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Patrick Tanguay

Autodidact. Generalist. Synthesist. Curator of the weekly Sentiers, a newsletter to understand the world and imagine better futures.

Montreal

Seeing like a data structure ⊗ Research as leisure activity ⊗ Empty innovation

Seeing like a data structure ⊗ Research as leisure activity ⊗ Empty innovation

Collective Intelligence, not AI. ⊗ Seven exponential policies ⊗ Getting materials out of the lab

Collective Intelligence, not AI. ⊗ Seven exponential policies ⊗ Getting materials out of the lab

OpenAI gave away the entire game ⊗ Building the world for everyone ⊗ Breathing with the forest

OpenAI gave away the entire game ⊗ Building the world for everyone ⊗ Breathing with the forest

The coming entropy of our world order ⊗ Mysteries of plant ‘intelligence’ ⊗ From science fiction to psychological war

The coming entropy of our world order ⊗ Mysteries of plant ‘intelligence’ ⊗ From science fiction to psychological war

The Grand Palais in Paris was home to the arts portion of the 1924 Olympics.

Rethinking an iconic idea ⊗ Philosophy and architecture after the apocalypse ⊗ Shift from prediction to foresight

Yakushima Island, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan. By Marek Piwnicki on Unsplash.

Reading Saito in Kagoshima ⊗ Navigating the polycrisis ⊗ Reconsidering the role of AI

Fear & loathing of A.I. ⊗ Rising tide rents & robber baron rents ⊗ To-day & to-morrow

Fear & loathing of A.I. ⊗ Rising tide rents & robber baron rents ⊗ To-day & to-morrow

Solarpunk scene inspired by Jack Kirby. Created with Midjourney.

Donuts and Dyson spheres ⊗ Eight Google employees invented modern AI ⊗ Is $38 trillion a lot?

Twenty unmissable installations and exhibitions at Milan design week

The third great decentering ⊗ Natural Intelligence ⊗ Stiegler’s philosophy of technics

Layering and glitching of two images using Midjourney.

Cultivating transdisciplinary futures ⊗ Build a healthy relationship with the future ⊗ A 600-year-old blueprint for climate change

Ferry seats by Josh Hild on Unsplash.

Desire, dopamine, and the internet ⊗ Search engines for personal AI agents ⊗ A learning network

Isolated monastery. Created with Midjourney.

Cathedrals of convention ⊗ Clip art doesn’t come to life ⊗ Could we invest in nature?