9 AUG 2026
The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao.
I · THE OBJECT · BRITISH MUSEUM
Two broken obelisks, carved for a pharaoh who tried to hold back Persian invasion, were dug up in Cairo, seized by the British after a French defeat, and now stand in a London museum courtyard.
II · THE IDEA · ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Pruning strips over ninety per cent of a trained network's weights without hurting accuracy. Frankle and Carbin asked what those survivors do if you rewind them to their original random values.
Written before source checking was enforced · facts in this lesson are unverified
III · THE WORK · ART HISTORY
Two men carry a broad wooden board piled with bowls into a barn packed with grain. The bride sits still beneath a paper crown. Which guest is the groom is still argued.
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