The modern trap is not technology, it is comfort. Most of us did not wake up one morning and decide to become mentally dependent. It happened slowly, one helpful feature at a time. First we stopped remembering phone numbers.Then we stopped navigating.Then we stopped spelling.Then we stopped reading long things.Then we stopped debating ideas all […]
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There is a new creative worldview spreading fast, especially among younger creators who grew up online, grew up with social media, and are now growing up with AI. It is not framed as a theory. It is framed as freedom. It says: If you can imagine it, you can generate it.If you can generate it,
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Something just happened in the fandom world that deserves more attention than it’s getting. San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC), one of the most culturally influential gatherings in the creative world, has taken a clear stance by prohibiting AI-generated work from its Art Show submissions. Whether you personally agree with that decision or not, it is not
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The Question Everyone Keeps AskingWhy is it acceptable for humans to reference past work but controversial when AI does the same thing? Humans Do Not Reference CasuallyWhen a human borrows, quotes, or echoes another work, it is usually because something resonated. There is aesthetic appreciation. There is emotional response. Sometimes there is homage, parody, critique,
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Ritual, Connection, and the Need to Be With One Another Most of the rituals we keep are not efficient. They require time.They interrupt schedules.They ask people to show up, sometimes from far away, for moments that could technically be acknowledged with a message or a form. And yet, we keep doing them. Because many human
Why Humans Mark Moments—and Why That is Important There are things humans do that don’t make sense if efficiency is the only metric. We wear the same socks on game day.We keep a lucky coin in a drawer.We sit in the same chair, even when others are open. We know—logically—that these things don’t change outcomes.
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Nicholas Fung works at the intersection of language, cognition, and human learning, where technology meets the realities of how people actually think, listen, and communicate. With a background rooted in linguistics, music, and interpretation, his perspective challenges the way language and knowledge are traditionally institutionalized and taught. Rather than treating learning as something visual, procedural,
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The Return of the Signature: Why Creator Identity Still Matters in the Age of AI For most of modern history, creative work carried an assumption. If something looked real, it probably was.If something looked polished, effort was involved.If something carried a name, responsibility followed. That assumption no longer holds. Artificial intelligence did not merely accelerate
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When debates become endlessly complex, it is usually not because the issue itself is complicated. It is because complexity is being used as cover. Layered language, technical distinctions, moral caveats, and academic framing often serve a single purpose: to prevent a clear question from being asked. If the real question is never named, it never
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One of the most casually abused phrases in the AI debate is “public-facing content.” It sounds neutral. Technical. Almost reasonable. It is none of those things. “Public-facing” has quietly become a rhetorical shortcut used to imply permission where none was given, consent where none was offered, and donation where income was intended. The phrase does
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