agency

#tbc

September 25, 2023 · word

transformer

Consider catalysis: a catalyst transforms reactant to product. #fig “catalysis consumes reactant, and emits by-product” Consider a catalyst with a secondary side-effect – which further shape-or-influence circumstances. #fig #tbc Consider that shaping-or-influencing also takes input (priors, to shape-or-influence), and also emits (or results in) by-product – whatever has been shaped-or-influenced #fig #tbc Consider that each phenomena fitting this description intersects circumstantial change across two separate domains. #fig “just as an electrical transformer intersects two electrical circuits”...

September 25, 2023 · 92 words

on machines

How might we describe a machine? #tbc

September 24, 2023 · 7 words