BlogHide Resteemsmiles2045 (7)in politics • 7 years agoHow Wars EndAbstract The bargaining model of war proposes that the initiation, continuation, and termination of war are all part of a single process to reach a negotiated settlement. Military combat, as…miles2045 (7)in fiction • 7 years agoPlaying With Food (Or, The Story of Writing My First Story)A talking carrot and a tomato. That was it—my first stroke of genius as a fiction writer. I began meticulously crafting a dialogue between the two foods I had often neglected on my dinner plate. As…miles2045 (7)in whales • 8 years agoUS Court Rules to Help Protect WhalesSaving Earth’s Whales: US Court Rules Against Harmful Naval Sonar I thought it was worth sharing, since it's not the typical post about whales you're used to reading on Steemit :)miles2045 (7)in artificial-intelligence • 8 years agoAIs are Beginning to Express CreativityAn AI Written Novel Has Passed Literary Prize Screening This is an impressive feat, but it has chilling implications... While its output may have been based on a strict sequence of…miles2045 (7)in steemit • 8 years agoRelated Posts on Steemit (Request for Feature)Similar to how YouTube has an "Up Next" section of related videos in the right sidebar, I think a "Related Posts" section below every story on Steemit may help revive old content as well as create a…miles2045 (7)in steemit • 8 years agoSteemit as a Stigmergic Artificial General Intelligence with Human ValuesI’ve been inspired to write this by @dana-edwards recent posts on stigmergic distributed collaborative organizations and swarm computers. Stigmergy is a mechanism of indirect coordination which is…miles2045 (7)in science • 8 years agoUntapping the Potential of Geothermal Energy with GrapheneUnderneath the Earth’s surface is a huge potential source of renewable energy, and Graphene may finally allow us to effectively harness it. Graphene, a carbon-based material at the single-molecule…miles2045 (7)in steemit • 8 years agoLet's develop a short, powerful description of Steem that we can share with othersThe 44-page white paper is a great learning resource, but I think we need a handy one-or-two sentence description that clearly explains what Steem is, how it works, and why it is revolutionary.…miles2045 (7)in crypto-news • 8 years agoVitalik Buterin: Why Cryptoeconomics and X-Risk Researchers Should Listen to Each Other MoreWhy Cryptoeconomics and X-Risk Researchers Should Listen to Each Other More Buterin's call-to-action covers a rich set of new ideas in game theory, formal verification, philosophy, futarchy DAOs…miles2045 (7)in blockchain • 8 years agoThe Rise of On-Chain Governance ProtocolsHere’s a compiled list of great resources where you can learn more about Tezos and Tau-Chain, two decentralized consensus protocols that implement a Nomic-based system of on-chain governance where…