<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Scott Edwin Williams]]></title><description><![CDATA[Website of Scott Edwin Williams' Lightbulb Moments in Human History]]></description><link>https://www.scottedwinwilliams.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 23:07:06 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.scottedwinwilliams.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[My About-face on AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[Now? Not so much.  My Lightbulb Moments in Human History books were written before AI was a thing. They heavily relied on illustrations, and I cannot tell you how much money I spent on licensing images from Adobe or other suppliers. I also cannot tell you how much time I spent hand-editing or Photoshopping these images to appear as I wanted them to appear.  It was a no-brainer then that I became an early adopter of AI art, as it made my life much easier (and cheaper). If I wanted an image of...]]></description><link>https://www.scottedwinwilliams.com/post/my-about-face-on-ai</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a51d304c549c55b35b00b30</guid><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 23:09:07 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator> Scott Edwin Williams</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[That was the year that was...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Faced with the rapidly approaching end of 2023, I paused to reflect on everything that’s happened in my life. The result was a surprise,...]]></description><link>https://www.scottedwinwilliams.com/post/that-was-the-year-that-was</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65730d25e0934b139e5d632b</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2023 12:35:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/49d2b5_2ed168a9d5094bc2a4bc48b63f65502f~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator> Scott Edwin Williams</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trespassing in Tiananmen Square]]></title><description><![CDATA[My friend and I had been traveling around China for 11 days, and it has been relatively stress free for me (ostensibly because she speaks...]]></description><link>https://www.scottedwinwilliams.com/post/trespassing-in-tiananmen-square</link><guid isPermaLink="false">654261ce9d35e940d4b58c46</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2023 15:25:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/49d2b5_94b787bc5af64f91b541e3919a8d67d6~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator> Scott Edwin Williams</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Privacy Policy]]></title><description><![CDATA[WHAT DATA DO WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU, FOR WHAT PURPOSE AND ON WHAT GROUND WE PROCESS IT Personal data means any information capable of...]]></description><link>https://www.scottedwinwilliams.com/post/privacy-policy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65083a3dabaaf492430f4ccd</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2023 11:53:42 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator> Scott Edwin Williams</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Milestones]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anyone who’s listened to the podcast I do with my friend CJ (What's My Age Again?) will know I recently passed a milestone birthday. You...]]></description><link>https://www.scottedwinwilliams.com/post/milestones</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64ad26be443c696b820b8762</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2023 10:07:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/49d2b5_0157160711f7433eb666d530d15d62e0~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_896,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator> Scott Edwin Williams</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adam Smith's Pet Rooster]]></title><description><![CDATA[In my last blog, I wrote about my experiments with AI illustration. I waxed lyrical about how it's helped me create appropriate...]]></description><link>https://www.scottedwinwilliams.com/post/adam-smith-s-pet-rooster-ai</link><guid isPermaLink="false">647873dbfe84dbc8b951941a</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2023 10:38:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/49d2b5_dccf5b904f6f423481500c78a62e3e7e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_896,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator> Scott Edwin Williams</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doubling-down on Knowledge]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the twentieth century, two Americans made observations which highlighted the frightening growth of humanity’s collective learning. In...]]></description><link>https://www.scottedwinwilliams.com/post/doubling-down-on-knowledge</link><guid isPermaLink="false">644ce7c72fac419aa91637d7</guid><pubDate>Sat, 29 Apr 2023 10:00:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/49d2b5_a10435d6f55e41fa8017edb1172769cf~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_896,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator> Scott Edwin Williams</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[We’ve Never Had It So Good? ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Doom. Gloom. Calamity. After everything humanity has endured in the last few years: global pandemics, moronic populist leaders, climate...]]></description><link>https://www.scottedwinwilliams.com/post/we-ve-never-had-it-so-good</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6436a01a2a461a7c7a316e50</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2023 12:18:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/49d2b5_6f8794f88da145be8c3aef8174a3c5fb~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator> Scott Edwin Williams</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[May you live in interesting times...]]></title><description><![CDATA[The month since my last blogpost could hardly have  been more consequential in the life of an author... Lightbulb Moments in Human...]]></description><link>https://www.scottedwinwilliams.com/post/may-you-live-in-interesting-times</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64240d661d10c766f51af08c</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Mar 2023 10:35:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/49d2b5_db7f239b0ce94af4a36ca95245559173~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator> Scott Edwin Williams</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lightbulb Moments in Human History is out now!]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's been a busy few weeks with the book launch and all... I have nothing to say this month, other than thanks to all the people who...]]></description><link>https://www.scottedwinwilliams.com/post/lightbulb-moments-in-human-history-is-out-now</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6408e8100897f0f838b29455</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2023 19:56:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/49d2b5_cb3b780c022f454684d5f1da732aab75~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_846,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator> Scott Edwin Williams</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[After what seems like forever, it's LAUNCH TIME!]]></title><description><![CDATA[By the next blog, Lightbulb Moments in Human History: From Cave to Colosseum will have been released on an unsuspecting world! It's the...]]></description><link>https://www.scottedwinwilliams.com/post/after-what-seems-like-forever-it-s-launch-time</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63d5eeb0ce5d1094d804fe1a</guid><pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2023 04:02:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/49d2b5_5a2046f8815a4ce697eceaa1cd151e14~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_568,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator> Scott Edwin Williams</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can Humanity Survive the Great Filter (and Elon Musk)?]]></title><description><![CDATA[It’s pretty much impossible to agree with Elon Musk about anything nowadays. Since buying Twitter for $44 billion dollars, Musk has...]]></description><link>https://www.scottedwinwilliams.com/post/can-humanity-survive-the-great-filter-and-elon-musk</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63c26785c0addd7e660406f8</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2023 08:44:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/49d2b5_05c78fa3822b465cac25eb24f802a6bb~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator> Scott Edwin Williams</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ch-ch-ch-changes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nowadays, I find change easy. I haven’t always been this way, but the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune have, to a certain extent,...]]></description><link>https://www.scottedwinwilliams.com/post/ch-ch-ch-changes</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6385e79282cafa0069d22102</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2022 11:16:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/49d2b5_48453d9277e54b46aa7ee38743b0494a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator> Scott Edwin Williams</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Year of Living Dangerously Winds Down...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Well, it's been a hell of a year. Even after three years of a pandemic, and the deaths of both my parents not long before that, this year...]]></description><link>https://www.scottedwinwilliams.com/post/the-year-of-living-dangerously-winds-down</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63736baae194ca4481dd8b9f</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2022 11:14:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/49d2b5_11cedb5d6fc546f4b1febbaab69172d8~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator> Scott Edwin Williams</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arrested development...]]></title><description><![CDATA[As I draft the final chapter of Lightbulb Moments in Human History: Peasants to Periwigs (book two of the series), I reflect on a...]]></description><link>https://www.scottedwinwilliams.com/post/bad-ideas-good-ideas</link><guid isPermaLink="false">635771b93bcd611ec0ebfdee</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2022 05:30:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/49d2b5_fe98387dc2c34d4da3b0a0647ecbaec9~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_328,h_287,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator> Scott Edwin Williams</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nine Months of Living Dangerously]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sometimes I felt like this, but living dangerously paid off... I started this year on a low. A bout of glandular fever, constant...]]></description><link>https://www.scottedwinwilliams.com/post/nine-months-of-living-dangerously</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63357d639a9ffc2e3668f900</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2022 11:18:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/49d2b5_d45173177c0e49f28f706ac23e49afbc~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator> Scott Edwin Williams</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Historical Moment]]></title><description><![CDATA[This week, we saw a moment in history – the death of a monarch. It wasn’t a lightbulb moment, for sure. It wasn’t a paradigm shift or a...]]></description><link>https://www.scottedwinwilliams.com/post/an-historical-moment</link><guid isPermaLink="false">631efdfba0986f1bbe7e6b04</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2022 09:45:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/49d2b5_305b03ed7d2c4054891eb22479b24d1a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator> Scott Edwin Williams</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meeting Uncle Chris ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I took my Year 6 class on an excursion to Lake Parramatta to meet with local indigenous people and gain an understanding of...]]></description><link>https://www.scottedwinwilliams.com/post/meeting-uncle-chris</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63190526685095d6eb180399</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2022 21:10:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/49d2b5_6a389191e33a48fca755526c5a6e4180~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_704,h_396,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator> Scott Edwin Williams</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[One small step...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Welcome to my first blog post. I've wanted to write a blog for a while now, but because I've been slaving away at Lightbulb Moments in...]]></description><link>https://www.scottedwinwilliams.com/post/one-small-step</link><guid isPermaLink="false">630a99663081ee12d53abc63</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2022 22:59:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/49d2b5_6577bf0980a748a6928bf4ea2803653a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_482,h_490,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator> Scott Edwin Williams</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>