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God this grandiose prose style is insufferable. Calm down.

Anyway, this doesn't even try to make the case that that equation is universal, only that "learning" is a general phenomena of living systems, which can be modeled probably in many different ways.

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Agreed, I can’t help but feel there is some overcompensation driving the style of writing. It was difficult to finish.

You’re right. Writing is hard—especially when you’re cutting across disciplines. I wasn’t happy with the writing, but I stand by the claims.

Personally, I find the writing to be just fine. It is clear and cogent. I don’t have enough background to follow all the details, but I certainly hope you are not discouraged from pursuing big ideas by negative comments on style!

The excitement of new horizons is necessary for innovation, and a substack article is a safe way to express that excitement. It's clearly understood by the choice of medium that this is meant to be speculation, so there aren't any significant risks in engaging with the text on its own terms.

architecture astronauts let loose on unified field theories.. talking warm and fuzzy - big bold ideas.

let them, i say, until, the tide shifts to something else tomorrow, and a new generation of big-picture thought leaders take over dumping their insufferable text on the populace.

Yeah my bs meter went off in seconds. So much fluff

Can you share the source code? (Half joking)

You should write a blog post on this (not joking at all).

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