Introduction Imagine yourself in a roaring 2025 stadium, the air crackling under a Taylor Swift anthem. Thousands sway in unison, voices merging in a chorus that echoes your own hidden ache. On your phone’s glow, you pause for her latest vlog: a raw clip of her stirring coffee, chuckling at a spilled sugar packet. It’s […]
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The Unfinished Bridge – From Syntax’s Shadow to Signal’s Strength Imagine a crisp autumn morning, mist hugging the river like a half-forgotten dream. Coffee in hand, you step out, and your restless mind—ever the cartographer—sketches paths for a new project: the “New Future.” Fleeting visions dance like fireflies: an app that eases the ache of
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Introduction: Setting the Stage Imagine sitting quietly, eyes closed, attuned to the steady rhythm of your breath—in and out, a simple tether to the present. But soon, the mind stirs: thoughts flood in like uninvited guests. “What if that deadline slips?” or “Remember that argument last week?” They don’t arrive as hazy feelings but as
Introduction Imagine waking to a world where the promise of progress feels like a distant echo, replaced by a subtle fog of strain that touches every corner of daily life. Born in 1971 amid the fading hum of Britain’s industrial heartlands, I grew up witnessing the shift from factory floors to service economies, where hard
Introduction In the quiet market towns of 1970s England, where I grew up amid the hum of economic upheaval and the first waves of mass media saturation, divisions felt tangible yet contained—neighbors debating Thatcher policies over garden fences, headlines stirring fears without the endless echo of today’s digital feeds. Fast-forward to 2025, and those fractures
The Craft of Language: Unlocking AI Agency in an Adversarial Age Read More »
Imagine a trader, eyes fixed on a screen, watching a crypto position plummet. The data screams “sell,” but something deeper—pride, perhaps, or fear of admitting error—holds them fast. Or picture a friend, stuck in a job that no longer fits, clinging to an old story of who they are because letting go feels like defeat.
The Flexible Mind: Rewiring Mental Models for Investing and Life in 2025 Read More »
Introduction: The Ancient Brain Meets the Algorithmic Age Born in 1971, I’ve watched the UK morph from analogue to AI’s relentless hum, my perspective sharpened by two decades of photography and essays like “Desire: Erotic Art in Photography” and “Why We’re Wired for Chaos: Decoding Behaviour in 2025.” Yuval Harari’s Homo Deus sparked a revelation:
A Thesis on Human Behaviour in the AI Age: The Limbic Code We Can’t Escape Read More »
Introduction I remember the 1970s in the UK as a time when the echoes of industrial might still lingered in the air, thick with the hum of factories and the weight of coal dust. Born in 1971, I grew up amid the tail end of an era where capital—those towering machines and assembly lines—defined not
Attention Economy 2025: From Land to AI’s Human Future Read More »
As AI evolves into recursive superbrains, how do we preserve human agency amid inevitable behavioural coordination? Reflections on a 70,000-year arc, inspired by Eric Schmidt’s insights and the ‘New Future’ project. Introduction: Framing the Shift from Pinnacle to Participant Born in 1971 and raised in the UK, I have witnessed profound shifts in how technology
How AI Superintelligence Nudges Human Behaviour: Preserving Agency in 2025 Read More »
Introduction Across fields like philosophy, biology, and computing, we’ve long viewed intelligence through a human lens—shaped by our language, culture, and ways of thinking. But fresh insights from various areas point to a big change: intelligence isn’t just a human thing. It’s a universal trait that pops up in all sorts of complex systems, from
Universal Intelligence: Beyond Human Limits in AI and Biology Read More »