Dublin Talk 3/14

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The document appears to be a collection of random thoughts, quotes and observations on a variety of topics including music, science, creativity and technology. Some of the quotes discuss dubstep music, creativity, feedback loops, conservation of energy, artificial intelligence and being made of stardust. The document begins and ends with mentions of "Sandoz" and includes many line breaks separating the different passages.

any neuroscientists,
physicists, astrologists
or brain surgeons in?

grey matter
+
white matter
pr. robert sapolsky.

creativity is just
connecting
thingS
jobs.

“I tooke a bodkin & put it betwixt my eye
& the bone as neare to the
Backside of my eye as I
could: & pressing my eye
with the end of it
there appeared severall
white darke & coloured circles.“
newton.

I was talking to the writer Paul Morley
recently about the music form called Dubstep.
“At last,” he said, “I’ve heard a form of music I
really don’t understand. I don’t understand who
makes it, why they’re doing it, and who’s
listening to it. That’s what I’ve been waiting
for.”
eno.

I explained it one way, they didn’t get it.
I explained it a second way and they still
didn’t get it.
I explained it a third way, and finally i
understood it.
feynman.

‘REDUCED BY RICK RUBIN.’
LL COOL J - RADIO.

human teach computer .
computer teach computer .
humans are f…..!

the first ultra-intellignet
machine is the last
invention that man needs
to make
l . j . good . 1965

“ we are stardust,
we are golden ”
joni mitchell - ‘woodstock’ (1969)

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Dublin Talk 3/14

1. hello, i’m drunk .

2. any neuroscientists, physicists, astrologists or brain surgeons in?

3. @sandoz dublin 6.3.14

4. error

5. grey matter + white matter pr. robert sapolsky.

6. creativity is just connecting thingS jobs.

7. vasectomies up, shark attacks down

8. head lice in teenage girls, up.

9. Alpha Beta

10. SPACE

11. inhibition

12. “I tooke a bodkin & put it betwixt my eye & the bone as neare to the Backside of my eye as I could: & pressing my eye with the end of it there appeared severall white darke & coloured circles.“ newton.

13. fit

14. I was talking to the writer Paul Morley recently about the music form called Dubstep. “At last,” he said, “I’ve heard a form of music I really don’t understand. I don’t understand who makes it, why they’re doing it, and who’s listening to it. That’s what I’ve been waiting for.” eno.

15. I explained it one way, they didn’t get it. I explained it a second way and they still didn’t get it. I explained it a third way, and finally i understood it. feynman.

16. ‘REDUCED BY RICK RUBIN.’ LL COOL J - RADIO.

17. 3RD LAW OF MOTION. newton. again.

18. infinite marketing loop brand ∞ consume r

19. BIG DIGITAL

20. LAW OF CONSERVATION OF ENERGY

21. + positive feedback loop +

22. human teach computer . computer teach computer . humans are f…..!

23. the first ultra-intellignet machine is the last invention that man needs to make l . j . good . 1965

24. sneaky human

25. error

26. creativity is all we have left

27. “ we are stardust, we are golden ” joni mitchell - ‘woodstock’ (1969)