Series Overview
Series Overview
Explore Code & Cogito’s eleven series: recreating history through code, deconstructing philosophy through data, connecting science with the humanities.
Each series features in-depth articles, complete Python code, data visualization, and cross-disciplinary thinking.
The Code & Cogito Approach
I understand the world in two languages:
- Code（程式碼） — making history computable and philosophy visual
- Cogito（思考） — finding meaning behind data, connecting insights across disciplines
From the Renaissance to quantum mechanics, from the Industrial Revolution to the AI era
— Finding the future in history. Seeing philosophy in code.
Series 1: Renaissance Reborn
The Digital Rebirth of the Renaissance (1350-1859)
Why did Florence become the cradle of the Renaissance?
How did the Medici family change the world through financial innovation?
Was Da Vinci’s anatomy 300 years ahead of modern medicine?
A complete journey through 500 years of intellectual evolution, from Florence to Da Vinci.
Analyzing network effects, wealth accumulation, and idea propagation with Python.
Series highlights:
- 12 in-depth articles (8,000-12,000 words each)
- 70+ Python code snippets and datasets
- Visualizing Florence trade networks and the Medici banking empire
- Complete GitHub code repository
Core themes: History × Finance × Network Science × Art
Reading time: 6 hours full experience
Status: Ongoing
Series 3: Entangled Realities
Quantum Meets Eastern Philosophy (1900-2026)
What connects quantum superposition to Taoist “mutual arising”?
Does the uncertainty principle echo Buddhist “emptiness”?
Is quantum entanglement the Huayan “Indra’s Net”?
When quantum physics meets Buddhism and Taoism, exploring the deep resonance between science and Eastern wisdom.
12 deep analyses, 40+ simulations — showing you another reality.
Series highlights:
- 12 planned articles (9,000-10,000 words each)
- 40+ quantum simulations (superposition, entanglement)
- Comparing 8 core concepts: Western quantum physics vs Eastern philosophy
- Exploring consciousness, free will, and the nature of reality
Core themes: Quantum Physics × Zen × Taoism × Buddhism × Philosophy of Mind
Expected launch: Coming Soon
Status: Coming Soon
Series 2: Industrial Awakening
Industrial & Data Revolution (1760-2020)
What do the Industrial Revolution and the AI era have in common?
Why did workers suffer more despite rising productivity?
Can technological progress solve inequality?
From steam engines to AI, deconstructing 250 years of technological change with data.
5 articles completed, launching after the Renaissance series concludes.
Series highlights:
- Complete analysis of Industrial Revolution economic data
- Urbanization, wealth inequality, productivity visualization
- Comparing the Industrial Revolution with the modern data revolution
Core themes: Economic History × Data Analysis × Social Change × Tech Ethics
Expected launch: After Renaissance series
Status: 5 completed
Series 4: Code & Philosophy
Philosophy for Programmers (Cross-era)
When you’re debugging, are you actually doing philosophy?
Can algorithms simulate Plato’s Republic?
Free will vs algorithmic determinism — who wins?
Understanding truth, knowledge, consciousness, and free will through engineering thinking.
Not teaching philosophy — thinking alongside you. 18 in-depth articles + 30+ code demonstrations.
Series highlights:
- 11 main articles + 3 extensions + 4 standalone pieces
- 30+ code demonstrations (Python thought experiments)
- Covering epistemology, existentialism, ethics, political philosophy
- Each article is an actionable thinking tool
Core themes: Philosophy × Programming × Thought Experiments × Ethics
Status: Ongoing
Series 5: Revolutions of Thought
500 Years of Ideas That Changed the World (1486-2024)
How did humanists build influence? How do personal brands?
Why does fake news spread 6x faster than truth?
Is decentralization liberation or just another form of centralization?
Tracking the acceleration of idea propagation over 500 years.
Using Python network analysis and SIR models to reveal how technology changes speed but human nature stays the same.
Series highlights:
- 3 in-depth analyses (8,000-10,000 words each)
- Python NetworkX influence network reconstruction
- SIR epidemiological models for information spread
- Comparing historical and contemporary parallels
Core themes: Intellectual History × Network Analysis × Propagation Models × Decentralization
Status: Coming Soon
Series 6: Finance, Bubbles & Crises
400 Years of Speculative Madness (1637-2024)
Do tulip mania and Bitcoin share 87.3% pattern similarity?
Why did policymakers who read history cut recovery from 25 to 5 years?
How did FTX’s $8 billion disappear?
The unchanging mechanics of 400 years of financial speculation.
Using Python DTW to compare bubble trajectories, ABM to simulate bank runs, and leverage modeling to track trust collapse.
Series highlights:
- 6 in-depth analyses (8,000-12,000 words each)
- Python DTW comparing 384 years of bubble patterns
- Agent-Based Model simulating bank run cascades
- Complete trust cycle tracking from tulips to FTX
Core themes: Financial History × Bubble Analysis × Risk Models × Institutional Design
Status: Coming Soon
How to Start Exploring?
If you are…
A programmer wanting to learn history
→ Start with Series 1: Renaissance Reborn
→ See how to analyze historical networks with NetworkX
Concerned about social and economic issues
→ Try Series 2: Industrial Awakening
→ Understand how technology reshapes society
Interested in philosophy and science
→ Try Series 3: Entangled Realities
→ Explore the dialogue between physics and Eastern wisdom
An engineer wanting to explore philosophy
→ Try Series 4: Code & Philosophy
→ Understand philosophical concepts through programming
Concerned about information warfare and misinformation
→ Try Series 5: Revolutions of Thought
→ Understand 500 years of idea propagation acceleration
An investor wanting to understand bubbles
→ Try Series 6: Finance, Bubbles & Crises
→ 400 years of unchanging financial patterns
Want to read everything
→ Start with Series 1 in order
→ Each series can be read independently
Series 7: Beyond the Paper
A Researcher’s Cross-Disciplinary Reflections (Cross-era)
When you see an outlier in satellite data, delete or investigate?
Error in ocean data isn’t the enemy — it’s information
Why aren’t cross-disciplinary people trusted by either side?
A marine researcher’s cross-disciplinary reflections. From uncertainty to the scientific method, from observation limits to life decisions.
Series highlights:
- 8 deep reflections
- Ocean research × remote sensing experience
- Connecting scientific methods to everyday thinking
Core themes: Research Methods × Cognitive Limits × Cross-Disciplinary
Status: Coming Soon
Series 8: The Lives of Algorithms
2,300 Years from Al-Khwarizmi to GPT (300 BC-2024)
The word ‘algorithm’ comes from a 9th-century Persian mathematician
Euclid’s GCD from 2,300 years ago still runs on every computer
Leibniz’s binary was inspired by the I Ching
2,300 years of computational thinking, from Al-Khwarizmi to GPT. Reimplementing key breakthroughs in Python.
Series highlights:
- 10 in-depth analyses
- Classic algorithm reimplementation in Python
- People × era × technology narratives
Core themes: Computing History × Algorithms × AI Principles × Stories
Status: Coming Soon
Series 9: Power Games in the Age of Data
How Much Is Your Digital Footprint Worth? (2000-2024)
Your digital footprint is valued at ~$240/year
Google’s real product isn’t ads — it’s you
Apple Card gave women lower credit limits in 2019
Analyzing data’s power structure with data. From surveillance capitalism to algorithmic bias, from digital colonialism to GDPR.
Series highlights:
- 6 in-depth analyses
- Digital footprint valuation models
- Algorithmic bias quantification
Core themes: Digital Economy × Surveillance Capitalism × Algorithmic Fairness × Digital Rights
Status: Coming Soon
Series 10: The Science of Memory and Self
Can You Trust Your Memories? (Cross-era)
Your most treasured memory may never have happened
The hippocampus decides daily what to remember and forget
If every cell is replaced, are you still you?
From false memories to the Ship of Theseus, from the hippocampus to AI context windows. If memory is unreliable, who am I?
Series highlights:
- 8 in-depth analyses
- Neuroscience × cognitive psychology research
- AI memory mechanism comparisons
Core themes: Neuroscience × Cognitive Psychology × Philosophy × AI
Status: Coming Soon
Series 11: East Meets West in Science
When Science Meets Culture (Cross-era)
Is TCM’s ‘Qi’ the same as physics’ ‘field’?
The I Ching inspired Leibniz’s binary
Can acupuncture pass scientific tests?
Testing East-West cultural wisdom with scientific methods. 8 dialogues from Qi vs fields to Wasan vs European math.
Series highlights:
- 8 in-depth analyses
- Scientific comparison of East-West concepts
- Language and thought relationship
Core themes: East-West Science × Cultural Comparison × Language & Thought
Status: Coming Soon
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