A secure email service should not only encrypt messages end-to-end, but also meta-data. It should work without disclosing senders and recipients to third parties, and work asynchronously. Here is a possible solution.

My first word was… GOTO. At least as far as programming languages are concerned. It turns out that GOTO captures a fundemental thing about how our computers work, and how our minds don’t work.

Here’s a short email exchange with Caryn, on the common mix-up of meaning and relevance, kept for myself and posteriority.

…three racing cars rip open the shrouds of the quietness of the morning surrounding the small hovel on the hillside…

Where have all the geniuses gone? Is the time of big scientific discoveries over? Or did the way science works fundamentally change?

Science and IT are full of nerds, and nerds seem to have some distinct things that set them apart from other people. What makes nerds nerdy?