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The Oldest Protocol on Earth
We built our large language models last decade. Biology built the first one four billion years ago — and it has been running, more or less unchanged in…
Jun 29
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Justin Harnish
I Went Quiet. Here's Why I'm Back.
And how I'm gonna stick to it!
Jun 1
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Justin Harnish
Your Second Brain Should Be Private
A working prototype, four missing standards, and the question that will decide who owns the next decade of AI.
Jun 1
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The Formlessness of Consciousness
Apr 22, 2022
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Enlightenment = Graciousness / (Grasping * Aversion)
Sep 1, 2022
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Practice
Jun 10, 2022
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No clothes, but safe for work!
Jun 21, 2022
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Living Scientifically
Sep 27, 2022
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Loving Awareness
Jun 23, 2022
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Emergent Podcast Episode 7: Machine Ethics
Do Unto Agents
Dec 15, 2025
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Satellites of the Mind
Searching for the Faint Traces of Other Minds in Non-Dual Awareness
Nov 25, 2025
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Justin Harnish
Emergent Podcast - Ep6 Machine Creativity
Spark or Fizzle?
Sep 19, 2025
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Justin Harnish
The Alignment Problem
Episode 4 - The Emergent Podcast
Sep 7, 2025
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Justin Harnish
What is consciousness & why does it matter in the alignment of AI?
From my perspective...
Jul 7, 2025
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Why meditate?
For a friend...
Jun 10, 2025
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Machine Consciousness
Episode 5 - The Emergent Podcast
May 21, 2025
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