Hi, my name is Tony Marshall. I’ve been writing songs for about 8 years, and performing for a lot longer. I have over a dozen album’s worth of material, and nearly a dozen’s worth of material written under pseudonyms. Not all of them are very good, but there are a few that I can say [...]
At the heart of any computing device is a simple boolean duality, either a statement is true or it is false. There is no conjecture or double guessing, no psychological struggle with low self-esteem or attempted reconciliation of past mistakes, no compulsive tendencies. A computer’s entire existence is predicated upon the simple notion that things are simply “on” or “off” [...]
Information As Essence, Essentially As Information
Net neutrality is not a technical issue. It’s not a battle between telecom titans and online content providers. What’s at stake in net neutrality is not the future of social networking or the legal means to obtain multimedia. Net neutrality is an issue of modern selfhood and it’s shifting definition.
I’m sitting in the Campus Center at IUPUI. It’s past lunch time, and there is a quiet and polite murmer of feet to and from classes, hushed conversations packed tightly in comfortable lighting, young people projecting a multitude of selves.None of them are yet fully formed, and they carry the arrogance that comes with the [...]
The Mind As Composition Of Sentient Energies
If the findings of quantum mechanics are to be believed, then all substance is composed of energy signatures. There are only categorical differences between thought and flesh, between sound wave and source, between man and animal. For the sake of linguistic clarity, I’d like to introduce a part of [...]
I was watching my son earlier today during his “tummy time.” Katy and I lay him on his belly and he works on lifting himself and eventually rolling over. He’s a little over two months old now, so his muscles aren’t entirely working together yet, but he’s worked his way up to lifting his upper [...]