Ian Derrington
Abstract visualization of modern software development with AI components represented as glowing nodes within a complex system architecture

Building Code: Modern Software Development Approaches

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Existence, Physics, and Life

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Growing Corner

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Markets and Value

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Moloch

Moloch

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The Future

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Extremists Are Always Wrong

Extremists Are Always Wrong

Why that statement sounds paradoxical and how to resolve it

Language Lives

Language Lives

Exploring language as the most foundational memetic entity we've ever encountered - a living device that achieves self-awareness only through the unconscious act of writing about itself.

A Light Bulb in an Empty Closet

A Light Bulb in an Empty Closet

What happens when our ideas, solutions, and creations never reach others? Exploring the hidden cost of keeping our light under a bushel in today's world.

The Power of Names: Nominative Predetermination in Corporate Success

The Power of Names: Nominative Predetermination in Corporate Success

How company names might shape their destiny through linguistic psychology and market positioning

The Future Vision: When Tomorrow's Possibility Makes Yesterday's Problems Irrelevant

The Future Vision: When Tomorrow's Possibility Makes Yesterday's Problems Irrelevant

How to create such compelling visions of the future that people become so excited about building it, past conflicts and problems become insignificant and forgiven

Your Digital Twin Is Being Built Without You

Your Digital Twin Is Being Built Without You

Your authentic posts are training AI systems, but so are Russian bots, billionaire manipulation, and algorithmic distortion. While you can't control how others shape your digital likeness, you still have one choice: contribute authentic data or let others define you entirely.