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AI, Embodiment, and the Limits of Replication
I recently met myself. Or something that was supposed to be me. Delphi had been trained on my content. ElevenLabs had been trained on my voice. By any
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Putting Language on What You Carry
Week 6 of 10 – Creative Surplus: A Chapter a Week The act of writing and rewriting is creativity. Total clarity is production. Articulation is the second movement: putting
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How Outsiders Thrive in the AI Economy
Otroversion, solitude, and creative surplus — why individuation is the only thing AI cannot replicate
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Motion Without a Line
There is a particular kind of overwhelm that doesn’t feel like being stuck. It feels like the opposite. You’re flooded with energy, with ideas, with urgency.
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Aesthetics Is What Doesn’t Fit
Week 4 of 10 – Creative Surplus: A Chapter a Week A note before we begin. Next week's post opens Part II of this series—the transition
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The Economics of Mutuality
On living practice, self-authorship, and what can’t be optimized
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Against a Personal Brand
There is a version of your life that is working exactly as designed. Your attention flows toward the same kinds of problems. Your professional network reinforces the same
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Belief
Before You Believe Many Things, You Believe One Version of It
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What No One Is Asking For
Week 1 of 10 – Creative Surplus: A Chapter a Week
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The Margin as Center: Derrida, Self-Authorship, and the Work of Creative Surplus
Deconstruction is the act of noticing what you’ve had to set aside about yourself to stay legible. Derrida developed it in the 1960s from a simple observation:
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Beyond Authorship
How We Grow Into Complexity
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