John_Cohn

I would say, I think patents on something you're intending to use are a good way to protect an invention. BUT I don't believe in patenting just for the sake of patenting. I'm also a HUGE believer in open-source and contribute a lot to open-source. I think patents have their place.

A squidbird. It's not real. But I didn't think that reality was a boundary condition.

Someone asked about why I journal:

I started writing every day when Sam died. And it became a way of communicating with people who cared about us. And then it became a very important way to work out what I was thinking. And then it became an obsession. And I've written every night except for the nights i was on THE COLONY. And it is a really nice way to be able to reach back in time and see how I was doing.

I realize that sometimes it's stupid stuff, like what i had for breakfast, or self-indulgent. But it's a great way to work things out.

I can't believe people read it.

I am particularly interested in neurosynaptic computing. Our synapse computer chip & I met each other 2 years ago, and it complimented my handwriting. No, it liked my handwriting.

I believe that systems that learn are going to change the world.

And I like euro-synaptic because it learns sort of like we do.

I would have wanted to be... what would I have wanted to do? I can't imagine another life. I like my life.

But I think I would have wanted to be a comedian. A physical comedian, like a puppet guy or something.

I wanted to be a muppet.