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Notes Before Sleep: An Evening on the History of Thinking Tools

Notes Before Sleep: An Evening on the History of Thinking Tools

April 24, 2026 · 25 views

An evening’s pondering on the long arc of thinking tools — from speech to symbols to silicon — and what it means to converse, at last, with the newest one of all.

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