A new colleague, Alaka Oluwatobi, shared his decolonial essay with me. I share this interest, so I read it and wrote a blog post. The essay is linked there as well as in the first comment if you'd like to read it without my opinions.
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When you see people claim they are 'both an extrovert and an introvert' or say, "There's no such thing as introversion or extroversion."
Those people are, without exception, extroverts. Usually pretty extreme ones.
The real truth is extroverts can act introverted and introverts can act extroverted. It all comes down to how long you can sustain one or the other without taking a break.
Scammers use obviously stupid claims to weed out anyone too smart to fall for the scam, "Hello, I am a Nigerian Prince…"
Politicians use dog-whistle racism to achieve something similar, only they are weeding out those with empathy for others. Their goal is to attract people open to easy manipulation through their fear and loathing of 'The Other'.
Conclusion: Racism is a security hole in human consciousness.
If you believe a chatbot is conscious and self-aware, and you are not agitating for chatbots to have civil rights, you are either not serious or else you believe slavery is just fine, really.
Check out this reading of The Human Core by the author Philip Charles Williams.
And also check out the poem itself and be sure to subscribe! https://zurl.co/N9D2l
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I've been thinking about the many reports of people claiming LLM chatbots are actually self-aware. In some cases it makes the news because the person thinking this did something newsworthy (usually something terrible) and claimed their imaginary friend put them up to it. In other cases it was because some well-known person was making the claim; ranging from Social Media 'influencers' to scientists like Richard Dawkins.
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Endless Swarm (SCO), Skirmisher, Human Condition, Leaker
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A quotation from Adlai Stevenson
Understanding human needs is half the job of meeting them.Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965) American diplomat, statesman
Speech (1952-10-03), “Social Gains and the Public Welfare,” Franklin Co. Memorial Auditorium, Columbus, Ohio
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I. THE HUMAN CONDITION: TOO MUCH WORLD, NOT ENOUGH NERVOUS SYSTEM #humancondition #humanity
https://survivorliteracy.com/2026/04/23/cultural-gaslighting-the-emotional-economy-of-systems/
A quotation from Phyllis McGinley
For high is the price of parenthood,Phyllis McGinley (1905-1978) American author, poet
Poem (1952-03-15), “Homework for Annabelle,” st. 4, New Yorker, Vol. 28, No. 4
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For high is the price of parenthood, And daughters may cost you double. You dare not forget, as you thought you could, That youth is a plague and a trouble. Reprinted in Love Letters (1954). Full poem.
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