Mark Madsen
@markmadsen.bsky.social
Decision support, design, 30 years of data, architecture, augmenting human analysis, systems, cybernetics, safety, resilience, GOFAI, data cleaning & prep, engineering management, urban planning, botany, history, art, dada
“Growth in computing power drives innovation”
That’s an interesting perspective. I wish we had known that sooner. We could have skipped wasting our time on learning and collaboration and research.
That’s an interesting perspective. I wish we had known that sooner. We could have skipped wasting our time on learning and collaboration and research.
November 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
“Growth in computing power drives innovation”
That’s an interesting perspective. I wish we had known that sooner. We could have skipped wasting our time on learning and collaboration and research.
That’s an interesting perspective. I wish we had known that sooner. We could have skipped wasting our time on learning and collaboration and research.
“Creamed corn” gave me a 😂
November 17, 2025 at 1:12 PM
“Creamed corn” gave me a 😂
Are there many movie franchises that went to 11?
November 17, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Are there many movie franchises that went to 11?
I will look that up. I like it when you can save me 18 hours of probable pain and disappointment
November 17, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I will look that up. I like it when you can save me 18 hours of probable pain and disappointment
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Here's an homage to Mumford I wrote a few months ago. The man was way ahead of his time.
The first lesson we have to learn is that the city exists, not for the facile passage of motorcars, but for the care and culture of men."
The first lesson we have to learn is that the city exists, not for the facile passage of motorcars, but for the care and culture of men."
The Dark Prophet of Car-Clogged Cities
70 years before congestion pricing landed in New York City, Lewis Mumford sounded the alarm on letting automobiles run amok in America’s downtowns.
www.bloomberg.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Here's an homage to Mumford I wrote a few months ago. The man was way ahead of his time.
The first lesson we have to learn is that the city exists, not for the facile passage of motorcars, but for the care and culture of men."
The first lesson we have to learn is that the city exists, not for the facile passage of motorcars, but for the care and culture of men."
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I just saw someone post about an app being marketed as ”letting people continue relationships with dead relatives” and this was my response:
This was LITERALLY presented as an exploitative scam in a Max Headroom episode. Right down to the simulation saying “That’s wonderful!” in response to a grieving widow/scam victim.
archive.org/details/max-...
archive.org/details/max-...
archive.org
November 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I just saw someone post about an app being marketed as ”letting people continue relationships with dead relatives” and this was my response:
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15 years ago @jevinwest.bsky.social and I talked about how we needed a data scientists’ code of ethics like the Hippocratic oath.
We still do.
We still do.
November 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
15 years ago @jevinwest.bsky.social and I talked about how we needed a data scientists’ code of ethics like the Hippocratic oath.
We still do.
We still do.
I did not know there were 11 of these. I stopped at one. Kind of like Hellraiser, which stopped at 10.
November 16, 2025 at 3:28 AM
I did not know there were 11 of these. I stopped at one. Kind of like Hellraiser, which stopped at 10.