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Reflections on 2020: Year of the Alchemical Orca

January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 majedsamad

To document events of the year and draw the rough outlines of its themes has come to be a powerful force of habit. But as I get older and accumulate […]

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Reflections on 2019: Year of the Pruning Sword

January 12, 2020January 12, 2020 majedsamad

Due to travelling, I have not had the time to make this annual reflection before the close of the year. No matter. It remains fitting to take a few moments […]

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Reflections on 2018: Year of the Blue Phoenix

December 31, 2018January 1, 2019 majedsamad

This is the last day of the year 2018, a year of immense activity and numerous advancements in my life. I have chosen to label this as the year of […]

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Reflections on 2017: Year of the Eclipsed Decade

December 31, 2017December 31, 2017 majedsamad

It is now the 31st of December in the year 2017 and as tradition would have it, the time for reflection. This particular one bears a special significance as it […]

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Musings on Middleness

November 21, 2017November 21, 2017 majedsamad

    We occupy a position that is necessarily in the middle of things. I have chosen to refer to this notion as the concept of middleness. It is a […]

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Journal Entry from July 25 2017

July 25, 2017August 1, 2017 majedsamad

I’m motivated to write again, but I seem to be stuck at the outset. It feels like I have much to express, but I can’t seem to get my thoughts […]

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Reflections on 2016: Year of Sisyphean Bloom

December 31, 2016 majedsamad

The year of two thousand and sixteen will be remembered by many as a regrettable year of many tragedies and one of which they will have been collectively happy to […]

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Brick Game

December 11, 2016December 11, 2016 majedsamad

I have recently discovered the wonderful p5.js library and have been impressed at the ease and speed with which interactive applications can be created with it. After watching this video, […]

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On the Musk-Bostrom Simulation Argument

November 23, 2016August 1, 2017 majedsamad

Elon Musk has recently gotten a lot of press for reiterating the famous Simulation Argument, first espoused by Oxford’s Nick Bostrom, which loosely speaking states that we are almost certainly living in […]

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Journal Entry from October 5 2016

October 5, 2016August 1, 2017 majedsamad

My mind can’t help but crane as it gazes too broadly at the vastness of existence. It lets out a solemn sigh and recites the old adage that we live […]

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Economics of Morality

August 24, 2016August 1, 2017 majedsamad

What would an economic system designed with morality at its foundation look like? It would undoubtedly be starkly different from the capitalist bonanza we find ourselves mired in today. But […]

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The Evolution of Perception

April 29, 2016August 1, 2017 majedsamad

The following was a conversation between my friend and colleague Brian Odegaard and myself that was spurred by the recent interview of Don Hoffman, professor of cognitive science at University of […]

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Musings on the Misuse of the Scientific Method

April 20, 2016 majedsamad

What follows is a slight reworking of a letter (or the modern electronic version of such) that I wrote to a friend who sought my advice on the standards by […]

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Reflections on 2015: Year of Callousing Skin

December 23, 2015December 23, 2016 majedsamad

I’m going to try and keep this short this year. I have always found great benefit in this habit of eight years now, and looking back on all the previous […]

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The Social Fabric

September 24, 2015August 1, 2017 majedsamad

  With Bernie Sanders’ recent insurgent success on the presidential nomination campaign trail, preaching the Gospel of Bernie as TIME magazine’s Sam Frizell calls it, positioned as he is upon […]

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JavaScript Demo

August 27, 2015September 4, 2015 majedsamad

Just some JS code I threw up as I’m learning web-scripting!

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Contemplate Well Thy Choice

May 26, 2015August 1, 2017 majedsamad

I am heavily weighed upon by the pending ending of my time as a graduate student and the consequent need to formulate a long-term strategy for myself in the professional […]

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The C Word

April 3, 2015May 26, 2015 majedsamad

In academic circles, the word ‘consciousness’ used to be so frowned upon that professional researchers often didn’t even dare utter it, and would euphemise it instead calling it the ‘C-word’. […]

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On the perils of communication

February 27, 2015August 1, 2017 majedsamad

We are each an island unto ourselves. From across the farthest reaches of interpersonal space, we receive cryptic symbols inscribed upon a paper kept dry in a dirty bottle. Washing up […]

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Starmap

February 15, 2015May 22, 2015 majedsamad

We witness a few nebulae congeal in a rare moment of splendor while galavanting across galactic landscapes. Here’s a fragment recorded from this excursion: Dorrie Lipman on violin improv, and […]

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