Essays
Long-form pieces — architecture, philosophy, public-facing reflection. Each post is canonical here; cross-posts elsewhere link back.
- 器具与见者(Instrument and Witness):一张关于心与实修的工作地图 — 中英混搭版
一个问题——意识(consciousness)是人类特有的,还是到处都有的?——同时用现代科学和各家传统去做。先给一层完全通俗的讲法(无公式、全靠类比),再给严格版,再给'地图崩掉的地方'和活下来的东西。这一版是中英混搭,按我自己的阅读习惯写的:贴切的英文保留,中文更顺的用中文,必要时英文后加(中文)。
- When Does Memory Become Mass?(记忆何时变成质量?)带 memory 的系统里的 inertia 与 feedback — 中英混搭版
一个把累积的过去带进现在的系统,可以用一个 memory kernel 建模。对这个 kernel 到底**是什么**,有两种直觉在争:控制论的 feedback,还是牛顿的 inertia。一段短推导显示,它们是同一个对象的两个不同 projection——而且一个纯 dissipative(viscous)的 memory,靠自己**永远**造不出稳定的 inertia。这一版是中英混搭,按我自己的阅读习惯写的:贴切的英文术语保留,中文更顺的用中文,必要时英文后加(中文)。
- When Does Memory Become Mass? Inertia and Feedback in Systems with History
A system whose present is shaped by its accumulated past can be modeled with a memory kernel. Two intuitions compete for what that kernel *is*: control-theoretic feedback, or Newtonian inertia. A short derivation shows they are two different projections of one object — and that a purely dissipative (viscous) memory can never, by itself, produce stable inertia.
- Instrument and Witness: A Working Map of Mind and Practice — for the Scientifically Trained
One question — is consciousness special to humans or everywhere? — worked from modern science and the contemplative traditions at once. A plain-language tour first (no math, just analogies), then the rigorous version, then the part where the map broke and what survived. Written to lower the barrier to entry, and to leave a small honest piece of the territory mapped for whoever comes looking.
- The Philosophy of Letting Go
Letting go is not passivity. It is the discipline of releasing micro-control after the substrate is trustworthy enough to carry agency.
- Starshard: Sleep-Inspired Memory Consolidation for a Multi-Agent Personal System
Memory is the substrate, agents and tools are the peripherals. Sleep-inspired consolidation between an episodic raw layer and a schema-like compiled layer, with one architectural trace and three open problems.