Prologue
A commentary on what to expect from the Semantics Hall blog.
It has been a while since I have made any attempts to write or publish outside of what has been needed for my job. For work, over an almost a decade, I have produced many writing artifacts: From design to strategy and roadmap documents, but despite all the longings to write and publish, I have never had a conviction to write consistently—outside work. To share my thoughts and ideas about the topics that I care, or create pieces that might become inspiring or just enjoyable to read for others.
I feel this is the right time but I do not know the exact reason. I would say, maybe because I feel, if not already, it is getting late.
As they say: We have been nonexistent for billions of years and will not exist for likely billions years more. For some reason, we want to extend this short blip of being to eternity and become immortal in the experience of others.
It is getting late because firstly, I believe life is short and like many, I have this urge to leave a meaningful mark before I am out—to make an attempt irrespective of how successful I will be.
Secondly, because I believe if one is lucky enough to have an opportunity to create, it is an unfair treatment to refrain from getting engaged in a creative process. Creating something new may lead to producing something useful either directly or transitively. Even if it is considered a useless piece, in my view, it is debatable that it increases the chance of creating a positive or a useful set of ideas or an artifact in the chain process of human interactions. I think the intention matters though; it is hardly convincing when we face a misinformation or disinformation piece, or plain bullshit—I believe in such cases, the overall impact is negative not a positive sum.
I plan to share my thoughts in this blog by following a cross-disciplinary approach presenting my thoughts and ideas by blending a variety of topics. The topics will be mostly about computer science, software engineering, philosophy, and literature. I plan to refrain from using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to bootstrap or refine my writing effort. I will elaborate more about this decision in a dedicated post.
Finally, I am so excited for this endeavor. Let the fun adventure begin!