Seeing Spaces

How Mathematical Frames Emerge

Mathematics progresses by inventing new representations that let us see structures differently.

Trang|June 26, 2026

On re-architecting twitter for collective intelligence

Sketching a cybernetic theory of collective intelligence on twitter

Trang|May 15, 2026

Mathematics as reinforcing practices of a verbal culture

Does empathy trump intelligence?

Trang|May 09, 2026

Finding the Right Primitives

Is it common in the developer community to use the term "primitives" when designing languages or systems?

Trang|May 06, 2026

Visualizing Fluid Flow With Dye

"Shepherd: I can't see. Let's light it up. Dilute fluorescein, please. Inject it into the EVD and clamp it." WTF does this mean?

Visualizing Fluid Flow With Dye

Trang|April 27, 2026

Learning Methodology — Thurston Facilities

How I learn complicated math

Trang|April 26, 2026

Freedom is living in a world ordinary people can still act upon

This leaflet is kind of a response to George Hotz's recent blog post What is freedom?.

Trang|April 21, 2026

Diverse Modes of Human Thought in Mathematics

Why is reading math notation difficult for my brain?!

Diverse Modes of Human Thought in Mathematics

Trang|April 20, 2026

What Is the Ultimate Driver of Innovation?

It's not the lone genius. It's not finance or VC either... all of that is down the path when you have already spotted opportunity. So, the bottleneck is our mechanisms for seeing opportunity and discovering sources of value.

What Is the Ultimate Driver of Innovation?

Trang|April 19, 2026

Which shared lexicons does leaflet.pub read?

A leaflet post is a record on your PDS conforming to a specific lexicon.

Which shared lexicons does leaflet.pub read?

Trang|April 15, 2026

Figuring out my B floor

Can we make a normally-opaque system legible enough to actually reason about, collaborate on, and trust?

Trang|April 13, 2026