Identity
6 entries- Jul 29Essaynewest Masks in Redshift
On the masks that helped me navigate repeated moves and reinventions—and the freedom of no longer needing them.
3 min - Mar 27EssayWorld Machines The Octotypic Mind
Carcinization, Cognitive Prosthetics, and the Shape of Intelligence After AI
11 min - Mar 8EssayWorld Machines The End of Identity: AI, Plasticity, and the Divergence Machine
Over the past year, the Contraptions club has been reading through history—from Giordano Bruno and Montaigne to Spinoza, Adam Smith, and Hume. We are now using using Venkatesh Rao’s Divergence Machine …
4 min
- Jul 15Essay The Plato Plateau
This post started off as a joke. I was attempting to snow clone the Peter Principle for philosophy. It led to a longer thread of thoughts. But first, the snow clone: The Plato Plateau: People …
2 min - Jul 7Essay The Mind as Semi-Solid Smoke
This post continues the series on Socratic Thinking, turning the space-and-place lens inward to examine the mind itself. Human minds can be thought of as an imperfect place with the ability to create …
2 min