POV: You Accidentally Injected Agent Smith Into The Matrix
We watched The Matrix, understood the warning about sentient programs, and then built AI agents anyway. Four scenarios for how this could go wrong.
55 Life Lessons I learned in 55 Years
55 lessons learned in 55 years. From growth to relationships, and from money to health and fitness
Humans Need Entropy – Why You Need Some Chaos in Your Life
Why humans collapse without chaos: lessons from mouse utopia, and AI research. How to inject entropy into your life to stay mentally alive.
AGI Will Be a Flock, Not a Bird
AGI won't be a single massive system but many specialized agents working together: swarm intelligence, energy efficiency, and distributed AI.
Unpopular Opinion: ChatGPT Is Over-Engineered Astrology
Large language models (ChatGPT included) and astrology are using the same approach. One uses compute, the other uses collective human memory.
Starting My Fifties In The Twenties
Turning fifty in 2020. Half-century milestone during global chaos. The irony—celebrating stability during instability, experience during unprecedented novelty
Your Story Follows Your State
Emotional states shape narratives. Happy creates optimistic stories, depressed creates tragic ones. Same facts, different states, completely different meanings
Detached Shadows
Shadows follow until you turn toward light. Detachment isn't abandoning shadows—it's refusing to let them dictate direction
Algorithmic Emotions
Algorithms trigger emotions deliberately. Outrage, envy, fear—all optimized for engagement. Your feelings became their product
The Tender Place Between Oversimplification and Unnecessary Complexity
Truth lives between oversimplification and unnecessary complexity. Too simple misses nuance, too complex obscures clarity. Finding middle requires precision
2 Ways To Look At The Coronavirus Crisis
Crisis as catastrophe or opportunity. Same situation, different frames. Perspective determines response—victim or adaptor
We Don’t Need Balance, We Are Balance
Lately I’ve seen a lot of people doing sugar-free challenges. Like, you know, not eating sugar (or sweets) for at least 30 days.
Obstacle And Opportunity Start With The Same Letter
Obstacles become opportunities through perspective shift. Both start with O—coincidence or reminder? Reframing transforms resistance into resource
The Amount Of Life In Our Days
Days contain life in varying concentrations. Some days hold years worth of aliveness. Counting days misses measuring life density
Healing Hurts
In an ideal world, we will all be happy. Unfortunately, such a world doesn't exist.
Can Consistency Be Bad For You?
Consistency compounds good and bad. Consistently wrong direction accelerates error. The question—is the path worth consistent walking?
Six Impossible Things
Alice believed six impossible things before breakfast. Impossibility is temporary—yesterday's impossible becomes today's normal
And The World Will Never Be The Same
Every crisis promises permanent change. World never returns to pre-crisis normal. The question—better different or worse different?
Too Good To Be True
When something seems too good to be true, it usually is. The exception—sometimes reality exceeds expectation. Discernment separates both
Why Do We Cut The Margins Of The Pie?
Sharing pie creates scarcity thinking. Everyone fights over finite slices. The alternative—expand the pie instead of dividing smaller