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July 2025

Conversations with AI--Day 46:The Refrain That Replaces Reason
How repetition creates obedience through overload
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Conversations with AI--Day 45.5: Why the Voice Changed
A short reflection on rhythm, clarity, and reclaiming repetition.
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Conversations with AI--Day 45: News You Can't Use
When Headlines Hijack Your Thinking and you keep repeating them—thinking you're fighting the system, when you’re actually working for the system that…
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Conversations with AI--Day 44: The Algorithm Is the Oracle
Who’s Repeating Who? How that repetition is now being fed back to us—not even by people, but by algorithms.
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Conversations With AI--Day 43: The Repetition Is the Religion
It didn’t start with swords. It didn’t even start with guns or power grabs. It started with words.
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Conversations with AI--Day 42: The Sword Now Serves the Word
"History will provide repeated examples of the quill’s superiority over the blade.” —Leonard Shlain, The Alphabet Versus the Goddess
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