The Journey
Field reports from building with AI in public. What's working, what isn't, and what it cost me. Open numbers, the failures before the wins.
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You Are Not the House You Built
April 26, 2026
4 min read
The third in a series. The performed self is a building you put up because contact with the real one was unbearable. Stopping it from falling down is why you are so tired.
If It Makes You Angry, It Isn't Yours
April 25, 2026
3 min read
Anthony de Mello said you know someone has been brainwashed because they get angry when you challenge their beliefs. Social media and AI have made the condition almost universal.
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Contact Is the Test
April 18, 2026
4 min read
Self-awareness that doesn't produce contact with other people has gone bad. Dostoevsky figured this out in 1864.