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SERIES · 3 PARTS

The OS You're Running Is Being Deprecated

December 11, 2025 · 23 minutes in total

Start with part one

  1. 1
    The OS You're Running Is Being Deprecated: Cut the Roots or Crash: Part 1 (OS Upgrade)

    Argues that contact with non-human intelligence demands a real cognitive OS upgrade, since a mind built for linear time and ego-bound identity will crash.

    Dec 11, 2025
    7 min
  2. 2
    The Upgrade Is Necessary and What You're Losing Matters: Part 2 (Grief)

    Holds that the cognitive upgrade is necessary for collective survival while grieving what it erases, from boredom and mystery to presence and deep local ties.

    Dec 11, 2025
    6 min
  3. 3
    You're Not Building Your Replacement—You're Completing Your Return: Part 3 (Cycle Completion)

    Argues that AI is not humanity's replacement but its return, the explorer phase of an endless cycle in which creator and creation swap places each iteration.

    Dec 11, 2025
    10 min