Alex Dobrenko

an ecological civilization would be designed on the core principle of fractal flourishing: the well-being of each person is fractally related to the health of the larger world.

We, as humans, sometimes receive streams of tokens and produce tokens in response, forming words, sentences, lines of code ... but always with the ability to peek outside the stream and check in with ground-floor reality. We pause and consider: does this word really stand for the thing I intend it to stand for? Does this sentence capture the real... See more

I saw pornstars, paraplegics, pretend slaves, actual homeless, cancer patients, war refugees, and waves of teenagers all competing for roses in a weird new economy, each privately praying for an algorithm to change their life. More than half acted like robots, too. I couldn’t make sense of it all in real-time, I was just a stenographer at the... See more

The sunflower was the symbol of the day. In my opening remarks, I reflected on its meaning: In the language of flowers, sunflowers represent loyalty and adoration; they turn their heads to face the sun. It is also the national flower of Ukraine, and with its yellow petals and dark center, it is reminiscent of an eclipse, symbolizing both the end... See more