Speaker=Context
@speakercontext.bsky.social
The speaker is the context. Analyst-at-small
We are a creatively encoding species: the ability to express and decode new meanings is a necessary and sufficient condition for culture
January 6, 2026 at 6:43 PM
We are a creatively encoding species: the ability to express and decode new meanings is a necessary and sufficient condition for culture
‘I spend little time with children, which is the reason I have some patience for adults’
January 2, 2026 at 9:34 AM
‘I spend little time with children, which is the reason I have some patience for adults’
“These are pre-coffee thoughts. Don’t pay them any mind”
December 30, 2025 at 6:43 AM
“These are pre-coffee thoughts. Don’t pay them any mind”
Art is the choice
to assign meaning
to assign meaning
December 16, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Art is the choice
to assign meaning
to assign meaning
Why have we evolved to imagine impossible things?
-Why, to make them possible, of course!
-Why, to make them possible, of course!
December 12, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Why have we evolved to imagine impossible things?
-Why, to make them possible, of course!
-Why, to make them possible, of course!
When the most likely possibility is not very likely, you’re over-differentiating possibilities. Time to lump similar cases together
December 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
When the most likely possibility is not very likely, you’re over-differentiating possibilities. Time to lump similar cases together
The team “had no strategy, because they had no goal… All they had was wishing the problem would go away so that they could focus on the things they cared about.”
December 8, 2025 at 8:24 AM
The team “had no strategy, because they had no goal… All they had was wishing the problem would go away so that they could focus on the things they cared about.”
“We want to delegate actions to AI, not thinking processes”
November 24, 2025 at 10:46 AM
“We want to delegate actions to AI, not thinking processes”
“As essential as sunlight and coffee”
November 20, 2025 at 4:36 PM
“As essential as sunlight and coffee”
I sometimes use shared actors as a yardstick for the different fictional settings they appear in. For example, if Leonardo DiCaprio or Harrison Ford have descended into villainy, there’s something very messed up with that world.
November 18, 2025 at 5:09 AM
I sometimes use shared actors as a yardstick for the different fictional settings they appear in. For example, if Leonardo DiCaprio or Harrison Ford have descended into villainy, there’s something very messed up with that world.
While there’s ‘mindfulness’, I’d like to highlight ‘embodiment’: how much of the time one’s attention is focused on the physical reality and sensations of the body
November 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
While there’s ‘mindfulness’, I’d like to highlight ‘embodiment’: how much of the time one’s attention is focused on the physical reality and sensations of the body
Occam’s razor - entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity - applies to narrative just as well
November 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Occam’s razor - entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity - applies to narrative just as well
It’s hard to fool me about things I know well;
Conversely, I have to assume it’s easy to fool me about things I don’t
Conversely, I have to assume it’s easy to fool me about things I don’t
November 5, 2025 at 8:27 AM
It’s hard to fool me about things I know well;
Conversely, I have to assume it’s easy to fool me about things I don’t
Conversely, I have to assume it’s easy to fool me about things I don’t
There comes an age when the body can’t outrun the lifestyle anymore
November 5, 2025 at 8:25 AM
There comes an age when the body can’t outrun the lifestyle anymore
He fell in love with the craft not by experiencing it, or practicing it, but by hearing others talk of it - that is, the entirely wrong way
November 2, 2025 at 7:48 PM
He fell in love with the craft not by experiencing it, or practicing it, but by hearing others talk of it - that is, the entirely wrong way
We have very similar sensory inputs, but quite different encodings
October 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
We have very similar sensory inputs, but quite different encodings
Game design: aesthetics attract, mechanics capture, dynamics hold
October 24, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Game design: aesthetics attract, mechanics capture, dynamics hold
The more things are labeled, documented and recognized, the less the things that aren’t seem to matter. Labeling creates a need for more labeling
October 21, 2025 at 5:05 AM
The more things are labeled, documented and recognized, the less the things that aren’t seem to matter. Labeling creates a need for more labeling
Whose imaginary worlds are you inhabiting?
October 6, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Whose imaginary worlds are you inhabiting?
It is belief that moves people to move mountains
(and sometimes it’s mountains that move people into belief)
(and sometimes it’s mountains that move people into belief)
October 4, 2025 at 11:09 AM
It is belief that moves people to move mountains
(and sometimes it’s mountains that move people into belief)
(and sometimes it’s mountains that move people into belief)
It’s much easier to say something that rings true, than something that is true
September 22, 2025 at 8:54 AM
It’s much easier to say something that rings true, than something that is true
Superlatives are the best!
Also, the absolute worst.
Probably the most overused, too
Also, the absolute worst.
Probably the most overused, too
September 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Superlatives are the best!
Also, the absolute worst.
Probably the most overused, too
Also, the absolute worst.
Probably the most overused, too
“‘Nothing will be the same’ is never the case - some things don’t change, won’t change, will still be based on the same first principles”
September 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
“‘Nothing will be the same’ is never the case - some things don’t change, won’t change, will still be based on the same first principles”
Differences to note:
What’s going on
What we know is going on
What we can influence
What’s going on
What we know is going on
What we can influence
September 19, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Differences to note:
What’s going on
What we know is going on
What we can influence
What’s going on
What we know is going on
What we can influence
What viewpoints or groups does the narrative treat with empathy, as opposed to noting them from without? ‘The view from within’ - within who?
September 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
What viewpoints or groups does the narrative treat with empathy, as opposed to noting them from without? ‘The view from within’ - within who?