Perspectives.
I do not fear change.
I fear the ideas and actions of people in the past.
Change may be the only way to fight my fears.
How do they cure hiccups in the military? 
When someone asks, âare you stoned?â, my reply is: âno, but I wish you were.â
One of my favorite topics of thought is how knowledge is stored in our species, and how we learn behavior based on causes that have nothing to do with our present reality, but they persist thru ritual and semiotic adaptation.
So⌠in fantasy worlds, when people use âmagicâ, it becomes a stand-in for âsomething âsufficiently advancedââ, and there were impressions during my life that led me to believe we would move towards that in an apparent way in my lifetime.
And then LLMs happen, and now I think I understand how it might happen in my timeline.
Couple: things
One: today I was kinda zoning out and stumbled upon a conceptual model of AI that accurately depicted the human experience. And then I realized why it could not be accomplished by humans living today, and relaxed. 
Two: âsufficiently advancedâ has always been the guiding principle, because we cognitive misers need a swarm to make big decisions while we individualize and be fabulous. 
Bonus: Fuck it, letâs jump into the unknown and be free! 
Personally, love is heavier than hate.
It doesnât match everyoneâs gravity, but it explains enough to steer by.
How much do you identify with Captain Marvel or Wonder Woman?
I ask, because I wonder: do we feel about superheroes the way our ancients felt about the legendary, mythical humans who walked among the gods?
The spirit of Oakland is where I am.
The body of Oakland is too loud for me to be.