Boris SmusUnintended Consequences of False EquityWhat if our pursuit of educational equity is perpetuating inequality? Just as a rising tide lifts all boats, true educational equity must…Oct 29Oct 29
Boris SmusInvention Cards enhanced by AII used GPT4’s multimodal features to accelerate and improve my recently rebooted Visual Chronology of Science & Discovery project now…May 30May 30
Boris SmusVisual Chronology of Science & Discovery 2.0Rebooted Visual Chronology of Science & Discovery a Civilization-inspired tech tree but for the real life history of science.May 16May 16
Boris SmusTools for Thinking in SystemsWith this post I aim to synthesize some ideas from the Tools for Thought movement (e.g. Roam) with Systems Thinking (e.g. feedback loops)…Oct 18, 2023Oct 18, 2023
Boris SmusSemantic Similarity for Note TakingDays after capturing a “new” insight, it can be humbling to realize that you are repeating yourself. This might not be a bad thing, as you…Oct 18, 2023Oct 18, 2023
Boris SmusAI note garden: link suggestionsMy latest AI gardener apprentice finds pairs of notes that aren’t explicitly linked, but maybe ought to be. This project was inspired by…Jan 14, 2022Jan 14, 2022
Boris SmusAI note garden: summarizerOne benefit of keeping a long term note garden is that you can have conversations with your past self. You wake up a slightly different…Dec 17, 2021Dec 17, 2021
Boris SmusFile Systems for ThoughtTools for Thought are all the rage these days. Unfortunately, most of these tools assume one corpus per tool, and the interoperability…Sep 18, 20212Sep 18, 20212
Boris SmusDiffusion of Literacy in 19th Century CanadaThe ancient Sumerians invented writing sometime around 3500 BCE. But how did writing get refined? How did it spread outside of Sumer? In…Jun 23, 2021Jun 23, 2021
Boris SmusVisual Chronology of Science & DiscoveryAs Newton wrote, “If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants”. But whose giant shoulders did Newton stand on? And…Feb 12, 2020Feb 12, 2020
