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Samuel Arbesman

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📚: ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀɢɪᴄ ᴏꜰ ᴄᴏᴅᴇ, ᴏᴠᴇʀᴄᴏᴍᴘʟɪᴄᴀᴛᴇᴅ, & ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴀʟꜰ-ʟɪꜰᴇ ᴏꜰ ꜰᴀᴄᴛꜱ. Scientist in Residence @Lux_Capital. My newsletter ☞ arbesman.substack.com
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    Samuel Arbesman
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    Nov 1, 2022
    Emergent Microcosms 🌎💻 Time to think about snippets of computer code that can generate complex + delightful virtual worlds. This playful approach to emergence—algorithms that can unfurl entire virtual universes—are essentially “Emergent Microcosms” 🧵 1/
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    Samuel Arbesman
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    Jun 13, 2023
    ✨ In praise of the General Single-Purpose Machine ✨ 🐢💻: General Turtle, Inc. and Educational Machines arbesman.substack.com/p/general-turt…
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    Samuel Arbesman
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    May 23, 2023
    ✨ New essay: AI, the God of the Gaps, and Our Quintessential Humanity ✨ 🤖: How to think about our unique humanity versus our quintessential humanity, as informed by AI advances.
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    Samuel Arbesman
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    May 2, 2023
    ✨ New Essay: Ancient Myths and Open Source ✨ 📜 + ⌨️: An exploration of the ways in which open source software is similar to how mythology and tradition create community around a living text.
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    Samuel Arbesman
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    Apr 26, 2023
    🚨✨ I’m excited to share that I’m writing a new book! ✨🚨 The working title is “The Magic of Code: How Digital Language Built Our Modern World—and Shapes Our Future” 1/

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