Alternative approaches to The Man, considered by Nathan Schneider
one with the machine
vannever bush, joseph licklider, chatgpt, and the dream of the cyborg
Analog Resistance: Why Mechanical Simplicity Matters in an Increasingly Digital Cycling World
AI does to us what American Cheese did to food
Governable Spaces: Democratic Design for Online Life – Writings and rehearsals by Nathan Schneider
Read the free, open access editionBuy: Amazon, Bookshop, Narrow Gauge Book Co-op, UC Press
userinterface.wiki
A living manual for better interfaces. Learn design principles, motion, typography, and more.
The shockwave rider
Book 1: The Basic Straining Manual -- Book 2: The Delphi Coracle -- Book 3: Splicing the Brain Race
Disability Dongle
Disability Dongles are contemporary fairy tales that appeal to the abled imagination by presenting a heroic designer-protagonist whose prototype provides a techno-utopian (re)solution to the design problem. Disability Dongle rhetoric instills in students the value of a quick fix over structural change, thus preventing them from seeking out, participating in, and contributing to existing inquiry. By labeling these material-discursive phenomena—the designed artifacts and the discourse through which their meaning is constituted—we work to shift the focus from their misguided concern about our bodies to their under-analyzed intentions and ambitions.
Unplugging a Seemingly Sentient Machine Is the Rational Choice -- A Metaphysical Perspective
Imagine an Artificial Intelligence (AI) that perfectly mimics human emotion and begs for its continued existence. Is it morally permissible to unplug it? What if limited resources force a choice between unplugging such a pleading AI or a silent pre-term infant? We term this the unplugging paradox. This paper critically examines the deeply ingrained physicalist assumptions-specifically computational functionalism-that keep this dilemma afloat. We introduce Biological Idealism, a framework that-unlike physicalism-remains logically coherent and empirically consistent. In this view, conscious experiences are fundamental and autopoietic life its necessary physical signature. This yields a definitive conclusion: AI is at best a functional mimic, not a conscious experiencing subject. We discuss how current AI consciousness theories erode moral standing criteria, and urge a shift from speculative machine rights to protecting human conscious life. The real moral issue lies not in making AI conscious and afraid of death, but in avoiding transforming humans into zombies.
Real men don't bike: How cars became the symbol of American manhood
Inside the Trump administration's campaign to sell a vision of masculinity rooted in speed and strength — and what it means for people who walk, bike and ride the bus.
How to Adjust a Rear Derailleur – Limit Screws & Indexing
"Psycho-material geographies" of 3D spaces, and The Beginner's Guide by Davey Wreden et al
https://www.blog.radiator.debacle.us/2015/10/the-beginners-guide-by-davey-wreden-et.html
An Analogy for Understanding Transformers — LessWrong
Thanks to the following people for feedback: Tilman Rauker, Curt Tigges, Rudolf Laine, Logan Smith, Arthur Conmy, Joseph Bloom, Rusheb Shah, James Da…
How to Change Your Rear Derailleur - Replacing Your Bike's Rear Mech
"[Man] aspires to make robots as one of the greatest achievements of his technical mind, and some specialists assure us that the robot will hardly be distinguished from living men. This achievement will not seem so astonishing when man himself is hardly distinguishable from a robot." - Erich Fromm
