Hello Apple Enthusiasts out there: it's time to switch platform! https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/26/empty-threats/#500-million-affluent-consumers Pro tip: google "Fairphone" and "Murena."

Corporate fraudsters love AI because LLMs will fake it if necessary. For a while, company figures will look fine, and when the house of cards collapses, nobody will have to go to jail. Just imagine how easy you can build something like Dieselgate with vibe […] [Original post on fediscience.org]

Rundum d'#schijenflue. #SanktAntönien

Snowy vistas today. #tschiertschen

We expected the zombie hordes to attack us any moment...

Shitty conditions for hiking today.

A tiny bit of icing on the peaks. #tschiertschen

Wandering above a sea of clouds. #fondei #strassberg #Grünsee #mattijschhorn

Good morning, #tschiertsche.

Es steht fünf nach zwölf für die Demokratie in den USA, ein Land gefangen im Strudel der Selbstzerstörung. Wer also noch immer fordert, Europa müsse so sein wie Amerika, der sollte von der öffentlichen Bühne weggelacht werden. Ausgezeichnete Analyse […]

Now that our "Pushing the Boundaries" project has come to an end (on Aug 31, 2025), Marcus Neustetter and I have finally updated the website: https://www.expandingpossibilities.org Lots of goodies on there. Including the book and info on our arts & science outreach activities with #the_zone.

New #igorrr album "Amen" is out! https://igorrr.bandcamp.com/album/amen By far the best band in the world right now. Not even close.

Last but not least: a weekend viewing suggestion. Our discussion with Evan Thompson: https://youtu.be/nW3INSNR7_Y This was an amazing discussion about The Blind Spot https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262048804/the-blind-spot Watch it, then read the book. Highly recommended!

And another weekend reading suggestion: what we need are more mature relations among self-reflecting people, not discussions about what exact relationship style is better than any other ... "in love, we may be confusing 'having' with 'being'" https://substack.com/home/post/p-172937551 Text […]

In search of weekend reading, anyone? Chapter 12 of #beyondtheageofmachines is out! It's called "The World is Not a Set." https://www.expandingpossibilities.org/12-the-world-is-not-a-set.html With two appendices: Limitations of Mathematical Modeling […]

Giving a little boost to this appendix to #BeyondTheAgeOfMachines: "Limitations of Mathematical Modeling" https://expandingpossibilities.org/a4-limitations-of-mathematical-modelling.html It starts with static network models, then shows how to include dynamics […] [Original post on spore.social]

One thing that particularly strikes me about these demented times we live in: just how few people seem to realize that, in a race to the bottom, you do NOT want to be first...

One thing that particularly strikes me about these demented times we live in: just how few people seem to realize that, in a race to the bottom, you do NOT want to be first...

Giving a little boost to this appendix to #BeyondTheAgeOfMachines: "Limitations of Mathematical Modeling" https://expandingpossibilities.org/a4-limitations-of-mathematical-modelling.html It starts with static network models, then shows how to include dynamics […] [Original post on spore.social]

RIP, a truly great artist Tomas Lindberg https://www.forbes.com/sites/quentinsinger/2025/09/16/at-the-gates-vocalist-tomas-lindberg-dead-at-52 Damn, that's my age ...

Supportive webs of relations, anyone? https://substack.com/home/post/p-172937551

*** UPDATE: #beyondtheageofmachines I'll be getting back to writing book chapters more regularly this fall and into the spring of 2026, with the aim of finishing the book by next summer. Also: we've finally added links to the shorts & full lecture videos on the book website […]

Our discussion with Evan Thompson is finally online: https://youtu.be/nW3INSNR7_Y We cover an amazing range of topics from post-blind-spot science & its societal implications, to the metaphysics of strange loops, to the nature of consciousness & why not everybody sees things our way.

Our discussion with Evan Thompson is finally online: https://youtu.be/nW3INSNR7_Y We cover an amazing range of topics from post-blind-spot science & its societal implications, to the metaphysics of strange loops, to the nature of consciousness & why not everybody sees things our way.

*** UPDATE: #beyondtheageofmachines I'll be getting back to writing book chapters more regularly this fall and into the spring of 2026, with the aim of finishing the book by next summer. Also: we've finally added links to the shorts & full lecture videos on the book website […]

Österreich kann man sich kaum noch leisten... https://youtu.be/K6lIeQPnfqA ... und daran ist die Politik schuld

Chapter 12 of #beyondtheageofmachines is out! "Was lange währt, wird endlich gut" we'd say in German. It's called "The World is Not a Set." https://www.expandingpossibilities.org/12-the-world-is-not-a-set.html

Vienna folks! #thezone will be at the Austrian Museum for Folk Live and Folk Art this weekend, on Sat, Sep 13, from 1 to 10pm: I was looking for something... https://www.volkskundemuseum.at/mikrofestival_sound_installation Come and check us out!

Chapter 12 of #beyondtheageofmachines is out! "Was lange währt, wird endlich gut" we'd say in German. It's called "The World is Not a Set." https://www.expandingpossibilities.org/12-the-world-is-not-a-set.html

in love, we may be confusing 'having' with 'being' https://substack.com/home/post/p-172937551 Text: @yoginho Art: Marcus Neustetter #love #process #philosophy #relationships

Reality-- : a very good takedown of a very bad book. https://youtu.be/_0dc7qutyBc My own opinion on the matter is that real reality will kill you if you ignore it. That's how you can always tell the difference.

Special thanks to our teachers: @dsbrooks.bsky.social @thibautbrunet.bsky.social James Difrisco @zenahadjivasiliou.bsky.social @yoginho.spore.social.ap.brid.gy Ron Jenner Nicole King @wallaceucsf.bsky.social Mihaela Pavlicev @nrepina.bsky.social Merlijn Staps @bensteventon.bsky.social Gunter Wagner

What a week! A huge thank you to all the students and teachers for the for the engaged discussions, thoughtful questions, and good vibes. Rock on, and stay curious! 🤓 ✨ #VeniceEvoDevo #levels #morphogenesis #sysbio #evodevo

Kurz und bündig: das ist eine komplette und menschenverachtende Schweinerei 🇦🇹: https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000286512/der-umgang-der-pva-mit-schwerkranken-ist-ein-armutszeugnis-fuer-das-gesundheitssystem?ref=article #mecfs #longcovid #pva

My essay "An Evolving Web of Complex Relations" was published this morning on the "Love & Philosophy" substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/lovephilosophy/p/an-evolving-web-of-complex-relations It's an ode to truly free love, the future of humanity, and […] [Original post on spore.social]

Need time to think in an inspiring environment? A new institute for advanced study (#vicas) is emerging @univienna. SENIOR- and EARLY-CAREER FELLOWSHIPS are available here: https://vicas.univie.ac.at Deadline is Sep 1. There is still enough time to apply!

#AI-generated mass psychosis. What could possibly go wrong? https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/08/with-ai-chatbots-big-tech-is-moving-fast-and-breaking-people

Need time to think in an inspiring environment? A new institute for advanced study (#vicas) is emerging @univienna. SENIOR- and EARLY-CAREER FELLOWSHIPS are available here: https://vicas.univie.ac.at Deadline is Sep 1. There is still enough time to apply!

The biggest bullshit bubble ever: https://www.axios.com/2025/08/04/ai-investment-us-economy-capex

#academic #fraud: a system ready to be gamed *will* be gamed. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2420092122

Now you can probably guess what "duvel" means in Old Flemish... Quite pleasant for such a devilish beverage.

I talked to Charlie Munford and friends on his "Agential Topics" series about all kinds of things, like the limits of formalization & computation, teleology, and process thinking. A mind-bogglingly wide-ranging conversation: so many great questions! https://youtu.be/cFgozsNjv0A

After two weeks in the far North, I now know why the horse fly plays such a prominent role in Norse mythology...

07/06/2025: THE ZoNE & Micca Manganye Rewilding: Playing the Castle @ Schloss Lind, Neumarkt in der Steiermark Concert, Book Launch and Vernissage. Konzert, Buchpräsentation und Vernissage. https://schlosslind.at/aktuelles

"The art of modeling is to match formalism and target system such that the model is congruent for our given purposes and captures all the possible system behaviors that are relevant in our specific situation." #beyondtheageofmachines

Some news on the book! At least a teaser: We added artwork to ch11: "The Art of Modelling." https://www.expandingpossibilities.org/11-the-art-of-modelling.html And the new chapter 12 will drop in the next few days, with two massive appendices on modeling […] [Original post on spore.social]

#igorrr, in top form, teamed up with Trey Spruance and Timba Harris. The result is called Blastbeat Falafel, and it is truly worth three minutes of your time! https://youtu.be/IdzO_9O7bNc

#alphaevolve: Ein cleveres #ki Optimierungstool für die Lösung vorgegebener Probleme, welches jedoch nie die Fähigkeit haben wird, die wichtigen Probleme zu identifizieren und relevante Fragen zu stellen. Das ist, was einen guten Wissenschaftler ausmacht […]

Man verweigert ME/CFS Patienten systematisch ihnen zustehende Leistungen. Das wäre ja sonst zu teuer. Zynischer geht es wirklich nicht mehr. Mich widert diese Gesellschaft nur noch an […]

Hey philosophers, academic and other: this is an important new initiative: https://www.makingwaysllc.com Go sign up and contribute! #academicmastodon #philosophy #philosophicalpractice