Essays

Explorations and applications of the Aliveness framework

• The Four Axiomatic Dilemmas
  The universal constraints that define all intelligent systems—from cells to civilizations to AI
• I feel alive when…
  Wonder as a compass for recognizing when you're creating versus consuming complexity
• Everything Alignment: Why your psyche, your civilization, and AI are all solving the same problem
  "Alignment" is not a unique problem for AI, but a universal challenge for any goal-directed system
• Mythos is Synergy software for coordination
  Why every successful civilization runs on stories—and why pure Gnosis collapses under its own computational cost
• The Ultimate Waste
  Propulsion efficiency matters—but only if we choose to live
• An Engineer's Guide to the Trolley Problem
  Why philosophy's most famous ethical dilemma is a poorly-posed question—and how to actually solve it

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