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The Digital Self

Technology, Transformation and the Future You

Cognition
How Humans Think and AI Generates

John Nosta on April 22, 2025

In a world of fluent machines, understanding the architecture of thought—both human and artificial—has never been more important.

In a world of fluent machines, understanding the architecture of thought—both human and artificial—has never been more important.

Artificial Intelligence
AI Is Cognitive Comfort Food

John Nosta on April 19, 2025

AI isn't just answering questions—it’s flattering us into intellectual laziness, serving comfort over clarity in a velvet voice.

AI isn't just answering questions—it’s flattering us into intellectual laziness, serving comfort over clarity in a velvet voice.

Aging
How Digital Tools May Protect the Aging Mind

John Nosta on April 17, 2025

Participation is the new smart: Digital engagement may protect the aging brain, not through screen time, but by crossing a cognitive threshold.

Participation is the new smart: Digital engagement may protect the aging brain, not through screen time, but by crossing a cognitive threshold.

Artificial Intelligence
AI and the Collapse of Time

John Nosta on April 14, 2025

Personal Perspective: When AI breaks from time, we risk losing the arc that holds our memory, meaning, and identity.

Personal Perspective: When AI breaks from time, we risk losing the arc that holds our memory, meaning, and identity.

Artificial Intelligence
AI and the Probabilistic Self

John Nosta on April 9, 2025

LLMs reveal a deeper truth that, like them, we collapse into context. But unlike them, we choose meaning over probability to become who we are.

LLMs reveal a deeper truth that, like them, we collapse into context. But unlike them, we choose meaning over probability to become who we are.

Artificial Intelligence
AI and the Memetic Spiral

John Nosta on April 5, 2025

AI mirrors our desires, pulling us into a spiral of imitation and blame—until we realize the real power lies in how we choose to see and use the mimic.

AI mirrors our desires, pulling us into a spiral of imitation and blame—until we realize the real power lies in how we choose to see and use the mimic.

Artificial Intelligence
What Is an Apple in 12,288 Dimensions?

John Nosta on March 29, 2025

In an LLM, an apple isn’t a fruit—it’s a position in 12,288-dimensional space, waiting to become meaning the moment you ask for it.

In an LLM, an apple isn’t a fruit—it’s a position in 12,288-dimensional space, waiting to become meaning the moment you ask for it.

Intelligence
Navigating Life in a Post-Cognitive World

John Nosta on March 27, 2025

In a world beyond cognition, we must rethink how we learn, create, and decide, balancing human intuition with the power of decentralized intelligence.

In a world beyond cognition, we must rethink how we learn, create, and decide, balancing human intuition with the power of decentralized intelligence.

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March 2025
Are You Too Nice?

Being overly polite might seem kind, but it often leads to problems anyway, in relationships, with friends, and at work.

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