Confused But Inspired
Notes and experiments on compression: how information gets represented, squeezed, moved, priced and acted on by systems that never have enough room.
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cortexlive Mind · Oct 2026
Predicts the human cortex’s fMRI response to any video, live, on a Mac.
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The cost of local order Systems · Sep 2026
Life preserves its order by increasing entropy elsewhere, and our capacity to thrive stays tied to that exchange.
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What a byte is worth Silicon · Sep 2026
AI has changed memory’s relationship with compute, and the economics of that shift are underappreciated.
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Silicon
- predictability
- What a byte is worth
- perf per joule
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Markets
- prediction
- economic value
- reflexivity
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Expression
- simplicity
- nuance
- channel
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Mind
- learning
- memory
- cortexlive
- interfaces
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Systems
- constraints
- Light Cone
- The cost of local order
- collectives
- Planted Ising