The Token Wisdom Rollup ✨ 2025
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May I present to you, a finely curated section of a fine collection of the wonderful web we weave with a weekly roundup of bits and pieces from the far corners of the super information highway that I like to call — Token Wisdom ✨
The corporation is an externalizing machine, in the same way that a shark is a killing machine.
— According to Joel Bakan, author of "The Corporation," whose analysis of corporate behavior as inherently pathological now seems prophetic as AI infrastructure reshapes global power dynamics and resource allocation.
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Week 03 of 52 // January 11th 🧿 17th, 2026
Welcome to the 143rd edition! This week brings us remarkable scientific discoveries alongside technological disruptions that challenge established players. From brainless sea creatures that share our body-building techniques to AI chip startups securing billions in funding, we're witnessing fundamental shifts in how we understand life itself and how we build the infrastructure powering our digital future.
The pattern emerges clearly: biology and technology are converging in unexpected ways. Whether it's spin-wave chips operating without external magnets or brain simulations approaching human scale, the boundaries between natural and artificial systems continue to blur. Meanwhile, corporate power dynamics shift as new players challenge incumbents and traditional platforms adapt to survive.
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Evolution, Infrastructure, and Intelligence: When Biology Meets Computing
This week's collection reveals how ancient biological patterns inform cutting-edge technology while new hardware architectures challenge established players in the race to build tomorrow's intelligence.
- Sea Anemones Share Our Body-Building Techniques
Despite having no brain, sea anemones use developmental techniques previously thought unique to bilaterians like humans, suggesting fundamental biological patterns are older than we imagined. Read more at Popular Mechanics - Mythic Rebounds with $125M for Analog AI Chips
Once-struggling startup Mythic secures massive funding to develop analog computing for AI, promising better token-processing efficiency than Nvidia's dominant GPUs. Read more at EE Times - Standalone Spin-Wave Chip Breakthrough
Researchers create the first integrated spin-wave device operating without external magnets, potentially revolutionizing telecommunications beyond current 5G and 6G standards. Read more at Phys.org - AI Chip Startup Etched Raises $500M
Peter Thiel backs Etched in a massive funding round valuing the Nvidia challenger at $5 billion, as the race for AI infrastructure intensifies. Read more at Yahoo Finance - Meta Taps Wall Street Executive as President
Zuckerberg's choice of Dina Powell McCormick as Meta's president wins praise from Trump, signaling potential political alignment as tech platforms navigate regulatory pressures. Read more at Washington Post - Supercomputers Approach Human Brain Simulation
The world's most powerful computing systems can now model billions of neurons, bringing researchers closer to unprecedented insights into brain function. Read more at New Scientist - Hard Fork Host Predicts AI Math Breakthrough
NYT podcast host Kevin Roose makes a high-confidence prediction that an AI company will solve one of mathematics' most challenging Millennium Prize Problems in 2026. Read more at New York Times - Origami Mathematics Connects to Particle Physics
The amplituhedron, a shape central to particle physics calculations, shows surprising connections to paper-folding mathematics, potentially simplifying complex quantum computations. Read more at Quanta Magazine - AI's Memorization Crisis Exposed
Research reveals large language models don't truly "learn" but instead memorize training data, raising fundamental questions about AI development strategies. Read more at The Atlantic - Iran Deploys Starlink "Kill Switch"
During widespread protests, Iranian authorities demonstrate previously unknown capability to disable Starlink internet services, worsening communication blackouts. Read more at Forbes
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Building Without Blueprints
🎯 HOOK: AI didn't break democracy. We broke democracy. Not with algorithms or deep fakes, but with spreadsheets and quarterly earnings reports that turned public goods into private profit centers.
🎣 LINE: While we worried about robots taking our jobs, corporations were already dismantling education, healthcare, and journalism—methodically converting civic infrastructure into extraction opportunities. The machine didn't go rogue; the machine is working exactly as designed.
🔱 SINKER: ChatGPT didn't create a crisis—it merely inherited one. The question isn't whether AI will destroy our institutions; it's whether anything will remain worth saving when the last public good has been privatized and the last civic voice has been monetized.
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"AI isn't the villain—it's the mirror. It reflects back the consequences of decades of choices we made to defund, privatize, and commodify public goods."
A Closer Look: Explorations in Technology
Weekly essay in the areas of blockchain, artificial intelligence, extended reality, quantum computing, and all the bits and pieces.
A Closer Look: Explorations in Technology
Weekly essay in the areas of blockchain, artificial intelligence, extended reality, quantum computing, and all the bits and pieces.
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Information Infrastructure: Power and Pattern Recognition
This week's video collection examines how information systems—from neural networks to utility corporations—shape our understanding of the world and concentrate power. We journey through entropy, embroidery algorithms, and the physical infrastructure powering our digital lives.
- How Investors Profit from Montana's Energy Crisis
An investigation into how investor-owned utilities build expensive and polluting energy projects to drive shareholder profits, revealing how financial incentives shape essential infrastructure. Watch on YouTube - The Story of Information Theory
From Morse to Shannon to entropy, this exploration of information theory reveals how mathematics quantifies and controls information flow, shaping everything from compression algorithms to neural networks. Watch on YouTube - Digital Art Through Virtual Reality
Timelapse demonstration of street art creation in VR, showcasing how digital tools transform creative processes and blend physical artistry with computational techniques. Watch on YouTube - AI Data Centers Require Community NDAs
Kentucky residents must sign non-disclosure agreements before learning details about AI infrastructure projects in their communities, highlighting tensions between corporate secrecy and public interest. Watch on YouTube - Digital Embroidery: Weaving Pixels as Thread
Tutorial demonstrating how algorithmic techniques can simulate traditional crafts, revealing unexpected connections between ancient handiwork and modern computational design. Watch on YouTube - How Language Shapes Thought
TED talk exploring how different languages structure perception and cognition, revealing how the information architectures of human communication influence how we understand reality. Watch on YouTube - How Simple Cells Build Complex Life
Journey from single-celled organisms to multicellular complexity, revealing the algorithmic patterns that enable distributed intelligence without central control. Watch on YouTube - The Skittles Test: Leadership Lessons
Special Forces selection processes reveal how seemingly trivial tests expose character under pressure, offering insights into evaluation systems beyond conventional metrics. Watch on YouTube - Zuckerberg's AI Nightmare
Analysis of Meta's struggling AI strategy and its consequences for the company's future, revealing tensions between commercial pressures and technical possibilities. Watch on YouTube - Congress Pushes Internet Censorship Law
Examination of proposed legislation that would reshape online content regulation, highlighting ongoing tensions between free expression and content control. Watch on YouTube
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In this edition, we've explored the surprising connections between biological patterns and technological infrastructure. From brainless creatures that share our body-building techniques to analog chips challenging digital dominance, we're witnessing convergence between natural and artificial systems. As brain simulations grow more sophisticated and mathematical breakthroughs cross disciplines, the boundaries between biology, physics, and computation continue to blur. Meanwhile, the infrastructure powering these advances raises critical questions about power, control, and transparency. The race for AI hardware reveals not just technological competition but a fundamental reshaping of global information systems.
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Latest Technologies & Innovations:
- Analog AI Chips: Non-digital computing architecture
- Spin-Wave Devices: Magnet-free telecommunications
- Supercomputer Brain Simulation: Billion-neuron models
- Starlink Kill Switch: Satellite internet disruption
- Digital Embroidery Algorithms: Pixel-to-thread conversion
- Amplituhedron Analysis: Origami-based physics calculations
- Bilaterian Development Techniques: Body-building biological patterns
- AI Memorization Analysis: Training data retention measurement
- Community NDA Requirements: Data center disclosure restrictions
- VR Art Creation Tools: Immersive digital painting systems
Most Important Topics:
- Evolutionary Development: Ancient biological patterns
- AI Hardware Competition: Analog vs. digital architectures
- Telecommunications Infrastructure: Beyond 5G/6G standards
- Corporate Leadership Strategy: Tech-finance executive crossover
- Computational Neuroscience: Brain simulation advances
- Mathematical AI Capabilities: Complex problem-solving potential
- Quantum Physics Visualization: Geometric calculation techniques
- AI Learning Mechanisms: Memorization vs. generalization
- Internet Control Systems: Satellite communication disruption
- Language-Cognition Relationship: Communication structure effects
Acronyms:
- AI - Artificial Intelligence
- NDA - Non-Disclosure Agreement
- VR - Virtual Reality
- TCO - Total Cost of Ownership
- 5G/6G - Fifth/Sixth Generation Wireless Technology
- CNR-IOM - Istituto Officina dei Materiali (Materials Research Institute)
Technical Terms:
- Bilaterian: Organisms with bilateral symmetry (including humans)
- Token Processing: AI computational operations per unit
- Spin Waves: Propagating disturbances in magnetic materials
- Millennium Prize Problems: Seven unsolved mathematical challenges
- Amplituhedron: Geometric structure simplifying particle interaction calculations
- Information Theory: Mathematical study of information quantification and transmission
- Entropy: Measure of information uncertainty or disorder
- Analog Computing: Non-binary calculation methods
- Neural Simulation: Computer modeling of brain network activity
- Memorization Crisis: AI systems retaining rather than generalizing from training data
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