Strange Loops

The evolutionary psychology of tools, tribes, and tomorrow
Strange Loops - Technology and Society

Exploring the recursive relationship between human nature and the technologies we create. How our ancient minds grapple with modern tools, and how those tools reshape what it means to be human.

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The ROI of Inner Peace

By 2028, the average professional will have optimized their morning routine, their sleep architecture, their cortisol levels—and remain fundamentally bankrupt in the currency that matters most. We've become expert accountants of the visible and illiterate poets of the invisible.

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AI Saturation Point and Syntheticality

The Uncanny Valley of Everything

By 2028, the average person will consume more synthetic content before breakfast than their grandparents encountered in a month. We're approaching the AI Saturation Point—that threshold where the artificial becomes default, the natural becomes exception, and the human mind begins to reject the world we've built as fundamentally unlivable.

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