#8: What Can a Computer Be? with Flora Moon and Esteban Montero

Send a love messageWhat can a computer be?A discussion about computing with Flora Moon and Esteban Montero of Holon Labs. What is a computer and what do we want it to be? If a computer is made of living matter (something being explored now in various labs) how do we understand the traditional distinctions of technology and biology?“The air itself is one vast library on whose pages are for ever written all that man has ever said or woman whispered.”__Charles Babbage (1837)A Categorical Defense of the Future by Esteban Montero and Brandon BaylorHolon LabsFlora Moon LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/floramoon/Esteban Montero LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jemonterov/Alan TuringClaude Shannon Category theory—a way to represent meaningHilma af Klint: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilma_af_KlintPema Chodron When Things Fall Apart#computing #computer #cognition #love #philosophyFull intro and notes here.Care is not the opposite of love. It is the very urge of life. 'Caring for what?' is the primary question. That we have a choice about what we care for and how is what makes us human, but it's quite the challenge and responsibility. Let's help one another handle it.Support the showBuy Holding Paradox: The Navigational Approach to Mind and Consciousness by Andrea HiottSign up for Making Ways newsletter and projects.Please rate and review with love. YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Substack.