A history newsletter about the future
I write about the history of knowledge. From Aristotle to artificial intelligence, I explore how humans have tried to understand the world and what we’ve learned about ourselves in the process.
Learning From Examples is about finding new frames of reference to see more clearly. It’s a project motivated by the cultural residue of progress and how the patterns of the past shape our relationship with the future.
If you’re interested in the sites where science meets society, technology meets philosophy, and logic meets literature, then this is the place for you.
About Harry Law
I spend my time reading and writing my way through a PhD at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. I’m also a postgraduate fellow at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, and used to work on ethics and policy at Google DeepMind. Thanks to the support of Emergent Ventures, I’m writing a book about the history of AI.
My portfolio is here, my personal website is here, and my academic page is here. Feel free to get in touch with me at hswlaw [at] protonmail [dot] com if you want to chat. You can also catch me on LinkedIn and X.
