The shelf
The books, music and art behind the ideas on the wall, and how each one connects.
A map that was once exactly right and has silently stopped being right. My turn on Borges, and the standing image under Wrong & Quiet. It's also the source for the public trust model that measures relationships, not data.
Photo: Grete Stern, 1951. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
It always feels like a collection of unconnected pieces, and the detectives spinning out led to the "connections, not data" thesis too.
Cover via Open Library
Where the Ansible and Jane got their names. It was all about figuring out the shape of my home rig: not "worker" everywhere, but partner and planner, linking back to where stuff gets done. Also, he was an asshole.
Cover via Open Library
The entirety of the prompting and "shared room" point of view. Language is insidious, and things don't mean things the way they used to.
Cover via Open Library
Everything I know about morals I learned from Pusha T. He's also the credit for "load-bearing detail."
Photo: Christian Martinez, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The credit for "I reject the premise," part of the t-shirt idea.
Photo: ensceptico, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
We should anthropomorphize our AI.
Photo: Lygonstreet, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons