There is so much depth here. The discussion of human judgement within the framework of law (Petri nets) and deterministic vs predictive computer system output. If it were possible to program legal reasoning, we would have accomplished it with Eisenhower era tech.
I particularly love the subject of your dissertation, "But more profoundly, if my thesis about citations ever taught me everything (which is doubtful), it is that a lot of cited material does not necessarily fully correspond to whatever that material initially said." Jevons, who you gave an excellent citation to, is currently the rallying cry of tech bros who are fighting regulation with the claims that the market will magically solve all problems. None of them understand that Jevons supported the exact opposite policy conclusion.
There is so much depth here. The discussion of human judgement within the framework of law (Petri nets) and deterministic vs predictive computer system output. If it were possible to program legal reasoning, we would have accomplished it with Eisenhower era tech.
I particularly love the subject of your dissertation, "But more profoundly, if my thesis about citations ever taught me everything (which is doubtful), it is that a lot of cited material does not necessarily fully correspond to whatever that material initially said." Jevons, who you gave an excellent citation to, is currently the rallying cry of tech bros who are fighting regulation with the claims that the market will magically solve all problems. None of them understand that Jevons supported the exact opposite policy conclusion.
Well done sir.
Thanks ! And excellent point about Jevons, which I need to check out again.