Consciousness
Panpsychism promises to solve the Hard Problem by declaring consciousness fundamental. But what does that actually explain? By treating experience as a phase transition of organized matter, structure regains its explanatory power, and mystery regains its discipline.
Three Axes of Mind
Free will isn't an escape from causality, it's a biological achievement. By mapping the "interior workspace" where memory and future-modeling delay our impulses, we find that agency isn't a mysterious spark, but an emergent property of systems deeply assembled in time.
Assembled Time
In an age optimized for immediacy, long-form stories train a rare cognitive skill: the ability to assemble time. Braided narratives teach us to hold unresolved pasts, integrate meaning across threads, and resist the flattening force of feeds, shallow AI, and disposable moments.
Artificial Intelligence
The Shoggoth haunts AI discourse because something feels missing beneath the smile. This essay argues that the fear is not of a hidden monster, but of intelligence without depth—powerful cognition unburdened by memory, history, or stakes.