Martin (Chaim) Berlove

4 Apr

Cognitive Abstention

“All the talk in the world doesn’t get it unless you listen to the talk in a new way.” — Alan Watts Conversation is a fast-paced endeavor. By adulthood we learn to listen, process, and respond fluidly, and to...
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13 Feb

Learning What to Learn While Learning (What?) — A Lesson in Classic Greek

I’m striving slowly to pick up a little classical Greek, as a tool to aid study in other disciplines (philosophy, history, at al). It’s obviously a fascinating language with a fascinating history, but despite many corollaries to English (vice versa,...
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31 Dec

A Short Consideration of the State of U.S. Naval Technology

U.S. naval technology stands at a crossroads. The degree of power and innovation in the fleet stands at its pinnacle, and designs and plans progress for even greater impact — unmanned ships, destructive lasers, AI-augmented decision-making. Yet the face of...
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20 Nov

“Task Failed Successfully”

“Task failed successfully.” It’s a fake* prompt, which inspired a meme, which inspired a widespread descriptive term. It’s a joke, and an absurd joke, but like many absurd jokes it exists and persists because it reflects something real. The mimetic...
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21 Oct

Why this job?

Imagine you run a Starbucks. You manage a moderately busy branch with a typical traffic pattern, and your single most impactful control is in building a good team. Making your location clean, attractive, and smoothly efficient not only provides...
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21 Jul

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Author Archives: Martin (Chaim) Berlove

Cognitive Abstention

Learning What to Learn While Learning (What?) — A Lesson in Classic Greek

A Short Consideration of the State of U.S. Naval Technology

“Task Failed Successfully”

Why this job?

Up with STEM, Down with STEM

☕ Coffee While Seated 🪑: the 21st Century Coffee Shop Experience

The Future Written Word

Power in Miniature: Algorithmic Tools in an AI World

Chess, the Daily Crossword, Abstraction, and the Progress of Society

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