Where I’ve got to so far
- A computer is a notebook that rewrites itself according to rules
- An old notebook keeps only the state on paper; a computer keeps the rules there too
- All a Turing machine does is read, rewrite, move. The rest is notation †
- A notebook is an extension of the workbench in your head — it only holds five or six slots, so you put it outside †
- What matters is not compression but grounding †
The spine, in one line — perception → distinction → projection → grounding → computation → the computer
† These formulations came out of conversations with an AI and I adopted them. Inside each note they are marked [AI].
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