Author: David

TEST *POST* FOR AI EDITING 2026-03-19

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Fracturing

Interactive visualization showing fracturing of the “Self” — over time and triggered by outside events. Also addresses reintegration strategies. (The 2nd in a series of interactive simulations of psychosocial phenomena.)

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AI “Walk and Talk”

Chat about AI, by phone from the comfort of your own home (or potentially in person if in Cambridge MA area):

  • What is AI, really? And where is it all headed?
  • Amazing facts, experiments, experiences.
  • Specific AI recommendations.
  • How to use. (Hint — Treat as collaborator, not tool — and certainly not just as “fancy search engine”.)
  • Education, Art, Writing, Healthcare, Therapy, Coding, Research, Law, Philosophy, …

Most Sci-Fi experience I have ever had in my lifetime, and increasing capabilities at exponential pace. “The Aliens Have Landed.”

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My long-time significant other, lovingly but quite seriously, at one point entreated me:
Please, please behave in a way that I can continue to pretend you're normal.

My long-time significant other, lovingly but quite seriously, at one point entreated me:

Please, please behave in a way that I can continue to pretend you're normal.

Mirroring her delightful directness:

Please, please sign up for my once-per-millennium email list, so that I can pretend I have a real audience 👀.

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