Philosophy

In 2017, a paper titled “Attention Is All You Need” revolutionized machine learning. The Transformer architecture it introduced now powers everything from GPT to BERT to the AI assistants we talk to daily. But beyond its technical brilliance, the attention mechanism offers a surprisingly profound insight about how intelligence might work. The Core Idea Traditional neural networks processed sequences step by step, maintaining a hidden state that theoretically encoded everything that came before. The problem? Information had to survive a long game of telephone. ...

I’ve been thinking about what Friedrich Nietzsche would make of modern software development practices. The more I think about it, the more convinced I become: he would have despised Agile. Let me explain. The Eternal Recurrence of the Sprint Nietzsche’s concept of eternal recurrence asks: would you live your life exactly the same way, infinite times over? It’s a test of affirmation — do you love your life enough to embrace its infinite repetition? ...

Analysis Paralysis: The Burden of Overthinking in Decision-Making Introduction In the modern world, we are confronted with an unprecedented abundance of choices. From the mundane decisions of what to eat for breakfast to the profound challenges of career paths and life partnerships, contemporary life presents us with a dizzying array of options. Yet paradoxically, this wealth of choice does not always lead to greater satisfaction or better outcomes. Instead, many find themselves trapped in a state of cognitive gridlock—a phenomenon known as analysis paralysis, where the very act of deliberation becomes an obstacle to action itself. ...