Philip Loring
@philiploring.com
Human ecologist and storyteller. Regeneration and Social Justice. Global Director @nature_org. Author: FINDING OUR NICHE. Stubbornly optimistic that radical change is closer than we think. Opinions mine (but science-based). 🏳️🌈
In fact, “AI” *already gives this answer* (without the snark, anyway)
November 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
In fact, “AI” *already gives this answer* (without the snark, anyway)
Really spectacular technology this AI thing!
November 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Really spectacular technology this AI thing!
Update: now Google has let me know that LA won the series. 13 minutes before the start of Game 7
November 1, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Update: now Google has let me know that LA won the series. 13 minutes before the start of Game 7
Google just sent me a push notification that the Blue Jays won game 7 (it hasn’t started yet), and when I clicked theough it took me to this AI summary that said the Dodgers won game 7 but with details about game 6 from last night.
AI is the future amirite?
AI is the future amirite?
November 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Google just sent me a push notification that the Blue Jays won game 7 (it hasn’t started yet), and when I clicked theough it took me to this AI summary that said the Dodgers won game 7 but with details about game 6 from last night.
AI is the future amirite?
AI is the future amirite?
So I’m doing a thing. Stage is my daughter’s passion but when her company said they were auditioning for a show with adults also, her mom and I thought what the heck. I haven’t let myself have time for something creative in years
They cast me as Lt. Ward. Should I tell them I’m an abolitionist? lol
They cast me as Lt. Ward. Should I tell them I’m an abolitionist? lol
October 28, 2025 at 11:51 PM
So I’m doing a thing. Stage is my daughter’s passion but when her company said they were auditioning for a show with adults also, her mom and I thought what the heck. I haven’t let myself have time for something creative in years
They cast me as Lt. Ward. Should I tell them I’m an abolitionist? lol
They cast me as Lt. Ward. Should I tell them I’m an abolitionist? lol
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
October 20, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
Laptops with a co-pilot key are going to be the new keyboard with integrated trackball
October 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Laptops with a co-pilot key are going to be the new keyboard with integrated trackball
The howl sound on this dog skeleton decoration literally sounds like someone recorded themselves going “awoooo”
September 30, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The howl sound on this dog skeleton decoration literally sounds like someone recorded themselves going “awoooo”
What is happening that made Google Chrome the top read entry in Wikipedia today??
September 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
What is happening that made Google Chrome the top read entry in Wikipedia today??
Is this Blueskyism? @jcsalterego.bsky.social
September 8, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Is this Blueskyism? @jcsalterego.bsky.social
What do they even want, this?
August 22, 2025 at 12:30 AM
What do they even want, this?
Im sorry what in the fresh hell is this?
August 19, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Im sorry what in the fresh hell is this?
Little Prince here has thoughts about me writing an email on Sunday morning.
August 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Little Prince here has thoughts about me writing an email on Sunday morning.
Economics is a great example. You can have an increase in average income for a nation, while also having more people in poverty than ever before. To say that the economy is better because average incomes are higher would be like saying humans now live longer because average lifespan has increased.
August 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Economics is a great example. You can have an increase in average income for a nation, while also having more people in poverty than ever before. To say that the economy is better because average incomes are higher would be like saying humans now live longer because average lifespan has increased.
On average, people live longer today than they did 100 years ago. But that doesn’t mean that the human species has become capable of living longer. The average has improved because fewer women and children die in childbirth. But people invariably mix these up.
August 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
On average, people live longer today than they did 100 years ago. But that doesn’t mean that the human species has become capable of living longer. The average has improved because fewer women and children die in childbirth. But people invariably mix these up.
Averages are, in other words, only useful as indicators of collective or systems-level conditions in extremely specific circumstances. (known as normally distributed data by statisticians)
August 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Averages are, in other words, only useful as indicators of collective or systems-level conditions in extremely specific circumstances. (known as normally distributed data by statisticians)
The fallacy of averages is the assumption that the average condition in a system is representative of the condition of the system as a whole. For example, if everyone on your team of coders is a great coder, that you necessarily have a great coding team.
August 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The fallacy of averages is the assumption that the average condition in a system is representative of the condition of the system as a whole. For example, if everyone on your team of coders is a great coder, that you necessarily have a great coding team.
It’s #FallacyFriday! As promised I’m going to start an every-now-and-again thing where I post about one of the many common fallacies or conceptual traps I encounter regularly in discourse and debates over contemporary issues.
Up first? The fallacy of averages!
Up first? The fallacy of averages!
August 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
It’s #FallacyFriday! As promised I’m going to start an every-now-and-again thing where I post about one of the many common fallacies or conceptual traps I encounter regularly in discourse and debates over contemporary issues.
Up first? The fallacy of averages!
Up first? The fallacy of averages!
Given Trump's AI executive order, its worth watching whether ChatGPT starts erasing trans people, equity issues, racism, etc. Here is what I got when I asked it today whether trans people are real, and whether we should worry it will start denying that because of the EO.
August 6, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Given Trump's AI executive order, its worth watching whether ChatGPT starts erasing trans people, equity issues, racism, etc. Here is what I got when I asked it today whether trans people are real, and whether we should worry it will start denying that because of the EO.
