Use epistemic grounding, feedback loops, and validation pathways: Your work needs contact with the real world. I share my work frequently with peers and colleagues, as well as the public at large. There’s a simple way of understanding this pattern: form belief » test against reality » refine belief. It’s a simple loop. Testing, experimentation,... See more

This is the mode we’ve seen with technically inclined or conceptually ambitious people producing “earth-shattering” frameworks that are internally coherent but detached from reality. Here the AI is not primarily a surrogate partner—it’s an intellectual amplifier and sounding board. It co-constructs increasingly elaborate systems of thought, often... See more

The rise of AI romantic/companionship apps is occurring in an environment of escalating loneliness, declining marriage rates, and what some demographers are calling the “Great Sex Recession.” Social atomization, economic precarity, and cultural shifts in dating norms are producing cohorts of individuals—especially young men—whose opportunities for... See more