a random assortment of ideas about data, economics, poetry, & mathematics
In my last post, I claimed There is still hope on our horizons, particularly when you explore them with an intelligent teamMountains Beyond Molehills: Recovering the Lost Art of the Mathematics of Empathy Such a statement begs the question: "What is an intelligent team?" Intelligence There are all kinds of definitions of "intelligence" depending on… Continue reading Topologies of intelligence, combinatorial synesthesia, & emergent technologies
Algebra I was reading the other day about algebra. The word "Algebra" originally had to do with the mathematics of fixing fractures. الجبر, or al-jabr meant putting broken stuff back together again. Some translations of the word have to do with fractures, literally bone-setting, or reuniting shattered physical things. In some cases, algebra had to… Continue reading Mountains Beyond Molehills: Recovering the Lost Art of the Mathematics of Empathy