Archive - An Ordinary Disaster

I almost became an AI sex slave

My brief deep dive into AI porn addiction

Mar 14 •

Thinking of AI as an intuition machine

Why there's a "6" on my palm, the meaning of "Decide Nothing," cave art, AI-assisted inner work, DALL-E, Jaron Lanier's "data dignity," Captain Rob, and…

Oct 18, 2022 •

Eighteen essays about addiction, masculinity, creativity, and intuition

As well as anxiety, fitness, sobriety, self-discipline, purpose, love, adventure, pain yoga, intuition, the collective unconscious, psychedelics…

Mar 25, 2023 •

What I'm Reading — April 2023

How Rick Rubin lost 130lbs, Jaron Lanier, Amy Jay, Sarah Fay, Holly Whitaker, Toni Bentley, Daniel Duane, Lyle McKeany, Soaring Twenties, Minda Lane…

Apr 29, 2023 •

What I'm Reading, Oct 2022

Kim Stanley Robinson, David L. Buchbinder, Derek Sivers, Loic Le Meur, Libel, Jed Diamond, Brad Berens, David Katznelson, Surfing To Alcatraz, The…

Oct 27, 2022 •

What my dog taught me about being an addict

...and, how the extraordinary offers an alternative

Mar 26 •

A rundown on my writing tools

Scrivener, Zotero, Substack, Zencastr, Descript, Day One, Overcast, Listen Notes, Temi, Goodreads, Open Library, the OED, Quote…

Oct 11, 2022 •

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