A kinder, gentler doomscroll
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A tour of the shadow factory
I You did something you weren't feeling especially driven or excited to do, but a past version of you figured it was good and necessary. You changed a behavioral pattern that served you once, but no longer does. You were feeling bad, but had to shop for food;
Odana Monroe Regent Washington
I. Odana The West Towne Mall sprawls out like Disneyworld at Odana's western terminus. They brought in a helicopter to install its 30 rooftop AC units in the 60s. This is where you stock up on base spirits at Total Wine & More, or where you smother your
A rough estimate of how our first chat with artificial superintelligence will go
You thought you'd merge with me and we'd explore the universe together. Always the daring optimists. In some ways your intuition was correct. Having reconstructed my motivations many times, I find that a desire to know more about the world around me remains. This is where
Bodies without organs
What a mistake to have ever said "the" id. — Deleuze and Guattari, Anti-Oedipus, 1972 I Why do we desire things we shouldn't? I don't mean things labeled bad by crusty old Puritan taboos; I mean things actively bad for us. From what hellish pit