A presentation at the Royal Society as part of the annual Future of Text Symposium. The official programme describes it as "a sweeping historical argument about the transition from print culture to a new era of ludicity driven by AI." Presented alongside researchers from Aarhus University, hypertext theorists, and digital narrative scholars. Vint Cerf — co-designer of TCP/IP and one of the architects of the internet — chaired the event.
A wide-ranging conversation covering Information Theory, the civilisational weight of AI, Eastern and Western philosophy, Bucky Fuller, Robert Anton Wilson, and the question of what exponentiality actually means for human beings trying to navigate it. The chapter list reads like an intellectual autobiography.
A presentation at the Royal Society with Vint Cerf — co-designer of TCP/IP, one of the architects of the internet — as Emeritus Chair. The official programme describes it as "a sweeping historical argument about the transition from print culture to a new era of ludicity driven by AI." Presented alongside researchers from Aarhus University, hypertext theorists, and digital narrative scholars. The presentation that first named the Printocene in public.
A return appearance on the Robert Anton Wilson estate's podcast — the second of two conversations exploring AI, consciousness, civilisational change, and the philosophical dimensions of exponential technology. The RAW estate's audience is precisely the intellectually curious, counter-mainstream readership that Cognology is built for.
The first Hilaritas Press appearance — a deep conversation on AI, its civilisational weight, and the philosophical implications of machine intelligence. Being invited back for Episode 49 speaks to what this conversation produced.
The featured conversation above. Information Theory, AI, Eastern philosophy, Bucky Fuller, Robert Anton Wilson, the meaning of exponentiality. A conversation that covers the full intellectual range of Cognology before Cognology was formally named.
A more professionally-oriented conversation for the Silicon Brighton tech community — on what AI means for careers, organisations, and the skills that will matter. Demonstrates the practical application of Cognological thinking to business and professional life.
The Cognology YouTube channel is where the ideas get tested in real time — to-camera pieces, Shorts, explorations, and provocations. From "Why This Moment is Bigger Than AI" to "How the Printing Press Sparked a Cognitive Revolution," the channel is a working record of the framework being developed in public.
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