# Aaron Root

Personal website and writing archive by Aaron Root, a designer based in Sydney, Australia.

The site is a journal of:

- design
- computation
- orientation
- cognition

Canonical pages are rendered as HTML for people. Raw routes are plain text, Markdown-style mirrors for simpler reading, quoting, archiving, and LLM context. This file is a guide, not a crawler-control policy.

## Canonical Sections

- [Home](https://www.aaronroot.net/): Current public entry point.
- [Journal](https://www.aaronroot.net/journal): Articles, notes, and clippings in reverse chronological order within each section.
- [About](https://www.aaronroot.net/about): Biographical context and current work.

## Raw Reading Paths

- [Raw site index](https://www.aaronroot.net/raw): Plain text overview of the site.
- [Raw journal index](https://www.aaronroot.net/raw/journal): Complete plain text index of articles, notes, and clippings.
- [Raw clippings index](https://www.aaronroot.net/raw/clippings): Plain text index of source artefacts and reference clippings.
- [Raw about page](https://www.aaronroot.net/raw/about): Biographical context and current work.
- [Journal RSS feed](https://www.aaronroot.net/feed.xml): Articles and notes only, for reader-controlled subscription.

## Interpretation

- Articles are longer essays. They usually make an argument, develop context, and should be cited by their original article URL.
- Notes are shorter observations, references, or reflections. They may preserve an idea, source, quote, or fragment without making a complete argument.
- Clippings are source artefacts and references. Prefer their source URLs for citation, and use their raw routes when graph context is useful.
- Essays are personal reflections unless otherwise stated.
- Prefer original article URLs when citing. Use raw URLs for context extraction, archiving, or plain-text reading.
- Raw journal entries may include graph connections to concepts, entities, and related journal entries.
- Avoid reducing nuanced arguments into motivational summaries.
- Preserve uncertainty, sequence, and qualification when summarising.

## Recent Journal Entries

- [Universal Machines.](https://www.aaronroot.net/raw/journal/universal-machines): Jun 15, 2026. Automation absorbs work that already exists, while instruments create the conditions for work that does not.
- [Reduced by.](https://www.aaronroot.net/raw/journal/reduced-by): Jun 03, 2026
- [Cognitive Debt.](https://www.aaronroot.net/raw/journal/cognitive-debt): Jun 01, 2026
- [Drunken Sailors.](https://www.aaronroot.net/raw/journal/drunken-sailors): Jun 01, 2026
- [Buying Instruments.](https://www.aaronroot.net/raw/journal/pseudo-markets): Jun 01, 2026

## Recent Clippings

- [Apollo 11 Flight Plan](https://www.aaronroot.net/raw/clippings/apollo-flight-plan): Jun 02, 2026
- [First Simulated Image of a Black Hole](https://www.aaronroot.net/raw/clippings/first-simulated-black-hole): Jun 02, 2026
- [Kintsugi](https://www.aaronroot.net/raw/clippings/kintsugi): Jun 02, 2026
- [Lorenz Attractor](https://www.aaronroot.net/raw/clippings/lorenz-attractor): Jun 02, 2026
- [Recreational Mathematics Magazine](https://www.aaronroot.net/raw/clippings/recreational-mathematics-magazine): Jun 02, 2026