In the paper “Ironies of Automation” by Lisanne Bainbridge, she discusses how automation can make operators’ jobs harder rather than easier. This is particularly interesting in light of Large Language Models seemingly taking over lots of things that we used to rely on humans to do. https://web.archive.org/web/20200717054958if_/https://www.ise.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Bainbridge_1983_Automatica.pdf
Recently I’ve been contemplating how to best say goodbye to my father. I’ve had a difficult time for the last 10-15 years with what to do for myself relative to our relationship. He is still alive but I have no contact with him due to his crimes and his behavior. For many of these years,…
I was just reading this article: https://open.substack.com/pub/verahartmdphd/p/the-anatomy-of-doubt-when-betrayal And I got stopped at the sentence, “Yes, that was abuse.” It stopped me in my tracks. I have known this in my body for a long time, but to acknowledge it in written words is something else entirely. Acknowledging it takes away so much of the hidden…
One of the coolest things about many electronic components is that they are reversible. For example, if you send electric power to a motor it will spin. If you instead turn the spindle, it will create electricity. The same concept is true for LEDs. If you send power through them, they light up. If you…
I was never officially the ‘identified patient’ in my family of origin, but it’s interesting to read about this experience because it matches my sense of being the emotionally sensitive one. The one who can’t ignore the dysfunction. The one who can’t function in the dysfunctional family system, but can function well when I’m outside…
Is it because most people are right-handed and, when learning to skate, they want to hold on to the wall with their right hand? Or is it because we turn right onto roads, so that feels better?
I’ve been thinking about the use of rhythm in daily activities and was thinking about how figuring out when to breathe when swimming can be right of as a rhythmic activity.
We are fundamentally Xerox machines, but instead of our copies being like Xerox copies, they are more like fractals, with an infinite variation and complexity (and hopefully beauty/interest) in that complexity.