About Harry Law
Welcome to Learning From Examples
Learning From Examples traces the history of knowing. Written by Harry Law, a historian of science and former Google DeepMind researcher, it’s appeared in places like The Guardian, Vox, and Marginal Revolution.
A history newsletter about the future
This newsletter is about the long dialogue between science, philosophy, technology, and culture. From Aristotle to artificial intelligence, the project is motivated by the cultural residue of progress and how the patterns of the past shape our relationship with the future.
I publish two kinds of posts:
Essays exploring questions at the edge of science, society, and selfhood. Anything from the cultural heritage of AI art to how fiction shapes public policy.