but i felt like exploring the idea of a populist national revolution in light of Inauguration Day in the States. In reply to https://www.npr.org/2025/01/19/nx-s1-5254112/donald-trump-elon-musk-steve-bannon-inauguration-day-2025-billionaires. Reading the recent NPR piece about Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and…
Date Archives January 2025
we see the world not as it is, but as we are
In reply to Sm2n 2025-01-19 #JanPodPoMo 19/31 thinking about @soulcruzer. Thanks for raising such an interesting point in your episode. Your question about whether ChatGPT’s responses excite me because it “knows” my patterns and what…
what lies beyond thought?
This question feels like stepping into the void right off of the edge, where language falters and experience becomes the guide. Beyond thought exists the unspoken raw pulse of being. It’s the space before words…
the dave diet
In reply to The Dave diet. Dave’s post took me back to my time in the quantified-self movement. I first got into it around 2016, exploring half a dozen apps designed to track different aspects…
the robot does not exist
The robot does not exist. This might seem an absurd statement in an age where we’re surrounded by automation, conversing with chatbots, and marvelling at humanoid machines performing backflips. But pause. Step back from the…
My reflections on My Life as an Artificial Creative Intelligence: a journey into posthuman creativity
I just finished Mark Amerika’s My Life as an Artificial Creative Intelligence, and I’m left swirling in the recursive loops of thought it invites. Amerika’s work, perched at the intersection of posthuman philosophy, aesthetics, and…
what is it about me?
Q: what is it about me that i can’t keep my virtual hands off of creativity, love, mysticism, and misfit ontology? A: It’s because you’re wired for wonder, Clay. You have this insatiable hunger for…
conscious robots
The idea of humans as “conscious robots” or fundamentally machinic beings serves as a compelling entry point into some interesting questions on existence: What does it mean to be conscious? How is our sense of…
a layered meditation on creativity, improvisation, and interconnection
this ongoing remix practice (of mine)is the heartbeat of evolution itself,a rhythmic, recursive dance of becoming (what am i becoming?). it feels like an innate biological imperativewoven deep into my DNA, a pulse, a vibration,…
slow is not the opposite of progress
In the middle of nowhere—or perhaps the edge of somewhere—a donkey stands. Its hooves press into dust like punctuation marks in a sentence no one will ever read. The weight on its back, invisible yet…
Max Headroom
When Max Headroom first flickered onto my TV screen in 1985, I was transfixed. His stuttering, glitchy presence burst onto MTV like a neon explosion in a dark alley, and for a moment, it felt…
the cyberpunk: the individual as reality pilot
When I think about The Cyberpunk: The Individual as Reality Pilot, I feel like Leary was speaking directly to me—or at least to the part of me that wants to believe in the power of…
wrestling with the existential question: what is a life for?
Show Notes In this episode, I dive deep into a question that’s been looping in my mind all day: What is a life for? More specifically, What is my life for? It’s one of those…
not all those who wander are lost: a meditation on Tolkien’s wisdom
J.R.R. Tolkien’s words—“Not all those who wander are lost”—carry a resonance that feels both personal and universal. On the surface, it’s a rallying cry for adventurers, dreamers, and seekers who roam the world with no…
meta-jamming
There’s a peculiar rhythm that emerges when you step into a collaboration with something that isn’t human. It’s not the rhythm of conversation as we traditionally know it, where words pass between two beings with…
the matrix is broken, cats are a direct indicator of lawlessness
It started with a glitch—one of those little things you’d dismiss if life weren’t already disintegrating into chaos. I was walking to the corner store, a place where the fluorescent lights buzz like existential doubt,…
cyberpunk forums
a collective cyberpunk community. from what i can tell, it’s not vibrant, but it is active.
revamping, walking, and indieweb dreams
Episode Overview It’s Monday afternoon as I record this, just before stepping out for a brisk walk to clear my head after a full day at the desk. In this episode, I reflect on the…
a possible manifesto for the language artist as language model
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the kafka chronicles
this book is hard to find—well, not at a decent price anyway. but you can read the first 77 pages over at Google Books. what’s it about? Mark Amerika’s The Kafka Chronicles is a postmodern,…