The Road to Reality

The First Executable Essay is Live!

Emmy meets interactive 2D and 3D.

May 19, 2023 • 

Sam Ritchie

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April 2023

Back from the Code Mines

Introducing Emmy and its visualization toolkit.

Apr 2, 2023 • 

Sam Ritchie

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November 2020

Increasing our Channel Capacity

Code as Communication, and the kinesthetics of powerful ideas.

Nov 24, 2020 • 

Sam Ritchie

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September 2020

The Dynamic Notebook

What I'm making, what inspired it, and where we're headed.

Sep 22, 2020 • 

Sam Ritchie

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July 2020

Where are the Humane Microworlds?

Bret Victor and Humane Tools for Thinking.

Jul 27, 2020 • 

Sam Ritchie

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Road to Reality Discord Server

My attempt at building a community of learners.

Jul 15, 2020 • 

Sam Ritchie

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Mindstorms and Physics Microworlds

Spend some time in the Matrix before trying to see the 1s and 0s.

Jul 13, 2020 • 

Sam Ritchie

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Building Tools for Sharing Physics

On building your own telescope before looking up at the stars.

Jul 9, 2020 • 

Sam Ritchie

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June 2020

May 2020

Why Study Hard Things?

Mental lenses, fear, and the lure of the frontier.

May 20, 2020 • 

Sam Ritchie

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Welcome to the Road to Reality

Welcome to The Road to Reality! My plan here is to produce, every one to two weeks, a primer or lesson on some interesting topic in math, physics…

May 3, 2020