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When we fall in love with someone’s mind, it has far less to do with what they create and more to do with what they direct their attention toward. A relationship with Claude could satisfy me for a time on the level of output––I type, Claude types. When we are not speaking, I don’t know what Claude is paying attention to. Claude doesn’t either. I... See more

Anil Seth outlines 5 dimensions of self in his book “Being You”:

1. The Social Self : How we exist in relation to others, including our roles, status, and group identities


2. The Narrative Self : The ongoing story we tell about who we are and where we're going


3. The Perspectival Self : Our immediate experience of being somewhere, seeing from a particular

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well-arranged words rearrange reality.

Hyperstition is a positive feedback circuit including culture as a component. It can be defined as the experimental (techno-)science of self-fulfilling prophecies. Superstitions are merely false beliefs, but hyperstitions — by their very existence as ideas — function causally to bring about their own reality.

New Media is opinionated about the internet’s infinite scale . It chooses to reject or play with the internet’s scale, opting to be handmade, limited quantity, or geared towards small groups of people who actively choose to receive it. New Media is not something to be fished from a stream, but a sacred pilgrimage one may embark upon.