semiotics

The Assayer

Six exacting questions from a scientist, and an honest accounting — the strongest case against TEI at each point, and a plain statement of what survives the acid.

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The Moat and the Bridge

Angus Fletcher says intuition, imagination, emotion, and commonsense are your edge over AI. Embedded intelligence answers that the wall is dug in the wrong place.

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The Fifth Age of Understanding

John Deely charted four ages of the sign. A fifth begins when the semiotic animal starts building intelligences that live by signs — and asks a question no earlier age could: what does the builder owe?

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