Essays

Essays on mathematics, linguistics, logic, and ideas at the intersection of science and thought.


Information Theory

The Hierarchical Distribution of Information

Toward a Theory of State and Strategic Knowledge in Hierarchical Systems

June 05, 2026 · Kennidy L. Guimarães · — min read
Network Protocols Series

The Network Society: CIDR, NAT and the Collapse of End-to-End

Part-II How IPv4 scarcity reshaped Internet architecture

May 22, 2026 · Kennidy L. Guimarães · — min read
Network Protocols Series

The Network Society: TCP/IP Protocol and the Birth of the Internet

Part-I How Vincent Cerf, Postel, and dozens of other scientists built what we use today

May 13, 2026 · Kennidy L. Guimarães · — min read
artificial intelligence

Artificial Intelligence Does Not Pay for Itself: The Structural Limits of a Trillion-Dollar Bet

The economic and structural limits behind the AI boom

May 05, 2026 · Kennidy L. Guimarães · — min read
computer science

Universe Simulation: A Problem of Energy, Parallelism, and Coherence

Why a fully simulated reality collapses under its own computational weight

April 08, 2026 · Kennidy L. Guimarães · — min read
mathematics · algorithms

Pursuit-Evasion Problem: A Probabilistic Search Analysis in a Deterministic Scope

When fifty blind humans try to eliminate an ant in a dark room

April 06, 2026 · Kennidy L. Guimarães · — min read
computer science

True Quantum Computing: An Honest Introduction to QC

Where quantum physics intertwines with computing.

January 10, 2025 · Kennidy L. Guimarães · — min read
bitcoin & blockchain Series

The Chain Nobody Controls: How Blockchain Works: Blocks, Hashes and Mining

Part II - The Infrastructure of a Trustless System

October 16, 2023 · Kennidy L. Guimarães · — min read
bitcoin & blockchain Series

The Chain Nobody Controls: Bitcoin as an Intangible Asset and the Double-Spending Problem

Part I - A System Designed for a World Without Trust

October 16, 2023 · Kennidy L. Guimarães · — min read