…and this has in part to do with the fact that people are under satiated in their desire for companionship or for friendship. And I think it's scary to then just fill that void with a digital simulacra, but I think the demand is there."
Dwarkesh Patel, "What the Frontier Labs Know That We Don't", Interesting Times
23 Oct 2026
28 - The Bagman, Pt. 3
One of the front wheels of the cart had gone wonky. What to do about it? Nothing. Where all was burnt to ash before them no fires were to be had and the nights were long and dark and cold beyond anything they'd yet encountered.
Cormac McCarthy, The Road
16 Oct 2026
27 - The Bagman, Pt. 2
Some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild.
Stephen King, Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption
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