Machine Dreams - Conscious realities and what we see with our eyes

I am taking this time with coffee and icy outside of the window to brush up on some thought patterns which I haven't touched in a while. The ability for me to have this at my fingertips while I drink my morning coffee may very well be what propels our minds into the future, or destroys us.

Joscha Bach has something for those who are but the least bit curious about what we perceive opposite of blind perception. What do you perceive?

"Many of us when we try to understand anything in the world we do so because we think something needs to be debugged. Our self concept might actually be an attempt for our system to debug itself. At some point the baby thinks the world is pleasure and pain and then it realises that pleasure and pain is not a feature of the world but of itself. At some point it realises that it's not a direct representation. For instance, you might realise that you cut yourself and it hurts a lot but it's only a very tiny cut and you need to downplay this. You realise that it's a signal that is very strong, not objective reality, you do this step by step and at some point you get to the point where you realise "I'm not my values, I'm not this person anymore". It's a process of reverse engineering and you make a model of yourself."

- Joscha Bach during Q and A of Machine Dreams (33c3)

Want more Joscha?: http://bach.ai

Furu

Happy from the day, I smile and swing open the tarry door of the workshop.  My lungs fill with the sweet scent of a winter pine that gracefully lies end to end across the long hall.  Volunteers of the best sorts happily chip, chop, split away, the unwanted extra wood to form the scarf.  It is a sight not only seen, but felt.  I have been there before.  The one who happily, lovingly, labors, day by day, week by week, month by month, without, no, free, from monetary gain.  It is a beautiful life to live, and I see it here in this place, in these people.

vessels i've captained...

 

easychair

A fun little job that puts several skills to work.

 start with some sailmaking

little light carpentry

a spot of rigging

et voir là!

Entryway Settee

for Ry...

I have a new project in mind, it involves a partially distressed oak plank.

Propped up to dry after a thorough power washing.


Plank sanded with holes drilled for the legs. Beginnings of planing the squarish legs to fit the round holes.



Legs planed and pounded in.



Applying linseed oil. Man this thing is dry, it probably took a quart.



Taking shape now, drying in partial shade. Linseed oil uses oxygen to cure. I'm taking this time to check on it every few minutes, hitting spots again that are sucking in the oil, and ragging off excess.


Done.