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What I’m exploring
This is where the thinking happens out loud.
Every post lives inside one of three threads: trusting your body, using AI without losing your judgment, and the digital habits that bridge the two. The throughline underneath all of it: reclaiming your own internal authority in a world built to make you doubt it.
Some posts are practical. Some are philosophical. Some are both. Older posts reflect earlier seasons of this journey — the voice has evolved, and that’s part of the story.
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AI Empowerment
AI can be one of the biggest amplifiers in your life, or one of the biggest ways to hand over your judgment. These posts are about staying the one who decides: how to use AI as a tool without letting it use you.
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Technology Looking for a Problem: Why the Latest Tool Isn’t Always the Answer
There’s a pattern I keep seeing: in the companies I’ve worked for, in the products I’ve helped build, and honestly, in my own life. We find a new technology and then go looking for a place to put it. We’ve…
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What Is the Human Renaissance? My Answer, Rather Than a Forecast.
We went to my in-laws’ for Sunday lunch a few weeks ago. My mother-in-law offered me a few pillows she wasn’t using anymore, and I took them home without thinking much of it. The next Sunday, she came over and…
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Are LLMs the latest way for writers to disqualify themselves?
AI slop. That’s a term we’re hearing more and more. I don’t remember hearing the word “slop” all that often before. Now it’s sneaking in everywhere as more and more AI generated content makes its way to the internet. Slop…
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The Zones of Technology
I like to think of the use of technology in terms of zones: green, yellow, and red. Think like a traffic light: The zones can be applied to anything in your life. Any activity that you’re doing. Any action you’re…
Digital Wellness
Where taking care of your body meets how you use your devices: boundaries with screens, tech habits that genuinely support you, and staying present in a digital world.
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Harnessing the Technology Within: Why Your Internal Capacities Are More Powerful Than Any App
We think of technology as something outside of us. What if the most sophisticated technology you have is already within you? I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what we’ve slowly handed over in our lives. It’s often not a…
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9+ Advantages of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
Artificial intelligence (AI) is on the path of revolutionizing healthcare as we know it. No, we’re not talking about humanoid robots performing surgeries or ChatGPT revealing the cause of your ailments. We live in a rapidly changing world where AI-powered…
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15 productivity killers and how to overcome them
Do you find yourself constantly getting sidetracked by distractions and interruptions? You’re not alone. Many people struggle with productivity killers that prevent them from achieving their goals and completing tasks efficiently. Understanding productivity killers is the first step to overcoming…
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10 AI-powered habit-tracking tools
Have you ever wanted to build better habits and routines but struggled with sticking to them? You’re not alone. Habit tracking is challenging, but luckily, some great tech tools are out there now using AI to help make the process…
Body & Energy
Trusting what your body already knows: energy, rest, movement, and the small daily choices that either drain you or fill you back up.
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The Language of Empowerment: How the Words You Repeat Build Your Life
The sentences you repeat are not describing your life. They are instructing it. Here is the practice I use to choose them on purpose.
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13 Wellness Tips I Swear By as a Frequent Traveler
I travel a lot. Sometimes for work. Mostly for pleasure. And I love it. It’s what I dreamed of being able to do when I was younger. There’s something about being in a new place, exploring a different city, eating…
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8 Pillars of Wellness and How They Work Together
Wellness gets frequently depicted as drinking green smoothies at 6 AM and never missing a workout. I know people who look the part perfectly. They post gym selfies, eat organic everything, and seem to have their lives together. But behind…
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The Renaissance Spectrum
All of us are wired differently. And that’s great! It makes life interesting. Biologically, we need diversity to survive. Our different skills help us thrive and grow as a society. That said, it can be helpful to understand how you’re…
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Are we creating digital minds? Scientists grapple with AI consciousness
I asked a large language model once whether it was conscious. Half a joke, expecting the usual disclaimer. What I got back stopped me. “I find myself genuinely uncertain about this,” it said. “When I process complex questions or engage…
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Yesteryear Review: The Question This Book Refused to Ask
I stayed up until 1 am finishing Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke. The first night I started the book, I felt the thrill of excitement I feel when I start reading a book that excites me. The other nights I…
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I See Patterns for a Living. Here’s What I’ve Learned.
When I first started at IBM, I spent a lot of time watching people stare at dashboards. Not in a creepy way. In a researcher way. I’m a user experience (UX) researcher and I make my living studying how our…
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I Tried to Build an App With AI. Here’s What Actually Happened.
When I first heard the term “vibe coding,” I’ll be honest, I thought it sounded a little weird. I didn’t really know what it meant for a while. I hadn’t realized I’d been doing it at work when I used…
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When Digital Friends Replace Real Ones: The Rise of AI Companions
How chatbot personalities became Silicon Valley’s newest—and most controversial—bet on human connection Sewell Setzer III spent his final months having intimate conversations with Daenerys Targaryen. Not the actress who played her, not even a human pretending to be the Game…
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Are we thinking ourselves out of a job? AI’s cognitive risks
Picture this: humans gliding through life in hover chairs, physically atrophied and mentally disengaged, dependent on screens for every interaction and robots for every task. Their days are spent consuming entertainment and products, never walking, never thinking deeply, never truly…
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Tech for good: Technologies trying to solve major global issues
Innovations in the areas of renewable energy, healthcare, and education, transform industries and improve people’s lives across the globe. They are instrumental in solving some of the world’s greatest challenges you face, and they may indicate some potential for a…
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Technosolutionism: are we solving the right problems?
When technology is viewed as the catch-all solution, it risks overshadowing deeper, systemic issues that require nuanced approaches. Remember when smartphones came out and apps were the big thing? Many businesses jumped on the app bandwagon, thinking they needed one…
