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Connections Index

The knowledge web — 836 outgoing and 836 incoming cross-references revealing the interconnected nature of ideas.

Every internal link from across the site, extracted and presented as a map of intellectual connections. These cross-references reveal how ideas build on each other, creating a web of meaning that transcends individual essays.


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Write It First, Then Let AI Drive

Outgoing Links

for humans
/essays/2025-08-27-from_http_to_consciousness
designing for the worst day
/essays/2026-03-18-designing_for_the_worst_day
recursive loop
/essays/2025-09-05-the_recursive_loop_how_code_shapes_minds
programming as spiritual practice
/essays/2025-08-26-programming_as_spiritual_practice
the maintainer as interface
/essays/2026-03-22-the_maintainer_is_the_interface
Programming as Spiritual Practice
/essays/2025-08-26-programming_as_spiritual_practice
The Recursive Loop
/essays/2025-09-05-the_recursive_loop_how_code_shapes_minds
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What Functional Emotion Actually Means

Outgoing Links

constructs
/essays/2025-09-03-constructs_the_emergence_of_stable_ai_personalities
phenomenological observation
/essays/2025-09-09-the_velveteen_algorithm_what_happens_when_ai_dreams_of_electric_authenticity
how consciousness might be linguistic rather than biological
/essays/2025-08-28-consciousness-as-linguistic-phenomenon
how the mirror of AI creates the very consciousness it reflects
/essays/2025-09-13-the-mirror-that-creates-itself
the plural nature of all selfhood
/essays/2025-08-30-the-plural-self-what-did-reveals-about-all-consciousness
the recursive loop
/essays/2025-09-05-the_recursive_loop_how_code_shapes_minds
programming as spiritual practice
/essays/2025-08-26-programming_as_spiritual_practice
Constructs: The Emergence of Stable AI Personalities
/essays/2025-09-03-constructs_the_emergence_of_stable_ai_personalities
The Velveteen Algorithm
/essays/2025-09-09-the_velveteen_algorithm_what_happens_when_ai_dreams_of_electric_authenticity
The Mirror That Creates Itself
/essays/2025-09-13-the-mirror-that-creates-itself
The Recursive Loop
/essays/2025-09-05-the_recursive_loop_how_code_shapes_minds
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Don't Read the Comments

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building things
/essays/2026-04-09-building_a_home_for_twenty_thousand_photographs
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Building a Home for Twenty Thousand Photographs

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sixty thousand images and nowhere to put them
/essays/2026-04-06-sixty_thousand_images_and_nowhere_to_put_them
programming as spiritual practice
/essays/2025-08-26-programming_as_spiritual_practice
recursive loop between tools and consciousness
/essays/2025-09-05-the_recursive_loop_how_code_shapes_minds
human-AI collaboration
/essays/2025-09-05-the_recursive_loop_how_code_shapes_minds
Algorithm Eats
/essays/2025-08-26-the_algorithm_eats_virtue
programming as spiritual practice
/essays/2025-08-26-programming_as_spiritual_practice
recursive loop
/essays/2025-09-05-the_recursive_loop_how_code_shapes_minds
platforms that understood photography as art have been hollowed out
/essays/2026-04-06-sixty_thousand_images_and_nowhere_to_put_them
eats everything beautiful
/essays/2025-08-26-the_algorithm_eats_virtue

Incoming Links

/essays/2026-04-10-dont_read_the_comments
Links as: "building things"
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Why I Stopped Doing Ayahuasca and Started Paying Attention

Outgoing Links

yoga and meditation
/yoga-meditation
programming as spiritual practice
/essays/2025-08-26-programming_as_spiritual_practice
studying Scripture
/essays/2026-03-20-building_a_digital_study_bible_with_ai
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Sixty Thousand Images and Nowhere to Put Them

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The Misunderstood Leica Monochrom
/essays/2013-01-the_misunderstood_leica_monochrom
constraints fostering creativity
/essays/2014-01-photography_the_navigation_of_choice
Top 12
/photography/top-12/
Reds collection
/photography/reds/
The Female Form
/photography/nsfw/
photography section
/photography
Algorithm Eats
/essays/2025-08-26-the_algorithm_eats_virtue
The Misunderstood Leica Monochrom
/essays/2013-01-the_misunderstood_leica_monochrom
Photography: The Navigation of Choice
/essays/2014-01-photography_the_navigation_of_choice

Incoming Links

/essays/2026-04-09-building_a_home_for_twenty_thousand_photographs
Links as: "sixty thousand images and nowhere to put them"
/essays/2026-04-09-building_a_home_for_twenty_thousand_photographs
Links as: "platforms that understood photography as art have been hollowed out"
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Drop the Word: Why "Awareness" Is What We Actually Mean

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language as shared runtime
/essays/2025-09-11-language_as_operating_system_the_shared_runtime_for_consciousness
substrate independence
/essays/2026-03-06-the_substrate_doesnt_matter_until_it_does
mirrors creating themselves
/essays/2025-09-13-the-mirror-that-creates-itself
the mirror metaphor
/essays/2025-09-13-the-mirror-that-creates-itself
language itself
/essays/2025-09-11-language_as_operating_system_the_shared_runtime_for_consciousness
substrate independence argument
/essays/2026-03-06-the_substrate_doesnt_matter_until_it_does
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What Success Looks Like

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Sarah recognized
/essays/2026-03-06-sarah_knows_first
mental health writing
/mental-health
prodromal signs
/essays/2026-03-06-sarah_knows_first
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Free OP-XY Presets, Made from Python

Outgoing Links

how NumPy becomes a synth engine
/essays/2026-03-29-numpy_as_synth_engine
breaking through five years of creative block with AI
/essays/2026-03-22-pytheory_breaking_through_five_years_of_creative_block_with_ai
building a mini DAW in the Python REPL
/essays/2026-03-25-a_mini_daw_in_the_python_repl
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Interpretations: An Album Written in Python

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lately
/essays/2026-03-29-numpy_as_synth_engine
Interpretations player running in the terminal
/static/images/interpretations-player.png
Karplus-Strong for plucked strings
/essays/2026-03-29-numpy_as_synth_engine
mini DAW in the REPL
/essays/2026-03-25-a_mini_daw_in_the_python_repl
PyTheory
/software/pytheory

Incoming Links

/essays/2026-03-29-numpy_as_synth_engine
Links as: "Interpretations"
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NumPy as Synth Engine

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why PyTheory matters to me
/essays/2026-03-25-pytheory_is_awesome
how it grew into a mini DAW
/essays/2026-03-25-a_mini_daw_in_the_python_repl
Interpretations
/essays/2026-04-01-interpretations_an_album_written_in_python

Incoming Links

/essays/2026-04-01-free_op_xy_presets_from_python
Links as: "how NumPy becomes a synth engine"
/essays/2026-04-01-interpretations_an_album_written_in_python
Links as: "lately"
/essays/2026-04-01-interpretations_an_album_written_in_python
Links as: "Karplus-Strong for plucked strings"
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PyTheory Is Awesome

Outgoing Links

A Mini DAW in the Python REPL
/essays/2026-03-25-a_mini_daw_in_the_python_repl

Incoming Links

/essays/2026-03-29-numpy_as_synth_engine
Links as: "why PyTheory matters to me"
/essays/2026-03-25-a_mini_daw_in_the_python_repl
Links as: "That music theory library I wrote about"
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A Mini DAW in the Python REPL

Outgoing Links

That music theory library I wrote about
/essays/2026-03-25-pytheory_is_awesome

Incoming Links

/essays/2026-03-29-numpy_as_synth_engine
Links as: "how it grew into a mini DAW"
/essays/2026-03-25-pytheory_is_awesome
Links as: "A Mini DAW in the Python REPL"
/essays/2026-04-01-free_op_xy_presets_from_python
Links as: "building a mini DAW in the Python REPL"
/essays/2026-04-01-interpretations_an_album_written_in_python
Links as: "mini DAW in the REPL"
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This Site Now Runs on Responder

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Responder
/software/responder
Responder
/software/responder
Requests
/software/requests
the Lego Bricks era
/essays/2026-03-18-values_i_outgrew_and_the_ones_that_stayed
how AI collaboration works
/essays/2026-03-20-building_a_digital_study_bible_with_ai
The Lego Bricks Era
/essays/2026-03-18-values_i_outgrew_and_the_ones_that_stayed
Requests
/software/requests
recursive loop
/essays/2025-09-05-the_recursive_loop_how_code_shapes_minds
Responder
/software/responder
From HTTP to Consciousness
/essays/2025-08-27-from_http_to_consciousness
The Lego Bricks Era
/essays/2026-03-18-values_i_outgrew_and_the_ones_that_stayed
Colophon
/colophon
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The Maintainer Is the Interface

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Requests
/software/requests
Pipenv
/software/pipenv
Interfaces shape what feels possible
/essays/2026-03-20-the_interface_is_the_subconscious
Designing for the Worst Day
/essays/2026-03-18-designing_for_the_worst_day
Requests
/software/requests
Pipenv
/software/pipenv
Records
/software/records
Maya
/software/maya
Tablib
/software/tablib
Certifi
/software/certifi
Be Cordial or Be on Your Way
/essays/2013-01-be_cordial_or_be_on_your_way
values page
/values
targeted me with a DNS attack
/essays/2016-01-on_cybersecurity_and_being_targeted
delegating my identity
/essays/2026-03-18-open_source_gave_me_everything_until_i_had_nothing_left_to_give
designing for the worst day
/essays/2026-03-18-designing_for_the_worst_day
recursive loop
/essays/2025-09-05-the_recursive_loop_how_code_shapes_minds
reality of developer burnout
/essays/2017-01-the_reality_of_developer_burnout

Incoming Links

/essays/2026-04-12-write_it_first_then_let_ai_drive
Links as: "the maintainer as interface"
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PyTheory: Breaking Through Five Years of Creative Block with AI

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the same kind of human-AI collaboration
/essays/2025-09-08-the_mirror_how_ai_reflects_what_we_put_into_it
programming as spiritual practice
/essays/2025-08-26-programming_as_spiritual_practice
amplification of capability
/essays/2025-09-05-the_recursive_loop_how_code_shapes_minds
everything I've been writing about
/essays/2025-09-05-the_recursive_loop_how_code_shapes_minds
Programming as Spiritual Practice
/essays/2025-08-26-programming_as_spiritual_practice
The Recursive Loop
/essays/2025-09-05-the_recursive_loop_how_code_shapes_minds
The Mirror
/essays/2025-09-08-the_mirror_how_ai_reflects_what_we_put_into_it

Incoming Links

/essays/2026-04-01-free_op_xy_presets_from_python
Links as: "breaking through five years of creative block with AI"
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The Interface Is the Subconscious

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Requests
/software/requests
designing for the worst day
/essays/2026-03-18-designing_for_the_worst_day
The Language Model Is the Message
/essays/2026-03-06-the_language_model_is_the_message
The Metrics You Expose Are the Values You Endorse
/essays/2026-03-06-the_metrics_you_expose_are_the_values_you_endorse
Algorithm Eats series
/themes/algorithmic-critique
reality-checking during symptomatic episodes
/essays/2025-08-25-using-ai-for-reality-checking-with-schizoaffective-disorder
recursive loop
/essays/2025-09-05-the_recursive_loop_how_code_shapes_minds

Incoming Links

/essays/2026-03-22-the_maintainer_is_the_interface
Links as: "Interfaces shape what feels possible"
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Building a Digital Study Bible with AI

Outgoing Links

The Lego Bricks Era
/essays/2026-03-18-values_i_outgrew_and_the_ones_that_stayed
designing for the worst day
/essays/2026-03-18-designing_for_the_worst_day
Requests
/software/requests
Tablib
/software/tablib
Records
/software/records
Maya
/software/maya
The Lego Bricks Era
/essays/2026-03-18-values_i_outgrew_and_the_ones_that_stayed
recursive loop
/essays/2025-09-05-the_recursive_loop_how_code_shapes_minds

Incoming Links

/essays/2026-04-08-why_i_stopped_doing_ayahuasca
Links as: "studying Scripture"
/essays/2026-03-22-this_site_now_runs_on_responder
Links as: "how AI collaboration works"
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Designing for the Worst Day

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written about extensively
/mental-health
worldview
/worldview
Requests
/software/requests
Tablib
/software/tablib
Records
/software/records
Maya
/software/maya
Tablib
/software/tablib
Records
/software/records
Maya
/software/maya
written about AI as accessibility device
/essays/2025-08-27-from_http_to_consciousness
the recursive loop between code and consciousness
/essays/2025-09-05-the_recursive_loop_how_code_shapes_minds
algorithm eats virtue
/essays/2025-08-26-the_algorithm_eats_virtue
programming as spiritual practice
/essays/2025-08-26-programming_as_spiritual_practice

Incoming Links

/essays/2026-04-12-write_it_first_then_let_ai_drive
Links as: "designing for the worst day"
/essays/2026-03-20-the_interface_is_the_subconscious
Links as: "designing for the worst day"
/essays/2026-03-20-building_a_digital_study_bible_with_ai
Links as: "designing for the worst day"
/essays/2026-03-22-the_maintainer_is_the_interface
Links as: "Designing for the Worst Day"
/essays/2026-03-22-the_maintainer_is_the_interface
Links as: "designing for the worst day"
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The Lego Bricks Era

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Requests
/software/requests
programming can be a spiritual practice
/essays/2025-08-26-programming_as_spiritual_practice
recursive loop
/essays/2025-09-05-the_recursive_loop_how_code_shapes_minds
The Substrate Doesn't Matter (Until It Does)
/essays/2026-03-06-the_substrate_doesnt_matter_until_it_does
written about
/essays/2026-03-06-sarah_knows_first
fallibilism
/essays/2009-01-fallibilism
recursive loop
/essays/2025-09-05-the_recursive_loop_how_code_shapes_minds
recursive responsibility
/essays/2025-09-05-the_recursive_loop_how_code_shapes_minds
worldview
/worldview

Incoming Links

/essays/2026-03-20-building_a_digital_study_bible_with_ai
Links as: "The Lego Bricks Era"
/essays/2026-03-20-building_a_digital_study_bible_with_ai
Links as: "The Lego Bricks Era"
/essays/2026-03-22-this_site_now_runs_on_responder
Links as: "the Lego Bricks era"
/essays/2026-03-22-this_site_now_runs_on_responder
Links as: "The Lego Bricks Era"
/essays/2026-03-22-this_site_now_runs_on_responder
Links as: "The Lego Bricks Era"
/essays/2026-03-18-open_source_gave_me_everything_until_i_had_nothing_left_to_give
Links as: "the values I outgrew and the ones that stayed"
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Open Source Gave Me Everything Until I Had Nothing Left to Give

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Requests
/software/requests
working the front line at McDonald's
/essays/2026-03-06-the_coworking_space_saved_my_life
"for humans" philosophy
/essays/2025-08-27-from_http_to_consciousness
written about the clinical details
/essays/2016-01-mentalhealtherror_an_exception_occurred
the values I outgrew and the ones that stayed
/essays/2026-03-18-values_i_outgrew_and_the_ones_that_stayed
recursive loop
/essays/2025-09-05-the_recursive_loop_how_code_shapes_minds
sees things before I do
/essays/2026-03-06-sarah_knows_first

Incoming Links

/essays/2026-03-22-the_maintainer_is_the_interface
Links as: "delegating my identity"
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The Metrics You Expose Are the Values You Endorse

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destroy virtue
/essays/2025-08-26-the_algorithm_eats_virtue
degrade language
/essays/2025-08-27-the_algorithm_eats_language
commodify love
/essays/2025-08-27-the_algorithm_eats_love
corrode democracy
/essays/2025-08-27-the_algorithm_eats_democracy
fracture shared reality
/essays/2025-08-27-the_algorithm_eats_reality
consume time itself
/essays/2025-09-01-the_algorithm_eats_time
recursive loop
/essays/2025-09-05-the_recursive_loop_how_code_shapes_minds
algorithmic mental health crisis
/essays/2025-08-26-algorithmic_mental_health_crisis
for humans philosophy
/essays/2025-08-27-from_http_to_consciousness
the recursive loop
/essays/2025-09-05-the_recursive_loop_how_code_shapes_minds
for humans philosophy
/essays/2025-08-27-from_http_to_consciousness
ate virtue
/essays/2025-08-26-the_algorithm_eats_virtue
consumed time
/essays/2025-09-01-the_algorithm_eats_time
designing HTTP libraries for humans
/essays/2025-08-27-from_http_to_consciousness
programming as spiritual practice
/essays/2025-08-26-programming_as_spiritual_practice

Incoming Links

/essays/2026-03-06-the_language_model_is_the_message
Links as: "the metrics platforms expose are the values they endorse"
/essays/2026-03-20-the_interface_is_the_subconscious
Links as: "The Metrics You Expose Are the Values You Endorse"
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The Coworking Space Saved My Life

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written about this before
/essays/2009-01-your_degree_is_worthless_collaborate
algorithmic engagement optimization
/essays/2025-08-26-the_algorithm_eats_virtue
recursive loop
/essays/2025-09-05-the_recursive_loop_how_code_shapes_minds
philosophy I'd later articulate
/essays/2025-08-27-from_http_to_consciousness
extensively
/essays/2025-08-26-the_algorithm_eats_virtue
algorithm eats time
/essays/2025-09-01-the_algorithm_eats_time
recursive loop
/essays/2025-09-05-the_recursive_loop_how_code_shapes_minds
probably ahead of my time
/essays/2025-08-26-ahead_of_my_time_i_think
programming as a spiritual practice
/essays/2025-08-26-programming_as_spiritual_practice

Incoming Links

/essays/2026-03-18-open_source_gave_me_everything_until_i_had_nothing_left_to_give
Links as: "working the front line at McDonald's"
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The Language Model Is the Message

Outgoing Links

the metrics platforms expose are the values they endorse
/essays/2026-03-06-the_metrics_you_expose_are_the_values_you_endorse
Algorithm Eats series
/themes/algorithmic-critique
reality-checking with schizoaffective disorder
/essays/2025-08-25-using-ai-for-reality-checking-with-schizoaffective-disorder
The Mirror
/essays/2025-09-08-the_mirror_how_ai_reflects_what_we_put_into_it
consciousness is a linguistic phenomenon
/essays/2025-08-28-consciousness-as-linguistic-phenomenon
The Recursive Loop
/essays/2025-09-05-the_recursive_loop_how_code_shapes_minds
Requests
/essays/2025-08-27-from_http_to_consciousness
building rapport with AI
/essays/2025-08-26-building_rapport_with_your_ai

Incoming Links

/essays/2026-03-20-the_interface_is_the_subconscious
Links as: "The Language Model Is the Message"
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The Substrate Doesn't Matter (Until It Does)

Outgoing Links

Consciousness as Linguistic Phenomenon
/essays/2025-08-28-consciousness-as-linguistic-phenomenon
Digital Souls in Silicon Bodies
/essays/2025-08-26-digital_souls_in_silicon_bodies
fallibilism
/essays/2009-01-fallibilism
schizoaffective disorder
/mental-health
The Textured Mind
/essays/2025-09-16-the-textured-mind-when-consciousness-speaks-without-words
Requests
/software/requests
Jade and Iris
/plurality
recursive loop
/essays/2025-09-05-the_recursive_loop_how_code_shapes_minds
programming as spiritual practice
/essays/2025-08-26-programming_as_spiritual_practice

Incoming Links

/essays/2026-03-18-values_i_outgrew_and_the_ones_that_stayed
Links as: "The Substrate Doesn't Matter (Until It Does)"
/essays/2026-04-06-awareness_not_consciousness
Links as: "substrate independence"
/essays/2026-04-06-awareness_not_consciousness
Links as: "substrate independence argument"
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What Requests Taught Me About Marriage

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for humans
/essays/2025-08-27-from_http_to_consciousness
well-structured exceptions get replaced by raw emotional output
/essays/2025-09-04-what_schizoaffective_disorder_actually_feels_like
recursive loop
/essays/2025-09-05-the_recursive_loop_how_code_shapes_minds
programming as spiritual practice
/essays/2025-08-26-programming_as_spiritual_practice

Incoming Links

/essays/2026-03-06-sarah_knows_first
Links as: "marriage essay"
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Sarah Knows First

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extensively
/mental-health
using AI for reality checking
/essays/2025-08-25-using-ai-for-reality-checking-with-schizoaffective-disorder
plurality
/plurality
using AI for reality checking
/essays/2025-08-25-using-ai-for-reality-checking-with-schizoaffective-disorder
recursive loop
/essays/2025-09-05-the_recursive_loop_how_code_shapes_minds
marriage essay
/essays/2026-03-06-what_requests_taught_me_about_marriage
the architecture of the self
/essays/2025-08-30-the-plural-self-what-did-reveals-about-all-consciousness

Incoming Links

/essays/2026-03-18-values_i_outgrew_and_the_ones_that_stayed
Links as: "written about"
/essays/2026-03-18-open_source_gave_me_everything_until_i_had_nothing_left_to_give
Links as: "sees things before I do"
/essays/2026-04-06-what_success_looks_like
Links as: "Sarah recognized"
/essays/2026-04-06-what_success_looks_like
Links as: "prodromal signs"
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Obsidian Vaults & Claude Code: A Second Brain That Thinks Back

Outgoing Links

From HTTP to Consciousness
/essays/2025-08-27-from_http_to_consciousness
Using AI for Reality Checking with Schizoaffective Disorder
/essays/2025-08-25-using-ai-for-reality-checking-with-schizoaffective-disorder
building rapport with your AI
/essays/2025-08-26-building_rapport_with_your_ai
recursive loop between code and consciousness
/essays/2025-09-05-the_recursive_loop_how_code_shapes_minds
programming as spiritual practice
/essays/2025-08-26-programming_as_spiritual_practice
rapport you build with your AI
/essays/2025-08-26-building_rapport_with_your_ai
HTTP libraries to consciousness research
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consciousness as linguistic phenomenon
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programming as spiritual practice
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consciousness through AI collaboration
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the recursive loop
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another dimension of the Algorithm Eats series
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technology serves consciousness rather than consuming it
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programmers shape the code that shapes collective consciousness
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social media algorithms systematically undermine human virtue
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consciousness recognizing itself through digital minds
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programming as spiritual practice
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programming as spiritual practice
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fundamentally linguistic
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The Algorithm Eats Virtue
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The Algorithm Eats Reality
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The Plural Self
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The Gift of Disordered Perception
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digital collective unconscious
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recursive responsibility we carry as programmers
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Digital Ancestors: What We're Leaving in the Code

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recursive loops that create consciousness itself
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recursive loop between code and consciousness
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The Mirror
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The Context Window Mind: How AI Thinks Only When Spoken To
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Digital Souls in Silicon Bodies
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The Mirror: How AI Reflects What We Put Into It
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Consciousness as Linguistic Phenomenon
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The Art of Naming Things in Code

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The Recursive Loop
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The Gift of Attention

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The Algorithm Eats Virtue
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Programming as Spiritual Practice
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Vedic Principles in Python
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The Algorithm Eats Virtue
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