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Issue 16: The Hammer's Hammer

For what is a hammer when everything really is a misshapen nail?

Bram Adams
Bram Adams
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Issue 16: The Hammer's Hammer

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Last week we discussed an enhanced definition for "problem" that reframes solutions and problems as states in a graph we can move between. With that as a basis, we can talk about the concept of universal tools.

Universal tools have the capacity to solve any type of problem by leveraging computation and creation. Universal tools tend to follow a few rules, which I discuss here:


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