Hunting the Nulls

In radio, tracking, fighting, and microbial search, the fastest way to find what is possible is often to first find what is impossible.

Which belief systems fit each phase of space colonization?

Going back to Asia for the first time in over a decade suggested to me that different civilizations are fit for different tasks. Space settlement may need a sequence of worldviews, rather than one universal worldview.

What actions do your beliefs make easy?

Belief systems as tools

Mere Survival is A Lot

This is Dangerous vs. I Don't Know

On swapping uncertainty for a perception of certain danger

Why you need to clean

To clean is to claim

Which of your skills will die with you?

What have you inherited that you didn't choose?

Who taught you something you couldn't have figured out yourself?

What do you know that you can't explain?

How to tell if you must explain it

Hunting Superintelligence

How can something less intelligent compete with something far more intelligent?

What would your descendants need to remember about you? Part V

Control without ownership