J Bostock

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See https://jonathanbostock.github.io for a window into my soul.

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J Bostock2 May 2026 19:57 UTC

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“Do Not Start Arguments You Cannot Finish”

J Bostock22 Apr 2026 13:42 UTC

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Reflections of a Wordcel

J Bostock15 Apr 2026 23:54 UTC

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The Mirror Test Is Complicated

J Bostock15 Apr 2026 18:12 UTC

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Beware Natural Language Logic

J Bostock15 Apr 2026 2:22 UTC

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Which Relations Can Be Generalized Implicitly?

J Bostock13 Apr 2026 19:05 UTC

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Talk English, Think Something Else

J Bostock12 Apr 2026 20:47 UTC

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Morale

J Bostock12 Apr 2026 20:15 UTC

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“Close Enough” as a Primitive in Intelligent Systems

J Bostock10 Apr 2026 16:04 UTC

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Chocolate Sloths, Tinder, and Moral Backstops

J Bostock10 Apr 2026 12:18 UTC

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Outrospection: Don’t Be A Rock

J Bostock9 Apr 2026 15:45 UTC

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“We’re Still Doomed” is Weak Evidence Against Any Particular Past Doom-Aversion Plan

J Bostock8 Apr 2026 21:11 UTC

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Why is Flesh So Weak?

J Bostock7 Apr 2026 22:13 UTC

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Steering Might Stop Working Soon

J Bostock5 Apr 2026 16:44 UTC

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Plans are like Fruit Flies

J Bostock3 Apr 2026 16:44 UTC

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Beware Even Small Amounts of Woo

J Bostock3 Apr 2026 12:11 UTC

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The Cocktail and The Cormorant

J Bostock2 Apr 2026 19:07 UTC

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Rough and Smooth

J Bostock2 Apr 2026 8:31 UTC

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Introducing Anti-Moral Realism

J Bostock1 Apr 2026 9:32 UTC

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Announcing Doublehaven with Reflections on Humour

J Bostock1 Apr 2026 9:02 UTC

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