The Augmented Self, Applied
What do I do with all this? The map of the companion, and the one rule under all nine stances.
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The Augmented Self, Applied
The practical companion to The Augmented Self. That series asked what a human becomes in deep relationship with AI, and what it costs. This one answers the kitchen-table question — what do I do with all this? — organised by nine stances, the distinct positions from which a real person meets the mirror.
9 Stances · Companion · Complete
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The Map
The Nine Stances
How Should I Live?
The Self
Young, middle, senior: the same tool, three different lives.
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Raising children who use the machine without being hollowed out by it.
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Wear the cape at work without turning into a dependent operator.
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Deploy AI that augments your people instead of quietly emptying them.
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Protecting real, reciprocal relationships in an age of perfect, undemanding mirrors.
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Grief, legacy, deadbots — and the ghost of yourself you are already writing.
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Who owns the means of thinking — and how to act like it matters.
Read ArticleThe Seeker
What to make of a machine that offers you a secular version of heaven.
Read ArticleThe Maker
Creating alongside a muse that has no inner life of its own.
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