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<p>From the <a href="https://zerohplovecraft.wordpress.com/2021/07/07/dont-make-me-think/" target="_blank">original article</a> on July 7, 2021. Author: <a href="https://twitter.com/0x49fa98" target="_blank">Zero HP Lovecraft</a>.</p>
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<h2>1. Dagger <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗡" src="/files/1f5e1.svg"></h2>
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<p>A man<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">—a boy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👦" src="/files/1f466.svg">—grows up in the exquisitely quantified<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔢" src="/files/1f522.svg"><strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📊" src="/files/1f4ca.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"></strong> and gamified<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎮" src="/files/1f3ae.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> world<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌎" src="/files/1f30e.svg">, in the city<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌆" src="/files/1f306.svg"> of Cupertino, on the edge<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"> of the Santa Clara Valley, in the shadow<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👤" src="/files/1f464.svg"> of the Santa Cruz Mountains<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛰" src="/files/26f0.svg">. When he is eleven, his parents<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👪" src="/files/1f46a.svg">—an Ashkenazi<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✡️" src="/files/2721.svg"> technical<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💻" src="/files/1f4bb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📊" src="/files/1f4ca.svg"> product<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏭" src="/files/1f3ed.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> manager<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> and a Chinese<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🇨🇳" src="/files/1f1e8-1f1f3.svg"> game<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎮" src="/files/1f3ae.svg"> designer<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏛" src="/files/1f3db.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> named<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> “Sing” Song<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎶" src="/files/1f3b6.svg">—take him to get his Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> at the hospital<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏥" src="/files/1f3e5.svg"> by the Super Kyo-Po<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🇰🇷" src="/files/1f1f0-1f1f7.svg"> plaza.</p>
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<p>A robot <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"> performs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the procedure, which requires no<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"> general anaesthesia<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💤" src="/files/1f4a4.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💉" src="/files/1f489.svg">, in one hour <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕐" src="/files/1f550.svg">. While they wait<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⌚️" src="/files/231a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, his parents buy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛒" src="/files/1f6d2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> their groceries for the week<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗓" src="/files/1f5d3.svg">, and when it’s over<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤵️" src="/files/2935.svg">, they take him to get ramen<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍜" src="/files/1f35c.svg"> for lunch. He orders<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤴" src="/files/1f934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> two ajitsuke<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👅" src="/files/1f445.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧂" src="/files/1f9c2.svg"> eggs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥚" src="/files/1f95a.svg"> and extra chashu<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍜" src="/files/1f35c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐷" src="/files/1f437.svg"> pork (because he’s a growing boy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👦" src="/files/1f466.svg">) and his parents<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👪" src="/files/1f46a.svg"> eat<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍽" src="/files/1f37d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😋" src="/files/1f60b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> compressed enriched mealworm bricks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐛" src="/files/1f41b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧱" src="/files/1f9f1.svg">. For them, Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> degustation<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐛" src="/files/1f41b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦋" src="/files/1f98b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👅" src="/files/1f445.svg"></strong> technology<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💻" src="/files/1f4bb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧪" src="/files/1f9ea.svg"> makes the worm loaf<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐛" src="/files/1f41b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍞" src="/files/1f35e.svg"> phenomenologically <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👂" src="/files/1f442.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👅" src="/files/1f445.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> indistinguishable from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> a hot<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔥" src="/files/1f525.svg"> bowl of Hakata ramen<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍜" src="/files/1f35c.svg">.</p>
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<p>For the next three<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="3️⃣" src="/files/33-20e3.svg"> nights<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌒" src="/files/1f312.svg">, as expected, the boy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👦" src="/files/1f466.svg"> sees<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> dazzling<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤩" src="/files/1f929.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> incomprehensible dreams<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💤" src="/files/1f4a4.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎥" src="/files/1f3a5.svg">, all of which he forgets<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📉" src="/files/1f4c9.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, and on the fourth day<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📅" src="/files/1f4c5.svg">, he wakes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☕️" src="/files/2615.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> without<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"> waking<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☕️" src="/files/2615.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> into a vaporwave<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💨" src="/files/1f4a8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌊" src="/files/1f30a.svg"> expanse of Pantone rose quartz<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌹" src="/files/1f339.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💎" src="/files/1f48e.svg"> and serenity<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☮️" src="/files/262e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔵" src="/files/1f535.svg">. A voice<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗣" src="/files/1f5e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"> in his head<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> “good morning<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👍" src="/files/1f44d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌅" src="/files/1f305.svg">,” and it sounds<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔉" src="/files/1f509.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> his mother but with uninflected English<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏴" src="/files/1f3f4-e0067-e0062-e0065-e006e-e0067-e007f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg">. “You can call<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☎️" src="/files/260e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"> me Amy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-200d-2640-fe0f.svg">, unless you prefer a different name<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">. We’ll be getting to know<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> each other better in the coming weeks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗓" src="/files/1f5d3.svg">, but for now<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> I need to make sure everything is working properly. If you can hear<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👂" src="/files/1f442.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"> me, please think<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> about a rhinoceros<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦏" src="/files/1f98f.svg">.</p>
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<p>“…Good<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👍" src="/files/1f44d.svg">, and now a castle<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏰" src="/files/1f3f0.svg">?</p>
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<p>“…Good<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👍" src="/files/1f44d.svg">, and now your favorite<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥇" src="/files/1f947.svg"> TV show <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📺" src="/files/1f4fa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg">?”</p>
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<p>Amy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> teaches<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🏫" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f3eb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him to make search queries<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❓" src="/files/2753.svg"> with his mind<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg">, and to install<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> applications<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📱" src="/files/1f4f1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg">, and tells<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him she will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> collect his biometrics<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧬" src="/files/1f9ec.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📊" src="/files/1f4ca.svg"> to ensure he remains in good<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👍" src="/files/1f44d.svg"> health at all times<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg">. She will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> read<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> his thoughts<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, but she will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> never<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> share them with anyone, and will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> always respect<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙇‍♂️" src="/files/1f647-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤴" src="/files/1f934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> his privacy️<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤫" src="/files/1f92b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">. The boy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👦" src="/files/1f466.svg"> doesn’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> tell<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> her, though he guesses<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤷‍♂️" src="/files/1f937-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> she will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> know<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, that he receives<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤲" src="/files/1f932.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> this as a threat<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔪" src="/files/1f52a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">. Hereafter, his life will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> be measured<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📏" src="/files/1f4cf.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> and optimized<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📈" src="/files/1f4c8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> and nudged<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👈" src="/files/1f448.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, to help him live up to his full<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💯" src="/files/1f4af.svg"> potential.</p>
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<p>As he reads<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> his books<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📚" src="/files/1f4da.svg"> in school<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏫" src="/files/1f3eb.svg">, Amy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> highlights<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏫" src="/files/23eb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🖍" src="/files/1f58d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the words<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✍" src="/files/270d.svg"> one<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="1️⃣" src="/files/31-20e3.svg"> at a time<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"> to help him keep the pace<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏃‍♂️" src="/files/1f3c3-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"> while studying<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙇‍♂️" src="/files/1f647-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏫" src="/files/1f3eb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">. She tells<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him how many words<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✍" src="/files/270d.svg"> he has read<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, how many minutes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏲" src="/files/23f2.svg"> he has spent reading<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, and ranks him against local, regional, and national averages. She shows<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👉" src="/files/1f449.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him how to find<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎯" src="/files/1f3af.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> his position<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"> on a leaderboard<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤴" src="/files/1f934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📊" src="/files/1f4ca.svg"> that charts<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📊" src="/files/1f4ca.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the reading<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> ability of everyone in his age cohort<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📊" src="/files/1f4ca.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">.</p>
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<p>Reading<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, writing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✍️" src="/files/270d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, and arithmetic<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➕" src="/files/2795.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➖" src="/files/2796.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➗" src="/files/2797.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✖️" src="/files/2716.svg"> are all fully automated<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> through Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg">. A program<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"> in the boy’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👦" src="/files/1f466.svg"> personal<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> cloud<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☁️" src="/files/2601.svg"> decodes images<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🖼" src="/files/1f5bc.svg"> retrieved from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> the lateral geniculate nucleus of his brain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> and parses them into words<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✍" src="/files/270d.svg"> using OCR algorithms<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"> (Pravettoni et al., 2034, <em>Mitigating Systemic</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕸" src="/files/1f578.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"><em> Cognitive Inequalities through Automation</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><em> of Mental</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"><em> Labor.</em>) A similar<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚖️" src="/files/2696.svg"></strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪞" src="/files/1fa9e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> mechanism<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"> is used to automatically<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> detect<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕵️‍♂️" src="/files/1f575-fe0f-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"> mathematical<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔢" src="/files/1f522.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> symbols and perform<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the relevant computations<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💻" src="/files/1f4bb.svg">.</p>
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<p>Students<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨🏻‍🎓" src="/files/1f468-1f3fb-200d-1f393.svg"> hear<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👂" src="/files/1f442.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the words<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✍" src="/files/270d.svg"> they are reading<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, or the answers<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❗️" src="/files/2757.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> to math<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔢" src="/files/1f522.svg"> questions, in their own inner “voice<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗣" src="/files/1f5e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎤" src="/files/1f3a4.svg">” – the Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> driver<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚗" src="/files/1f697.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> is able to manifest these values<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg"> in the mind<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"> of the student<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨🏻‍🎓" src="/files/1f468-1f3fb-200d-1f393.svg"> using a method called<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> Concept Injection<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💉" src="/files/1f489.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">. The purpose of education<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏫" src="/files/1f3eb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> is not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"> to train<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚂" src="/files/1f682.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> students to read<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> or do math<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔢" src="/files/1f522.svg">; it’s to train<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚂" src="/files/1f682.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> them to use mental<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> automation<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> effectively. Tool-assisted<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛠" src="/files/1f6e0.svg"> reading<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> is performed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> through the cultivation<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨🏽‍🌾" src="/files/1f468-1f3fd-200d-1f33e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌱" src="/files/1f331.svg"> of passivity and “flow<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌊" src="/files/1f30a.svg">”. The application<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"> gives<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎁" src="/files/1f381.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, and the reader receives<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤲" src="/files/1f932.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">.</p>
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<p>In P.E. class, they use a parkour program<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"> and play follow the leader<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤴" src="/files/1f934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, free-running<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🆓" src="/files/1f193.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏃‍♂️" src="/files/1f3c3-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> through an obstacle course by playing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="▶️" src="/files/25b6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> back neuromotor<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚗" src="/files/1f697.svg"> recordings<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📼" src="/files/1f4fc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> top<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥇" src="/files/1f947.svg"> athletes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛹🏾‍♀️" src="/files/26f9-1f3fe-200d-2640-fe0f.svg">. Although they are children, they can tap<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍺" src="/files/1f37a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> into the aggregated<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➕" src="/files/2795.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📊" src="/files/1f4ca.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> muscle<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> memory<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg"> of a thousand lifetimes. The boy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👦" src="/files/1f466.svg"> feels like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> a passenger<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚌" src="/files/1f68c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> in his own body<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦵" src="/files/1f9b5.svg">, but it’s thrilling<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎢" src="/files/1f3a2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> to feel himself leap<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"> from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> a height<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏫" src="/files/23eb.svg">, roll<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗞" src="/files/1f5de.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> and dash<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏭" src="/files/23ed.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> across concrete pylons and flip<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔃" src="/files/1f503.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> off of railings and wall ledges. Sometimes he wonders<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❓" src="/files/2753.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> if it’s really happening or if it’s just a hallucination<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤩" src="/files/1f929.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎆" src="/files/1f386.svg">, but his muscles<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> feel sore<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤕" src="/files/1f915.svg"> afterwards. Whether it’s real may be entirely the wrong<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❌" src="/files/274c.svg"> question<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❓" src="/files/2753.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">.</p>
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<p>When he uses the toilet<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚽" src="/files/1f6bd.svg">, Amy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> records<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📼" src="/files/1f4fc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> all his muscle<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> movements, and shows<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👉" src="/files/1f449.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him metrics<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📏" src="/files/1f4cf.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📊" src="/files/1f4ca.svg"> that track how much his anus<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍑" src="/files/1f351.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕳" src="/files/1f573.svg"> clenches when he shits<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💩" src="/files/1f4a9.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">. She explains how these metrics<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📏" src="/files/1f4cf.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📊" src="/files/1f4ca.svg"> can be used to detect<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕵️‍♂️" src="/files/1f575-fe0f-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> leading<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤴" src="/files/1f934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> indicators<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📊" src="/files/1f4ca.svg"> of unhealthy bowel<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍑" src="/files/1f351.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↩️" src="/files/21a9.svg"> function<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, and recommends (both to him and his parents<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👪" src="/files/1f46a.svg">) that he should switch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎚" src="/files/1f39a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to a higher fiber<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏫" src="/files/23eb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥦" src="/files/1f966.svg"> nutrient brick<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧱" src="/files/1f9f1.svg">. (Heaton, Radavan, 2024, <em>Dark Matter</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚛️" src="/files/269b.svg"><em>: Extrapolating Behavior</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐵" src="/files/1f435.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><em> in the Enteric Nervous System</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕸" src="/files/1f578.svg"><em> Using Neuralink</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"><em>)</em></p>
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<p>Sometimes whole weeks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗓" src="/files/1f5d3.svg"> go by without a single<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="1️⃣" src="/files/31-20e3.svg"> act<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of agency on the part of the boy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👦" src="/files/1f466.svg">. Amy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> wake up<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☕️" src="/files/2615.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> and he wakes up<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☕️" src="/files/2615.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">. She says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> get dressed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👔" src="/files/1f454.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> and he gets dressed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👔" src="/files/1f454.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">. She says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> go here<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤵️" src="/files/2935.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg">, do this, go there<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg">, study<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙇‍♂️" src="/files/1f647-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏫" src="/files/1f3eb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">; eat<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍽" src="/files/1f37d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">; and he does<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, he does<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, he does<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">. It feels less like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> obedience<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙇‍♂️" src="/files/1f647-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> and more like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> convenience <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏪" src="/files/1f3ea.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">.</p>
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<p>When he is thirteen, in accordance with economic<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💸" src="/files/1f4b8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💹" src="/files/1f4b9.svg"> forecasts<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☀️" src="/files/2600.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☔️" src="/files/2614.svg">, he enrolls in a vocational track<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛤" src="/files/1f6e4.svg"> to learn<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙇‍♂️" src="/files/1f647-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> about encephalic<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> software<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"> engineering<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛠" src="/files/1f6e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">. In his sleep<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😴" src="/files/1f634.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, Amy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> dreams<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💤" src="/files/1f4a4.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎥" src="/files/1f3a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> schematics<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📝" src="/files/1f4dd.svg"> and flowcharts<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌊" src="/files/1f30a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📊" src="/files/1f4ca.svg"> and diagrams into his mind<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg">. At the same time<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg">, she enrolls him in YouSocial, a broker<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💹" src="/files/1f4b9.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📡" src="/files/1f4e1.svg"> for B-certifications<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🅱️" src="/files/1f171.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔏" src="/files/1f50f.svg">. B-certified individuals<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🅱️" src="/files/1f171.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔏" src="/files/1f50f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> are people who meet the highest<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏫" src="/files/23eb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏫" src="/files/23eb.svg"> standards of verified<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☑️" src="/files/2611.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✍️" src="/files/270d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> social and environmental performance<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, who work<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👷‍♀️" src="/files/1f477-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👩‍💻" src="/files/1f469-200d-1f4bb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> together to redefine<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"> success and build<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👷‍♂️" src="/files/1f477-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> a more inclusive<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💅🏾" src="/files/1f485-1f3fe.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚽" src="/files/1f6bd.svg"> and sustainable<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="♻️" src="/files/267b.svg"> economy, creating new<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✨" src="/files/2728.svg"> incentives<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤩" src="/files/1f929.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥂" src="/files/1f942.svg"> through personal<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👩‍💼" src="/files/1f469-200d-1f4bc.svg"> transparency and accountability<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧾" src="/files/1f9fe.svg">. (What is B-Certification?, YouSocial.com/FAQs, 2031.) On average, it takes five<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="5️⃣" src="/files/35-20e3.svg"> years<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗓" src="/files/1f5d3.svg"> for young adults to earn a B-certification<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🅱️" src="/files/1f171.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔏" src="/files/1f50f.svg">; employers and colleges<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎓" src="/files/1f393.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏫" src="/files/1f3eb.svg"> use the cert<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔏" src="/files/1f50f.svg"> as an essential<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚗️" src="/files/2697.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> criteria for evaluating applicants.</p>
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<p>On the weekends<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗓" src="/files/1f5d3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔚" src="/files/1f51a.svg">, his father<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍👦" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f466.svg"> takes him geocaching<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌎" src="/files/1f30e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> with an app<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📱" src="/files/1f4f1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"> called Recollect, in which the proprietor of a hidden<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙈" src="/files/1f648.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> cache uploads<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤲" src="/files/1f932.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛰" src="/files/1f6f0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> a memory<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg"> of the act<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of hiding<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙈" src="/files/1f648.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> it, but does not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> share the coordinates<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg">. Together, the boy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👦" src="/files/1f466.svg"> and his dad<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍👦" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f466.svg"> find<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎯" src="/files/1f3af.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> a memory<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg"> of a capsule<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"> in a flower pot<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌷" src="/files/1f337.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍯" src="/files/1f36f.svg"> next to a statue<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗿" src="/files/1f5ff.svg"> of Nikola Tesla<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg">, and they join the others who have found<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎯" src="/files/1f3af.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> it there<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> by uploading<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤲" src="/files/1f932.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛰" src="/files/1f6f0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> their own memories<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg"> to the chain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛓" src="/files/26d3.svg"> of recollections.</p>
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<p>Inside<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> the capsule<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"> is a small<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤏" src="/files/1f90f.svg"> Tesla coil<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌀" src="/files/1f300.svg">, and when he beholds<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤝" src="/files/1f91d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> it, a popup<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎉" src="/files/1f389.svg"> in his mind’s eye<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"> asks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❓" src="/files/2753.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> if he would like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> to relive the collective’s discovery<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧭" src="/files/1f9ed.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔬" src="/files/1f52c.svg">. He assents<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👍" src="/files/1f44d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">. A kaleidoscopic<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔭" src="/files/1f52d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌈" src="/files/1f308.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> wave<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌊" src="/files/1f30a.svg"> of images<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🖼" src="/files/1f5bc.svg"> floods<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌊" src="/files/1f30a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌊" src="/files/1f30a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> his mind<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg">, layers<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍰" src="/files/1f370.svg"> of phantom<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👤" src="/files/1f464.svg"> approaches to the capsule<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"> from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> every angle<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📐" src="/files/1f4d0.svg">; panoramic sight, polyphonic<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌈" src="/files/1f308.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"> echoes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔊" src="/files/1f50a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪞" src="/files/1fa9e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of satisfaction<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤤" src="/files/1f924.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">.</p>
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<p>When he is fifteen, some of the parental<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👪" src="/files/1f46a.svg"> controls<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔑" src="/files/1f511.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕹" src="/files/1f579.svg"> fall<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍂" src="/files/1f342.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> away, and Amy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> introduces him to Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> pornography<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍆" src="/files/1f346.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👯‍♀️" src="/files/1f46f-200d-2640-fe0f.svg">, which is metered<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📏" src="/files/1f4cf.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📊" src="/files/1f4ca.svg"> by homework<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏠" src="/files/1f3e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📝" src="/files/1f4dd.svg"> completed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💯" src="/files/1f4af.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> . Memory-based<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg"> porn<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍆" src="/files/1f346.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👯‍♀️" src="/files/1f46f-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> is regulated<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👩‍⚖️" src="/files/1f469-200d-2696-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> by the LOTUS EATER<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌸" src="/files/1f338.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧘‍♀️" src="/files/1f9d8-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍽" src="/files/1f37d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😋" src="/files/1f60b.svg"> Act: using direct<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🫀" src="/files/1fac0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔌" src="/files/1f50c.svg"> brain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> stimulation<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💉" src="/files/1f489.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> to induce<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏁" src="/files/1f3c1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> orgasm<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍆" src="/files/1f346.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💦" src="/files/1f4a6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> is classified as wireheading<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤪" src="/files/1f92a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, and this functionality<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> can only be deployed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💻" src="/files/1f4bb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌩" src="/files/1f329.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"> by software<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"> certified<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔏" src="/files/1f50f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> by behavioral<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐵" src="/files/1f435.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> experts<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤓" src="/files/1f913.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👩‍🔬" src="/files/1f469-200d-1f52c.svg"> to have value<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg"> in promoting or fostering prosocial behaviors<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐵" src="/files/1f435.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> in the user.</p>
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<p>Recorded<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📼" src="/files/1f4fc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> memories<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg"> that contain sexual<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍆" src="/files/1f346.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌮" src="/files/1f32e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> stimulation<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💉" src="/files/1f489.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of erogenous<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😽" src="/files/1f63d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> parts fall<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍂" src="/files/1f342.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> under<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↪️" src="/files/21aa.svg"> Schedule<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✒️" src="/files/2712.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗓" src="/files/1f5d3.svg"> II, which defines<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"> any memory<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg"> or application that induces<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏁" src="/files/1f3c1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> euphoria<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😆" src="/files/1f606.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎇" src="/files/1f387.svg"> conducive to single-mindedness<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="1️⃣" src="/files/31-20e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> as a potential vector→ of abuse<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤬" src="/files/1f92c.svg">. (Limiting Onanistic Tendencies Under<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↪️" src="/files/21aa.svg"> Simulation<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👾" src="/files/1f47e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg">, Exceptions Afforded To Education & Remediation, 13 U.S.C. §§ 56-341, 2028.)</p>
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<p>Amy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> lets him browse<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕸" src="/files/1f578.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the porn<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍆" src="/files/1f346.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👯‍♀️" src="/files/1f46f-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> networks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕸" src="/files/1f578.svg"> for up to an hour<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕐" src="/files/1f550.svg"> each day<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📅" src="/files/1f4c5.svg">, provided he completes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💯" src="/files/1f4af.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> all of his homework<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏠" src="/files/1f3e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📝" src="/files/1f4dd.svg">. Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> pornography<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍆" src="/files/1f346.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👯‍♀️" src="/files/1f46f-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> allows<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔓" src="/files/1f513.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✍️" src="/files/270d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the user to have first-person<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="1️⃣" src="/files/31-20e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> sexual<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍆" src="/files/1f346.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌮" src="/files/1f32e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> experiences across a range <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏔" src="/files/1f3d4.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛰" src="/files/26f0.svg">of genders<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚹" src="/files/1f6b9.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚺" src="/files/1f6ba.svg"> and sexual<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍆" src="/files/1f346.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌮" src="/files/1f32e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> presentations, and has been shown<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👉" src="/files/1f449.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to significantly reduce<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📉" src="/files/1f4c9.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> prejudice<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤬" src="/files/1f92c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👬🏿" src="/files/1f46c-1f3ff.svg"> against marginalized sexual<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍆" src="/files/1f346.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌮" src="/files/1f32e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> identities<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🆔" src="/files/1f194.svg"> (West et. al, 2034, <em>Can Intra-Subjective</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><em> Non-Binary Sexual Experiences Induce</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏁" src="/files/1f3c1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"><em> Empathy</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💙" src="/files/1f499.svg"><em>?</em>).</p>
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<p>As he grows older<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👴🏻" src="/files/1f474-1f3fb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> and despite the prodding<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👉" src="/files/1f449.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐂" src="/files/1f402.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> of the voice<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗣" src="/files/1f5e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"> in his head<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">, he never concerns himself with the thoughts<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> or the dealings of women<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2640-fe0f.svg">. In high school<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏫" src="/files/23eb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏫" src="/files/1f3eb.svg">, Amy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> tries to broker<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💹" src="/files/1f4b9.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📡" src="/files/1f4e1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> dates for him, but he does not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> care for dates with boys<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👦" src="/files/1f466.svg">, and he finds<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎯" src="/files/1f3af.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the girls<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎‍♀️" src="/files/1f64e-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> Amy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> suggests to be ugly<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👺" src="/files/1f47a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> or otherwise deficient. (1 in 4 boys<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👦" src="/files/1f466.svg"> are resistant<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛡" src="/files/1f6e1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> to Neuralink <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg">-induced<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏁" src="/files/1f3c1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> “cued bisexuality” vs. 1 in 50 girls. [French, 2029, <em>The Conservative Case for State-Enforced Homosexuality.</em>])</p>
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<p>Yet when he is seventeen, all on his own, he meets a hapashkenazi<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🇨🇳" src="/files/1f1e8-1f1f3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✡️" src="/files/2721.svg"> girl named<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> May with a face<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♀️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> Chongqing重庆市 and tits<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍼" src="/files/1f37c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍈" src="/files/1f348.svg"> from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> Samandar. He is overcome with lust<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😍" src="/files/1f60d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍆" src="/files/1f346.svg"> for her, but she rejects his advances. (The exact location<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> of Samandar is unknown<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">; medieval<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏰" src="/files/1f3f0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📜" src="/files/1f4dc.svg"> Arabic<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕌" src="/files/1f54c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> sources<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"> place<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📌" src="/files/1f4cc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the city<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏙" src="/files/1f3d9.svg"> midway between<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥪" src="/files/1f96a.svg"> Derbent and Atil, near the shore<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏖" src="/files/1f3d6.svg"> of the Caspian Sea<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐚" src="/files/1f41a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌊" src="/files/1f30a.svg"> [Brook, 2018, <em>The Jews</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✡️" src="/files/2721.svg"><em> of Khazaria.</em>])</p>
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<p>In anger<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😡" src="/files/1f621.svg">, he picks a fight<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚔️" src="/files/2694.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> with another boy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👦" src="/files/1f466.svg"> that she favors<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥰" src="/files/1f970.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">. He balls up his fist<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👊" src="/files/1f44a.svg"> and it flies<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✈️" src="/files/2708.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> at his rival’s head<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">, as if of its own accord, but before<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↙️" src="/files/2199.svg"> the punch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👊" src="/files/1f44a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> can connect<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg">, Amy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> fills his mind<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"> with calming<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😶" src="/files/1f636.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> emotions<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😂" src="/files/1f602.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😭" src="/files/1f62d.svg"> and inhibits<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛑" src="/files/1f6d1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the muscles<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> in his shoulder and tricep. He relaxes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛁" src="/files/1f6c1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕯" src="/files/1f56f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> in spite of his will. Even so, the other boy’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👦" src="/files/1f466.svg"> eyes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"> become glassy, lost in some neuromanipulated<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤚" src="/files/1f91a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛠" src="/files/1f6e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> soothing unto himself. (An exercise<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏃‍♂️" src="/files/1f3c3-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚴‍♂️" src="/files/1f6b4-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> in theory<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🔬" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f52c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"> of mind<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg">: that other boy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👦" src="/files/1f466.svg"> must have his own Amy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-200d-2640-fe0f.svg">, with her own voice<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗣" src="/files/1f5e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg">, and her own name<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">. What does<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> she tell<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him?) The peace<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕊" src="/files/1f54a.svg"> of the moment<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏱" src="/files/23f1.svg"> yields<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚠️" src="/files/26a0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> rapidly<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏩" src="/files/23e9.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> to terror<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😱" src="/files/1f631.svg">, because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> the boy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👦" src="/files/1f466.svg"> realizes his body<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦵" src="/files/1f9b5.svg"> may disobey him.</p>
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<p>Instantly, Amy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> files<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📁" src="/files/1f4c1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> an incident<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💢" src="/files/1f4a2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚠️" src="/files/26a0.svg"> report<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗂" src="/files/1f5c2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> with the school<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏫" src="/files/1f3eb.svg"> board and the local police<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👮‍♀️" src="/files/1f46e-200d-2640-fe0f.svg">, indicating<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👇" src="/files/1f447.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the boy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👦" src="/files/1f466.svg"> was the antagonist in an attempted assault<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤜" src="/files/1f91c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💢" src="/files/1f4a2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> in which he experienced hot-blooded<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔥" src="/files/1f525.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🩸" src="/files/1fa78.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> violent<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚔️" src="/files/2694.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🩸" src="/files/1fa78.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> intentions. The ticket<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎫" src="/files/1f3ab.svg"> is routed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛣" src="/files/1f6e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to the school<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏫" src="/files/1f3eb.svg"> guidance counselor’s office, where a bot<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"> processes the report<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗂" src="/files/1f5c2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> and prescribes a course of medium-intensity guilt<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😞" src="/files/1f61e.svg"> to be invoked whenever the boy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👦" src="/files/1f466.svg"> recalls<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔂" src="/files/1f502.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☎️" src="/files/260e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the incident in question<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❓" src="/files/2753.svg">. The prescription<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤴" src="/files/1f934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"> is appended to the ticket<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎫" src="/files/1f3ab.svg">, which is marked<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🖍" src="/files/1f58d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> as ‘pending review,’ whereupon the automated<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> psychiatric<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍⚕️" src="/files/1f468-200d-2695-fe0f.svg"> consultant for the district approves it and pushes a notification<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎉" src="/files/1f389.svg"> to Amy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-200d-2640-fe0f.svg">, the boy’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👦" src="/files/1f466.svg"> parents<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍👩‍👧" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f469-200d-1f467.svg">, and the school’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏫" src="/files/1f3eb.svg"> student resources office<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏢" src="/files/1f3e2.svg">. The round trip time<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"> from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> filing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📁" src="/files/1f4c1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> the ticket<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎫" src="/files/1f3ab.svg"> to its approval<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⭕️" src="/files/2b55.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> is just over<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤵️" src="/files/2935.svg"> six seconds<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="6️⃣" src="/files/36-20e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏱" src="/files/23f1.svg">, with 2/3rds of the time<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"> spent waiting<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⌚️" src="/files/231a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> on the approval, 18% above the mean but still a 3.2% improvement<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📈" src="/files/1f4c8.svg"> YOY. The boy’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👦" src="/files/1f466.svg"> score on YouSocial is decremented<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📉" src="/files/1f4c9.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> by ten points, with a chance<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎰" src="/files/1f3b0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> to mitigate the penalty if he completes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💯" src="/files/1f4af.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> a probationary period with no recidivism.</p>
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<p>As soon as the approval comes through, Amy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> deploys<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💻" src="/files/1f4bb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌩" src="/files/1f329.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the guilt<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😞" src="/files/1f61e.svg"> through the boy’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👦" src="/files/1f466.svg"> Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg">, and although he feels a heaviness in his chest, he is unable<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> to place its origin. He does not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> feel any remorse<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😔" src="/files/1f614.svg"> about trying to punch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👊" src="/files/1f44a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the other boy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👦" src="/files/1f466.svg">, and the experience of guilt feels like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> it comes from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> somewhere outside<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him, as in fact, it does<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">. He dislikes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> the sensation<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👂" src="/files/1f442.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👅" src="/files/1f445.svg">, but on some level<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👾" src="/files/1f47e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍰" src="/files/1f370.svg"> he knows<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the provenance<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌱" src="/files/1f331.svg"> of the feeling, and that it’s part of the same intervention that stopped<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛑" src="/files/1f6d1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> landing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛬" src="/files/1f6ec.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> his punch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👊" src="/files/1f44a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> in the first<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="1️⃣" src="/files/31-20e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> place. He hates Amy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-200d-2640-fe0f.svg">, and his anger<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😡" src="/files/1f621.svg"> wells up under<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↪️" src="/files/21aa.svg"> the artificial guilt<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😔" src="/files/1f614.svg"> and subsumes it.</p>
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<p>One night<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌒" src="/files/1f312.svg"> he downloads<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📡" src="/files/1f4e1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤲" src="/files/1f932.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> a memory<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg"> from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> Recollect of a curving road<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛣" src="/files/1f6e3.svg"> where no street signs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛣" src="/files/1f6e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚸" src="/files/1f6b8.svg"> are visible. In the memory<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg">, he parks his car<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚗" src="/files/1f697.svg"> on the highway<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏫" src="/files/23eb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛣" src="/files/1f6e3.svg"> shoulder and steps<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👣" src="/files/1f463.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> out into the humid air<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌬" src="/files/1f32c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💨" src="/files/1f4a8.svg"> of a marsh<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌧" src="/files/1f327.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌿" src="/files/1f33f.svg"> in the San Francisco<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌉" src="/files/1f309.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💩" src="/files/1f4a9.svg"> Bay. He walks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚶‍♂️" src="/files/1f6b6-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> into the wetlands<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌧" src="/files/1f327.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏝" src="/files/1f3dd.svg"> with a flashlight<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔦" src="/files/1f526.svg">, uncomfortably far, and lifts<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏋️‍♂️" src="/files/1f3cb-fe0f-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> up a rock<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪨" src="/files/1faa8.svg"> with a false<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❌" src="/files/274c.svg"> bottom<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍑" src="/files/1f351.svg">. Without looking<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧐" src="/files/1f9d0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, he places an object inside<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg">, so that the nature<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌲" src="/files/1f332.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌱" src="/files/1f331.svg"> of his treasure<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💎" src="/files/1f48e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💍" src="/files/1f48d.svg"> cannot<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> be discerned by aspiring recollectors. But although the object cannot be seen<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg">, it’s clear<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💎" src="/files/1f48e.svg"> from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> the emotion<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😂" src="/files/1f602.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😭" src="/files/1f62d.svg"> of the rememberer<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> that he has hidden<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙈" src="/files/1f648.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> more than just an artifact<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏺" src="/files/1f3fa.svg">; he has also buried<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚰️" src="/files/26b0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> an obligation, and this is a ritual<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙏" src="/files/1f64f.svg">; it’s not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"> the first<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="1️⃣" src="/files/31-20e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> time<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"> and it won’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"> be the last.</p>
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<p>The boy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👦" src="/files/1f466.svg"> goes out to the wetlands<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌧" src="/files/1f327.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏝" src="/files/1f3dd.svg"> to search<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, following the memory<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg">, but he does not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> find<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎯" src="/files/1f3af.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the treasure<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💎" src="/files/1f48e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💍" src="/files/1f48d.svg">. Even late at night<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌒" src="/files/1f312.svg">, he can go anywhere he wants with his car<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚗" src="/files/1f697.svg">, because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> CrimeStop<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👮🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f46e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛑" src="/files/1f6d1.svg"> is installed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> on every Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> device<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔩" src="/files/1f529.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg">, and it cannot<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> be removed, so children are never<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> unsupervised. Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> with Crimestop<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👮🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f46e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛑" src="/files/1f6d1.svg"> both protects<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛡" src="/files/1f6e1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> others, and protects<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛡" src="/files/1f6e1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> young people from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> the follies of youth.</p>
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<p>The next day<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📅" src="/files/1f4c5.svg"> after school<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏫" src="/files/1f3eb.svg">, he searches<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> again, and still he finds<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎯" src="/files/1f3af.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> nothing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">. Weeks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗓" src="/files/1f5d3.svg"> elapse. He does not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> relent in his search<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, and no one uploads<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤲" src="/files/1f932.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛰" src="/files/1f6f0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> any new<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✨" src="/files/2728.svg"> memories<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg"> of finding<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎯" src="/files/1f3af.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> the Recollect cache in the rock<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪨" src="/files/1faa8.svg">, so he knows<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> it’s still waiting<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⌚️" src="/files/231a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> there for him. He replays<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="▶️" src="/files/25b6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the original memory<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg"> again and again, until he feels he is looking<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧐" src="/files/1f9d0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> for an object he has hidden<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙈" src="/files/1f648.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> himself.</p>
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<p>Every day<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📅" src="/files/1f4c5.svg"> at school<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏫" src="/files/1f3eb.svg">, he sees May together with the other boy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👦" src="/files/1f466.svg">, whose name<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> he does not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> care to learn<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙇‍♂️" src="/files/1f647-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">. Each sight<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of her is a slight; each thought<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of her<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎‍♀️" src="/files/1f64e-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> with him<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> is a wound<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤕" src="/files/1f915.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🩸" src="/files/1fa78.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">. And when he thinks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> of her, he also thinks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> of the fight<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚔️" src="/files/2694.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> that was denied<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"> to him, of the way his arm<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> went slack; of the way his shoulder seized up. And when he remembers<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> these things, Amy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> fills him with guilt<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😔" src="/files/1f614.svg">, and guilt spurs his anger<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😡" src="/files/1f621.svg">, and his anger<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😡" src="/files/1f621.svg"> lowers<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📉" src="/files/1f4c9.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> his YouSocial score. The boy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👦" src="/files/1f466.svg"> has his mother’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👩‍👦" src="/files/1f469-200d-1f466.svg"> temper<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😡" src="/files/1f621.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, and the world<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌎" src="/files/1f30e.svg"> is full of invisible<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧿" src="/files/1f9ff.svg"> walls. He believes (and he knows<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> it is a superstitious<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦸‍♂️" src="/files/1f9b8-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> belief) that if he finds<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎯" src="/files/1f3af.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the treasure<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💎" src="/files/1f48e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💍" src="/files/1f48d.svg"> in recollect, he will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> also discover<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧭" src="/files/1f9ed.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔬" src="/files/1f52c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> a way to win<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏆" src="/files/1f3c6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> May’s affection<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😘" src="/files/1f618.svg">.</p>
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<p>Amy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> tells<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him feelings of anomie<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😨" src="/files/1f628.svg">, alienation<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛸" src="/files/1f6f8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, and even despair<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😫" src="/files/1f62b.svg"> are normal, common symptoms of adolescence; the way to become his best self is to have personal<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👩‍💼" src="/files/1f469-200d-1f4bc.svg"> goals<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥅" src="/files/1f945.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> that connect<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him to his community. He can both improve<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📈" src="/files/1f4c8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"> himself and repair<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛠" src="/files/1f6e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"> his trajectory towards B-certification<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🅱️" src="/files/1f171.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔏" src="/files/1f50f.svg">. A longitudinal study<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙇‍♂️" src="/files/1f647-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏫" src="/files/1f3eb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> by West and Curwen found<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎯" src="/files/1f3af.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> that teenagers who set their own charitable<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎗" src="/files/1f397.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> goals<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥅" src="/files/1f945.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> are three times more likely to build<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👷‍♂️" src="/files/1f477-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> enduring altruistic<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔫" src="/files/1f52b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> habits vs. teens who have them randomly<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎲" src="/files/1f3b2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> assigned<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📋" src="/files/1f4cb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> (West, Curwen, 2038, <em>Setting Them Up For Success</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏆" src="/files/1f3c6.svg"><em>: A Neurological</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"><em> Approach to Cultivating Conscientiousness in Developing Adults.) </em>She tells<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him he should choose his own goal<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥅" src="/files/1f945.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, and gives<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎁" src="/files/1f381.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him a list<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔢" src="/files/1f522.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📝" src="/files/1f4dd.svg"> of possibilities.</p>
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<p>He chooses to do volunteer work for an organization called<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> Respawn<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐣" src="/files/1f423.svg"> that rehabilitates recovering smartdrug<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"> addicts<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎲" src="/files/1f3b2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">. Amy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> handles the registration<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗃" src="/files/1f5c3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> process and the scheduling<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✒️" src="/files/2712.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗓" src="/files/1f5d3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">. On the appointed day<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📅" src="/files/1f4c5.svg">, he goes to the Respawn clinic<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐣" src="/files/1f423.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍⚕️" src="/files/1f468-200d-2695-fe0f.svg">, where they show<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👉" src="/files/1f449.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him a training<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚂" src="/files/1f682.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> and orientation video<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📼" src="/files/1f4fc.svg">–</p>
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<p style="text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: bold;">The human<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> mind<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"> is a machine<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔩" src="/files/1f529.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"> that falls<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍂" src="/files/1f342.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">into predictable failure<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❌" src="/files/274c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> modes when exposed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📸" src="/files/1f4f8.svg"> to the wrong combination of stimuli<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💉" src="/files/1f489.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">. For this reason, cases of smartdrug<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"> addiction<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎲" src="/files/1f3b2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌀" src="/files/1f300.svg"> are best viewed, not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"> as questions<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❓" src="/files/2753.svg"> of crime and punishment, but as matters of treatment and prevention (Zhang张, 2033, <em>Risks and Mitigations of Neuralink Abuse.</em>) Respawn’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐣" src="/files/1f423.svg"> program gives<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎁" src="/files/1f381.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> smartdrug<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"> victims a chance<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎰" src="/files/1f3b0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> to heal by “reformatting” pathological<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👎" src="/files/1f44e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg"> vectors of personal<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👩‍💼" src="/files/1f469-200d-1f4bc.svg"> identity<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🆔" src="/files/1f194.svg"> that cause the afflicted to succumb. Using Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg">, it is possible<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"> to delete<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗑" src="/files/1f5d1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> and overwrite<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤵️" src="/files/2935.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✍️" src="/files/270d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the patient’s memories<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg"> in a guided, consensual process that nullifies<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌀" src="/files/1f300.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the root cause of harmful impulses. Broadly speaking<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗣" src="/files/1f5e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, addiction<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎲" src="/files/1f3b2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌀" src="/files/1f300.svg"> replaces<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔂" src="/files/1f502.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> one of two things: human<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> connection<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> or change<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐛" src="/files/1f41b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦋" src="/files/1f98b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">. The modal smartdrug<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"> user is derealized<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦄" src="/files/1f984.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> by chronic exposure to in-brain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> superstimuli<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦸‍♂️" src="/files/1f9b8-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💉" src="/files/1f489.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, and benefits from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> the physical presence of other people during rehabilitation, who aid the process by affirming<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👍" src="/files/1f44d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> the new<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✨" src="/files/2728.svg"> identity<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🆔" src="/files/1f194.svg"> vectors and helping to integrate<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛓" src="/files/26d3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐛" src="/files/1f41b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦋" src="/files/1f98b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"></strong> them into the patient’s self-conception<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">. (Ibid.)</p>
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<p style="text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: bold;">The process of reforming identity<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🆔" src="/files/1f194.svg"> is gradual, because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> memories<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg"> are all intertwined<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪢" src="/files/1faa2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> with each other, and an unexpected<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😲" src="/files/1f632.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> stimulus<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💉" src="/files/1f489.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> can evoke a harmful shadow<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👤" src="/files/1f464.svg"> from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> the past. Face-to-face<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> conversation<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💬" src="/files/1f4ac.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💬" src="/files/1f4ac.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> is a way of testing for problematic associations<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> while fortifying<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏰" src="/files/1f3f0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> the patient’s new<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✨" src="/files/2728.svg">, healthy identity<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🆔" src="/files/1f194.svg">.</p>
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<p>–and he is introduced to a recovering addict<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎲" src="/files/1f3b2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> named<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> John, a man<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨🏻‍💼" src="/files/1f468-1f3fb-200d-1f4bc.svg"> in his forties with graying hair. They sit<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪑" src="/files/1fa91.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> together at a table in a courtyard in the shade<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌳" src="/files/1f333.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👤" src="/files/1f464.svg">. John is a marketing strategist<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚔️" src="/files/2694.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> for a dreaming<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💤" src="/files/1f4a4.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎥" src="/files/1f3a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> media production<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏭" src="/files/1f3ed.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> agency, and he has two competing stories in his mind<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg">: in the first<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="1️⃣" src="/files/31-20e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, he is overcoming a crippling<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="♿️" src="/files/267f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> addiction<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎲" src="/files/1f3b2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌀" src="/files/1f300.svg"> to smartdrugs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"> with the help of the Respawn clinic<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐣" src="/files/1f423.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍⚕️" src="/files/1f468-200d-2695-fe0f.svg">, and in the second, he is receiving<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤲" src="/files/1f932.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> physical therapy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦵" src="/files/1f9b5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👩‍⚕️" src="/files/1f469-200d-2695-fe0f.svg"> for a sports<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏈" src="/files/1f3c8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚽️" src="/files/26bd.svg"> injury<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💔" src="/files/1f494.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤕" src="/files/1f915.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> he sustained in an amateur baseball<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚾️" src="/files/26be.svg"> league. John seems to be aware<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👀" src="/files/1f440.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> of both stories simultaneously<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, but he is unaware<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👀" src="/files/1f440.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> they are competing.</p>
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<p>The Respawn<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐣" src="/files/1f423.svg"> app<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📱" src="/files/1f4f1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg">, mediated<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🖼" src="/files/1f5bc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔊" src="/files/1f50a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> through Amy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-200d-2640-fe0f.svg">, tells<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the boy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👦" src="/files/1f466.svg"> what to say<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">. “How long have you been playing baseball<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚾️" src="/files/26be.svg">?”</p>
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<p>“Well, to be honest<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍷" src="/files/1f377.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"> I remember<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> a time<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"> before<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↙️" src="/files/2199.svg"> these things were illegal<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👮‍♀️" src="/files/1f46e-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👎" src="/files/1f44e.svg">. Back then it was kind of the same thing as a video game<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👾" src="/files/1f47e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎮" src="/files/1f3ae.svg">, or maybe just a new<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✨" src="/files/2728.svg"> kind of game<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎮" src="/files/1f3ae.svg">. You know<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> how in a game<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎮" src="/files/1f3ae.svg"> when you kill<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💀" src="/files/1f480.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> a boss<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨🏻‍✈️" src="/files/1f468-1f3fb-200d-2708-fe0f.svg"> or beat a level<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👾" src="/files/1f47e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍰" src="/files/1f370.svg">, there<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> are flashy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📸" src="/files/1f4f8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✨" src="/files/2728.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> explosions<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧨" src="/files/1f9e8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎇" src="/files/1f387.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> and fanfares<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎺" src="/files/1f3ba.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> and all that? Well, this was kind of the same thing. I loved<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥰" src="/files/1f970.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> it, I would get up at six AM<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌅" src="/files/1f305.svg"> most days<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📅" src="/files/1f4c5.svg"> and the first<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="1️⃣" src="/files/31-20e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> thing I would do would be to head<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> out to the batting<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏏" src="/files/1f3cf.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> cages and practice my swing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg">. It was great exercise<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏃‍♂️" src="/files/1f3c3-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚴‍♂️" src="/files/1f6b4-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">.”</p>
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<p>Sometimes, as John is talking<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗣" src="/files/1f5e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, he suddenly goes quiet<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤫" src="/files/1f92b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔈" src="/files/1f508.svg"> and his eyes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"> roll<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙄" src="/files/1f644.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> back in his head<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">. Amy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> tells<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> boy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👦" src="/files/1f466.svg"> this is because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> Respawn’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐣" src="/files/1f423.svg"> software<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"> is updating something in his mind<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg">. Next she has him say <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> “Do you have a favorite<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏅" src="/files/1f3c5.svg"> memory<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg"> of playing the game<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎮" src="/files/1f3ae.svg">?”</p>
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<p>“Oh yeah, of course. Best<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏅" src="/files/1f3c5.svg"> game<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎮" src="/files/1f3ae.svg"> I ever played, it was like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> something out of a movie<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎥" src="/files/1f3a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg">. Bottom<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔚" src="/files/1f51a.svg"> of the ninth, bases loaded, close game<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎮" src="/files/1f3ae.svg"> and my team only needed one run<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏃‍♂️" src="/files/1f3c3-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> to win, and I was up at bat. You’d download<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📡" src="/files/1f4e1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤲" src="/files/1f932.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> this app<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📱" src="/files/1f4f1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"> and there<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> would be all kinds of effects–visual effects, audio<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"> effects, sometimes there<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> would be tastes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👅" src="/files/1f445.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"> and smells<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👃" src="/files/1f443.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💨" src="/files/1f4a8.svg"> and all kinds of things. It would feel like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> the softest, most pillowy cloth gently brushing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🖌" src="/files/1f58c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> your skin, or like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> a pretty girl was caressing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👋" src="/files/1f44b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> you, all kinds of things–”</p>
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<p>John has a little<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤏" src="/files/1f90f.svg"> spasm<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦵" src="/files/1f9b5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔀" src="/files/1f500.svg">, and then continues.</p>
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<p>“And you know<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> I probably could have just tried to walk<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚶‍♂️" src="/files/1f6b6-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> or bunt but this was just some city<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏙" src="/files/1f3d9.svg"> game<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎮" src="/files/1f3ae.svg">, it’s not even minor league, so people are tired and the pitcher just throws<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚾️" src="/files/26be.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> me this fat meatball<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍗" src="/files/1f357.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚾️" src="/files/26be.svg">, and it was like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> my whole world<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌎" src="/files/1f30e.svg"> just changed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐛" src="/files/1f41b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦋" src="/files/1f98b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> and exploded<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧨" src="/files/1f9e8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎇" src="/files/1f387.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> and I was in this other<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦑" src="/files/1f991.svg"> place<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg">, there<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> were like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg">, impossible<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">-to-describe beings there<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg">, all kinds of things, trying to talk<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗣" src="/files/1f5e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to me. Unreal.<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦄" src="/files/1f984.svg">”</p>
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<p>Amy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> tells<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him to say, “Looking<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧐" src="/files/1f9d0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> back<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏪" src="/files/23ea.svg">, do you think<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> there was a point<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> where your relationship<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💑" src="/files/1f491.svg"> to the game<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎮" src="/files/1f3ae.svg"> became unhealthy?”</p>
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<p>John says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> “At some point<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, people started<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏁" src="/files/1f3c1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> figuring out how to trigger<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔫" src="/files/1f52b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> emotions<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😂" src="/files/1f602.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😭" src="/files/1f62d.svg">, how to invoke cherished memories<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg">. Someone I knew compared it to cooking<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍳" src="/files/1f373.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> or mixology<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍸" src="/files/1f378.svg">; you could put all these different ingredients together and build<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👷‍♂️" src="/files/1f477-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> really complex sensations<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👂" src="/files/1f442.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👅" src="/files/1f445.svg"> and emotions<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😂" src="/files/1f602.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😭" src="/files/1f62d.svg">. I guess<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤷‍♂️" src="/files/1f937-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> it’s no<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"> surprise<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😲" src="/files/1f632.svg"> that I ended<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔚" src="/files/1f51a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> up going too hard. Sometimes I would be out there<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> playing pickup games<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎮" src="/files/1f3ae.svg"> like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> five nights<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌒" src="/files/1f312.svg"> a week<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗓" src="/files/1f5d3.svg">.</p>
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<p>“And I guess<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤷‍♂️" src="/files/1f937-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> I just need to learn<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙇‍♂️" src="/files/1f647-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to give<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎁" src="/files/1f381.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> it a rest<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😴" src="/files/1f634.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> sometimes. One of my favorites<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏅" src="/files/1f3c5.svg"> was an app<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📱" src="/files/1f4f1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"> that made every single<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="1️⃣" src="/files/31-20e3.svg"> thing you did feel like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> the accomplishment<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎖" src="/files/1f396.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of a lifetime, like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> the culmination of decades of struggle and striving. You could flip<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔃" src="/files/1f503.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> it on and every step<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👣" src="/files/1f463.svg"> felt like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> a revelation<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✝️" src="/files/271d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg">. If you opened a door<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"> to go into another room, you would think<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> ‘I can’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> believe I opened that door<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"> so deftly, and with such mastery<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏋️‍♂️" src="/files/1f3cb-fe0f-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤴" src="/files/1f934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> and subtlety.’ Then you’d walk<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚶‍♂️" src="/files/1f6b6-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> through the door<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"> and feel incredible. ‘Have you ever seen<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> anyone walk<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚶‍♂️" src="/files/1f6b6-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> with such grace<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕊" src="/files/1f54a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✝️" src="/files/271d.svg">, such poise, such singularity<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="1️⃣" src="/files/31-20e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💻" src="/files/1f4bb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"> of purpose? My intent is like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> a samurai blade<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗡" src="/files/1f5e1.svg">, forged<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗡" src="/files/1f5e1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔥" src="/files/1f525.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> by a master<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏋️‍♂️" src="/files/1f3cb-fe0f-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤴" src="/files/1f934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">.’</p>
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<p>Amy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> tells<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the boy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👦" src="/files/1f466.svg"> to ask<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❓" src="/files/2753.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> “If you recognized the problem, why<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⁉️" src="/files/2049.svg"> weren’t you able to stop<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛑" src="/files/1f6d1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"> it?”</p>
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<p>“It wasn’t just the lack of rest<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💤" src="/files/1f4a4.svg">. Me, I’m a driven<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚗" src="/files/1f697.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> person<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">. I want to win<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏆" src="/files/1f3c6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">. And what this whole injury thing is teaching<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🏫" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f3eb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> me is that it’s probably better to fight<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚔️" src="/files/2694.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">another day<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📅" src="/files/1f4c5.svg"> than to win<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏆" src="/files/1f3c6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> every single<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="1️⃣" src="/files/31-20e3.svg"> game<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎮" src="/files/1f3ae.svg">. You could go on in this vein for days<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📅" src="/files/1f4c5.svg">, but eventually you’d get used to it and the app<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📱" src="/files/1f4f1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"> would stop<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛑" src="/files/1f6d1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> working. So people started<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏁" src="/files/1f3c1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> building<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👷‍♂️" src="/files/1f477-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> more complex apps<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📱" src="/files/1f4f1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"> that would cycle<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚴‍♀️" src="/files/1f6b4-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> between<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥪" src="/files/1f96a.svg"> longing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😍" src="/files/1f60d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> and satisfaction<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤤" src="/files/1f924.svg">, some of them would be real carousels<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎠" src="/files/1f3a0.svg"> of emotion<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😂" src="/files/1f602.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😭" src="/files/1f62d.svg">. And people also started<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏁" src="/files/1f3c1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> using these kinds of enhancements in real video games<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👾" src="/files/1f47e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎮" src="/files/1f3ae.svg"> too, they called<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> it ‘juicing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍊" src="/files/1f34a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥤" src="/files/1f964.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">’ or ‘seasoning<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧂" src="/files/1f9c2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">’, they’d blast you with ‘having fun’ emotions<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😂" src="/files/1f602.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😭" src="/files/1f62d.svg"> or ‘accomplishment<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎖" src="/files/1f396.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">’ at critical<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎯" src="/files/1f3af.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> times<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"> in the game<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎮" src="/files/1f3ae.svg">, so you can imagine<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐉" src="/files/1f409.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"> playing a shooting<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔫" src="/files/1f52b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> game<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎮" src="/files/1f3ae.svg"> and getting juiced<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍊" src="/files/1f34a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥤" src="/files/1f964.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> emotions<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😂" src="/files/1f602.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😭" src="/files/1f62d.svg"> every time<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"> you got a kill<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💀" src="/files/1f480.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">. What was even more fun is they started<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏁" src="/files/1f3c1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> making it really unpleasant to die<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☠️" src="/files/2620.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, giving<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎁" src="/files/1f381.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> people jolts of fear<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😨" src="/files/1f628.svg"> or even pain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤕" src="/files/1f915.svg">, and that honestly<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍷" src="/files/1f377.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> just made getting a kill<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💀" src="/files/1f480.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> feel even sweeter<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍒" src="/files/1f352.svg">, to know<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> that the guy you just zapped<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔫" src="/files/1f52b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> was doubled<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="2️⃣" src="/files/32-20e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> over<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤵️" src="/files/2935.svg"> in pain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤕" src="/files/1f915.svg">, having a really bad<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👎" src="/files/1f44e.svg"> time<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg">.”</p>
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<p>Amy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> tells<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the boy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👦" src="/files/1f466.svg"> to say<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> “Tell<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> me about your injury<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤕" src="/files/1f915.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">. What happened?”</p>
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<p>“I had a friend from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> back when who could hook me up. I don’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> know<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> where he got them. Don’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> ask<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❓" src="/files/2753.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, don’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> tell<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, you know<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">? But I was enterprising<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤴" src="/files/1f934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💹" src="/files/1f4b9.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">. When you have something scarce, a lot of doors<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"> can open for you; jobs, clients, connections<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, all kinds of things. I ended<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔚" src="/files/1f51a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> up giving<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎁" src="/files/1f381.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> away more than I used. And it’s funny<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😂" src="/files/1f602.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, I did that for a long time<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg">, and I never got caught<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕸" src="/files/1f578.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, but if you think<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> about it, they have a snitch living right inside<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> your head<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">. So if you break<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💔" src="/files/1f494.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the rules, someone has to know<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">. You shouldn’t get away with anything. But people buy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛒" src="/files/1f6d2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> and sell<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤝" src="/files/1f91d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> smartdrugs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"> all the time<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg">, so what do you figure?</p>
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<p>“The way I see it there’s two possibilities: either that AI<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> in your head<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> really isn’t that smart<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤓" src="/files/1f913.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📚" src="/files/1f4da.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, or else they let it happen and someone is profiting<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📈" src="/files/1f4c8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> off all this through backchannels. Probably both. But something I did tripped an alarm<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚨" src="/files/1f6a8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, and as I was trying to steal<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏿‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3ff-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✏️" src="/files/270f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥾" src="/files/1f97e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> second<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="2️⃣" src="/files/32-20e3.svg"> base, I tried to reverse<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↩️" src="/files/21a9.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> and double<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="2️⃣" src="/files/32-20e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> back<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏪" src="/files/23ea.svg">, and tore<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💔" src="/files/1f494.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> my ACL<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦵" src="/files/1f9b5.svg">. Now I’m here<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤵️" src="/files/2935.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg">.”</p>
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<p>The next Sunday morning<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌅" src="/files/1f305.svg">, the boy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👦" src="/files/1f466.svg"> wakes up<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☕️" src="/files/2615.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> early and goes again to the marsh<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌧" src="/files/1f327.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌿" src="/files/1f33f.svg"> to search<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> for his treasure<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💎" src="/files/1f48e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💍" src="/files/1f48d.svg"> from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> Recollect. Just like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> in his memory<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg">, the air<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌬" src="/files/1f32c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💨" src="/files/1f4a8.svg"> smells<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👃" src="/files/1f443.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> of eucalyptus<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌿" src="/files/1f33f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌳" src="/files/1f333.svg"> and bay laurel<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌿" src="/files/1f33f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌳" src="/files/1f333.svg">. No one is around, and everything glows<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌟" src="/files/1f31f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> golden with California sunshine<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☀️" src="/files/2600.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕯" src="/files/1f56f.svg">. He has turned<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"> over<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤵️" src="/files/2935.svg"> a thousand rocks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪨" src="/files/1faa8.svg"> in these wetlands, he knows<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> Amy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> has counted<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔢" src="/files/1f522.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">. And under<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↪️" src="/files/21aa.svg"> the thousand-and-first rock<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪨" src="/files/1faa8.svg">, he finds<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎯" src="/files/1f3af.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the recollected item exactly as it is in his memory<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg">. He lifts<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏋️‍♂️" src="/files/1f3cb-fe0f-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> up the rock<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪨" src="/files/1faa8.svg"> with its false<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❌" src="/files/274c.svg"> bottom<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍑" src="/files/1f351.svg">, and he removes a dagger<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗡" src="/files/1f5e1.svg"> with an inlay in bas-relief. It feels like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> lightning<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"> courses through him. In a part of his mind<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"> that was beneath<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↪️" src="/files/21aa.svg"> his awareness<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👀" src="/files/1f440.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, he has always known<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> what it would be.</p>
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<p>Holding<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤚" src="/files/1f91a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> the dagger<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗡" src="/files/1f5e1.svg"> in hand<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤚" src="/files/1f91a.svg">, he calls<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☎️" src="/files/260e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> on Amy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> to nav<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧭" src="/files/1f9ed.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him home, but she does not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> respond<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💬" src="/files/1f4ac.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">. He tries again, and she does not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> respond<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💬" src="/files/1f4ac.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">. Amy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> is even with him when he loses network<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕸" src="/files/1f578.svg"> connectivity<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">; so he knows<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> this is something other than a network<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕸" src="/files/1f578.svg"> outage<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📵" src="/files/1f4f5.svg">. He wonders<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❓" src="/files/2753.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> if she can even see<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"> him. The boy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👦" src="/files/1f466.svg"> walks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚶‍♂️" src="/files/1f6b6-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> back to the road<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛣" src="/files/1f6e3.svg">, and as a test, he uses the knife<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔪" src="/files/1f52a.svg"> to slash<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔪" src="/files/1f52a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the tire of a parked car<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚗" src="/files/1f697.svg">, and he grits<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😬" src="/files/1f62c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> his teeth<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦷" src="/files/1f9b7.svg"> as he prepares for Amy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> to reprimand<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👎" src="/files/1f44e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him, or modulate<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎛" src="/files/1f39b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📻" src="/files/1f4fb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> his emotions<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😂" src="/files/1f602.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😭" src="/files/1f62d.svg">. His YouSocial score should go down<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg">, but it doesn’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg">. The feeling is vertiginous<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏫" src="/files/23eb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏫" src="/files/23eb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">. He is invisible<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧿" src="/files/1f9ff.svg"> and invulnerable<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔓" src="/files/1f513.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg">.</p>
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<p>As long as he holds<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤚" src="/files/1f91a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> this dagger<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗡" src="/files/1f5e1.svg">, Amy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> can’t see<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"> him. But when he tries to board<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛵️" src="/files/26f5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> a bus<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚌" src="/files/1f68c.svg"> to go home<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏠" src="/files/1f3e0.svg"> , the door<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"> won’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg">open. As soon as he lets it go, the AI<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> in the bus <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚌" src="/files/1f68c.svg"> lets him on, and Amy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> speaks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗣" src="/files/1f5e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> into his mind<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg">, “I’m sorry<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙇‍♂️" src="/files/1f647-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😞" src="/files/1f61e.svg">, something went wrong<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❌" src="/files/274c.svg">. I will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> now run<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏃‍♀️" src="/files/1f3c3-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> a troubleshooting procedure, to make sure your Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> is functioning<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> properly<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👍" src="/files/1f44d.svg">.” After a few moments<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏱" src="/files/23f1.svg">, she says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> “Your Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> device<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔩" src="/files/1f529.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"> appears<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"> to be working correctly<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⭕️" src="/files/2b55.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">. If these problems<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😫" src="/files/1f62b.svg"> continue, I will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> direct<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎬" src="/files/1f3ac.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> you to a maintenance<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🔧" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f527.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> center for an in-depth<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg"> diagnostic.”</p>
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<p>Even invisibility<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧿" src="/files/1f9ff.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> has its limits, as one may notice<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👀" src="/files/1f440.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📊" src="/files/1f4ca.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> a conspicuous absence<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">. He places the dagger<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗡" src="/files/1f5e1.svg"> in his backpack <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎒" src="/files/1f392.svg"> , and tries not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"> to think<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> of it, not even a little<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤏" src="/files/1f90f.svg">, so Amy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> won’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> read<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> his thoughts<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">. He thinks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> of what John told<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him at the Respawn clinic<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐣" src="/files/1f423.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍⚕️" src="/files/1f468-200d-2695-fe0f.svg">, that the AI<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> just isn’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"> that smart<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤓" src="/files/1f913.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📚" src="/files/1f4da.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, that its seeming prescience is narrow and domain-locked<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔒" src="/files/1f512.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, but he also notes<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗒" src="/files/1f5d2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"></strong> that this theory<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🔬" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f52c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"> came from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> a guy who was in the process of having his mind<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"> wiped for being naughty<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👎" src="/files/1f44e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐵" src="/files/1f435.svg">.</p>
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<p>It would be all too easy to end<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔚" src="/files/1f51a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> up like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> John; was that the real reason Amy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> introduced them? As a warning<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚨" src="/files/1f6a8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚠️" src="/files/26a0.svg">? He cannot envision<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"> a future<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> for himself that he does not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> detest<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😡" src="/files/1f621.svg">, and he longs for the tranquility<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕊" src="/files/1f54a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> he felt when he held the dagger<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗡" src="/files/1f5e1.svg"> on the beach<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏖" src="/files/1f3d6.svg">. But he knows<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> also that he will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> only have one<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="1️⃣" src="/files/31-20e3.svg"> chance<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎰" src="/files/1f3b0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> to use it before<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↙️" src="/files/2199.svg"> it’s discovered<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧭" src="/files/1f9ed.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔬" src="/files/1f52c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> by the systems<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕸" src="/files/1f578.svg"> of control<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕹" src="/files/1f579.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔐" src="/files/1f510.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> that contain him.</p>
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<p>He thinks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> finding<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎯" src="/files/1f3af.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> this dagger<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗡" src="/files/1f5e1.svg"> is fate<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✝️" src="/files/271d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌌" src="/files/1f30c.svg">, and his use of it will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> be a glorious<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚔️" src="/files/2694.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏅" src="/files/1f3c5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, heroic<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦸" src="/files/1f9b8.svg">‍<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="♂" src="/files/2642.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> action, maybe the only thing in his life he will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> ever truly do for himself. He does not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> care what comes after. He decides<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, though he’s not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"> quite sure, that if he can live out this single<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="1️⃣" src="/files/31-20e3.svg"> moment<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏱" src="/files/23f1.svg"> of self-determination<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😬" src="/files/1f62c.svg">, he could be content<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😌" src="/files/1f60c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> with his life as a puppet<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤚" src="/files/1f91a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎎" src="/files/1f38e.svg"> of the Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> nanny in his head<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">. Maybe they will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> lobotomize<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔪" src="/files/1f52a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> John. In time<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg">, he could learn<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙇‍♂️" src="/files/1f647-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to love<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥰" src="/files/1f970.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> his prison.</p>
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<p>The next day<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📅" src="/files/1f4c5.svg">, the boy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👦" src="/files/1f466.svg"> takes the dagger<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗡" src="/files/1f5e1.svg"> to school<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏫" src="/files/1f3eb.svg">. He does not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> hesitate or second<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="2️⃣" src="/files/32-20e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">-guess<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤷‍♂️" src="/files/1f937-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> himself. With haste<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👟" src="/files/1f45f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> he finds<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎯" src="/files/1f3af.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> May and the other boy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👦" src="/files/1f466.svg">, who is about to die<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☠️" src="/files/2620.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"> because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> of enmity, and not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"> even because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> of jealousy, although he can be honest<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍷" src="/files/1f377.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"> with himself that he feels those things. No, the dagger<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗡" src="/files/1f5e1.svg"> must go into the other boy’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👦" src="/files/1f466.svg"> heart<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🫀" src="/files/1fac0.svg"> for the sake of freedom<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🇺🇸" src="/files/1f1fa-1f1f8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, or rather, because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> there<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> are mechanisms<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"> of control<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕹" src="/files/1f579.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔐" src="/files/1f510.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> that are older<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👴🏻" src="/files/1f474-1f3fb.svg"> and more powerful<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> than a spiderweb<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕷" src="/files/1f577.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕸" src="/files/1f578.svg"> of filaments infoliating<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍁" src="/files/1f341.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> in his brain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg">. Fate<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✝️" src="/files/271d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌌" src="/files/1f30c.svg"> is stronger than technology<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💻" src="/files/1f4bb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧪" src="/files/1f9ea.svg">. The memory<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg"> of the dagger<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗡" src="/files/1f5e1.svg"> was fate<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✝️" src="/files/271d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌌" src="/files/1f30c.svg">, finding<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎯" src="/files/1f3af.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> it was fate<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✝️" src="/files/271d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌌" src="/files/1f30c.svg">, and now it is fate<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✝️" src="/files/271d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌌" src="/files/1f30c.svg"> that commands<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤴" src="/files/1f934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him to kill<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💀" src="/files/1f480.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">.</p>
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<p>He finds<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎯" src="/files/1f3af.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the couple<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💑" src="/files/1f491.svg"> holding<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤚" src="/files/1f91a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> hands<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤚" src="/files/1f91a.svg">, and he tries to act<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> he doesn’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> see<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> them as he gets closer. With no<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"> warning<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚨" src="/files/1f6a8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚠️" src="/files/26a0.svg">, he draws the knife<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔪" src="/files/1f52a.svg"> from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> his bag <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎒" src="/files/1f392.svg">, and again it feels electric<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, and he plunges the blade of the knife<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔪" src="/files/1f52a.svg"> into the other boy’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👦" src="/files/1f466.svg"> chest, between<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥪" src="/files/1f96a.svg"> his ribs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥩" src="/files/1f969.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦴" src="/files/1f9b4.svg">. Blood<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🩸" src="/files/1fa78.svg"> wells up around the wound<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤕" src="/files/1f915.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🩸" src="/files/1fa78.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, and the other boy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👦" src="/files/1f466.svg"> begins<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to choke and cough <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😷" src="/files/1f637.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💨" src="/files/1f4a8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> . May screams<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😱" src="/files/1f631.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">. He tries to dislodge the knife<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔪" src="/files/1f52a.svg">, but the handle slips<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛢" src="/files/1f6e2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐷" src="/files/1f437.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> his grasp. In an instant, Amy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> drags him down<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg"> into sleep<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😴" src="/files/1f634.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">.</p>
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<p>The boy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👦" src="/files/1f466.svg"> awakens<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☕️" src="/files/2615.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> at home<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏠" src="/files/1f3e0.svg"> in his bed <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛏" src="/files/1f6cf.svg"> , feeling neither shame<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😳" src="/files/1f633.svg"> nor guilt<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😔" src="/files/1f614.svg">. The dagger<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗡" src="/files/1f5e1.svg"> is gone, and he is confined to his house<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏠" src="/files/1f3e0.svg"> until his healthcare<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏥" src="/files/1f3e5.svg"> providers determine the best way to correct<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⭕️" src="/files/2b55.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the error<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛔️" src="/files/26d4.svg">. His father<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍👦" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f466.svg"> wants to pursue empathy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💙" src="/files/1f499.svg"> training<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚂" src="/files/1f682.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> through a service like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> Respawn<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐣" src="/files/1f423.svg">, but his mother<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👩‍👦" src="/files/1f469-200d-1f466.svg"> is old-fashioned<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👴🏻" src="/files/1f474-1f3fb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👠" src="/files/1f460.svg">. To her, it’s as if he proposes to murder<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💀" src="/files/1f480.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> their son and replace<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔂" src="/files/1f502.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him with someone else. They have heated<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔥" src="/files/1f525.svg"> arguments, and although Amy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> tries to distract<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤹🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f939-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙈" src="/files/1f648.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him, she cannot <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">wholly suppress his awareness<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👀" src="/files/1f440.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of their fighting<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚔️" src="/files/2694.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">.</p>
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<p>His uncle on his mother’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👩‍👦" src="/files/1f469-200d-1f466.svg"> side is named<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> Wei 威, and he is a man<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> of fortune<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗡" src="/files/1f5e1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg"> (even in these later days<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📅" src="/files/1f4c5.svg">, such men exist) with dealings in the criminal<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦹‍♂️" src="/files/1f9b9-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> underworld<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↪️" src="/files/21aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌎" src="/files/1f30e.svg">, and a connection<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> to a smartdrug<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"> cartel. The boy’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👦" src="/files/1f466.svg"> mother<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👩‍👦" src="/files/1f469-200d-1f466.svg"> begs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙇‍♂️" src="/files/1f647-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤲" src="/files/1f932.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him to take her son away, to hide<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙈" src="/files/1f648.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> the administrators and medical<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏥" src="/files/1f3e5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> workers, from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> the schools<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏫" src="/files/1f3eb.svg"> and the psychiatrists<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👩‍⚕️" src="/files/1f469-200d-2695-fe0f.svg">. Wei 威 sees<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> that the boy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👦" src="/files/1f466.svg"> is fearless<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😨" src="/files/1f628.svg">, and on a day<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📅" src="/files/1f4c5.svg"> when the boy’s father<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍👦" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f466.svg"> is gone, he (Wei 威) smuggles<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙈" src="/files/1f648.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📦" src="/files/1f4e6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him (the boy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👦" src="/files/1f466.svg">) away in a van<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚐" src="/files/1f690.svg"> lined with a Faraday cage. The boy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> cannot walk<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚶‍♂️" src="/files/1f6b6-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> to the van<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚐" src="/files/1f690.svg"> by his own volition; as soon as he tries, Amy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> makes his limbs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦵" src="/files/1f9b5.svg"> wooden<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌳" src="/files/1f333.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> and heavy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏋️‍♀️" src="/files/1f3cb-fe0f-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, so his uncle has to carry<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💼" src="/files/1f4bc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him, and even when the networks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕸" src="/files/1f578.svg"> can’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> reach him, he can<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"> barely<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤏" src="/files/1f90f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> move.</p>
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<p>Wei 威 takes the boy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👦" src="/files/1f466.svg"> to an unscrupulous Neuralink clinic<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍⚕️" src="/files/1f468-200d-2695-fe0f.svg">, where a blackhat<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚫️" src="/files/26ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤠" src="/files/1f920.svg"> technician<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🔧" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f527.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> jailbreaks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔓" src="/files/1f513.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💔" src="/files/1f494.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> his device<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔩" src="/files/1f529.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg">. It will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> be difficult, now, to go back to the exquisitely quantified<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔢" src="/files/1f522.svg"><strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📊" src="/files/1f4ca.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"></strong> and gamified<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎮" src="/files/1f3ae.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> world <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌎" src="/files/1f30e.svg">, because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> the unlock<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔓" src="/files/1f513.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> event will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> be captured<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕸" src="/files/1f578.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> in every reputation broker<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💹" src="/files/1f4b9.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📡" src="/files/1f4e1.svg"> and advertising registry<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗃" src="/files/1f5c3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg">. Strictly speaking<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗣" src="/files/1f5e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, jailbreaking<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔓" src="/files/1f513.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💔" src="/files/1f494.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> a device<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔩" src="/files/1f529.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"> is legal, and yet how can a man<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> be trusted<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤝" src="/files/1f91d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, once he has crossed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌉" src="/files/1f309.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> that threshold?</p>
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<p>When the boy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👦" src="/files/1f466.svg"> wakes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☕️" src="/files/2615.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> the operation, his dreams<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💤" src="/files/1f4a4.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎥" src="/files/1f3a5.svg"> and his maps<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"> and his apps<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📱" src="/files/1f4f1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"> are gone. He recalls<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔂" src="/files/1f502.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☎️" src="/files/260e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the vertiginous<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏫" src="/files/23eb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏫" src="/files/23eb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> feeling of freedom<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🇺🇸" src="/files/1f1fa-1f1f8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> when he first<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="1️⃣" src="/files/31-20e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> held the dagger<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗡" src="/files/1f5e1.svg"> with the white jade<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚪️" src="/files/26aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💎" src="/files/1f48e.svg"> handle on the beach<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏖" src="/files/1f3d6.svg">, and his soul<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🫀" src="/files/1fac0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"> is lighter than the past seven years. Amy’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> voice<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"> is replaced<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔂" src="/files/1f502.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> with the curt, masculine<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> VX of the Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> BIOS<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕹" src="/files/1f579.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg">, and he is free<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🇺🇸" src="/files/1f1fa-1f1f8.svg"> of the progress bars, the point systems<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📊" src="/files/1f4ca.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕸" src="/files/1f578.svg">, the floating<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☁️" src="/files/2601.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> chevrons<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔰" src="/files/1f530.svg">, the achievements<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏅" src="/files/1f3c5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, and the badges<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏅" src="/files/1f3c5.svg">. His uncle drives<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚗" src="/files/1f697.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him to somewhere far in the mountains<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏔" src="/files/1f3d4.svg">, though he does not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> know<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> where, because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> his GPS<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌎" src="/files/1f30e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛰" src="/files/1f6f0.svg">, too, is gone. At some point<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, they take a turn <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"> off the main road<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛣" src="/files/1f6e3.svg">, and they pull down<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg"> a long driveway<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚗" src="/files/1f697.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛣" src="/files/1f6e3.svg"> that leads<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤴" src="/files/1f934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to a gate<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛩" src="/files/26e9.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"> in a wall. At the gate<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛩" src="/files/26e9.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg">, there<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> are men<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> with guns<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔫" src="/files/1f52b.svg">. Here<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤵️" src="/files/2935.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> his uncle has a silent<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔈" src="/files/1f508.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌀" src="/files/1f300.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, invisible<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧿" src="/files/1f9ff.svg"> exchange with one of the guards, transmitting<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📡" src="/files/1f4e1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> some credential<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✍️" src="/files/270d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📃" src="/files/1f4c3.svg"> or sign<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪧" src="/files/1faa7.svg"> through a private<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤫" src="/files/1f92b.svg"> channel, and then leaves<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥾" src="/files/1f97e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him unceremoniously<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎊" src="/files/1f38a.svg">, pausing only to wish<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧞‍♂️" src="/files/1f9de-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him good<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👍" src="/files/1f44d.svg"> fortune<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥠" src="/files/1f960.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">.</p>
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<p>The boy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👦" src="/files/1f466.svg"> is admitted inside<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> the compound, where his Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> connects<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to a local wireless<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧶" src="/files/1f9f6.svg"> network<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕸" src="/files/1f578.svg"> that provides some of the cloud services<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☁" src="/files/2601.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"> he had previously<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↙️" src="/files/2199.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> known<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">: navigation <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧭" src="/files/1f9ed.svg"> , telephony <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☎️" src="/files/260e.svg">, and search<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg">. When he joins, a lattice<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧬" src="/files/1f9ec.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪢" src="/files/1faa2.svg"> of light<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕯" src="/files/1f56f.svg"> fills his vision <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> and traces out the shape<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📐" src="/files/1f4d0.svg"> of a capsule pill <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg">. “Welcome to Apothecary<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg">.” A bot <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"> inside the network<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕸" src="/files/1f578.svg"> guides him down<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg"> a path<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👣" src="/files/1f463.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛣" src="/files/1f6e3.svg"> to a door<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"> in the side of a mountain <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏔" src="/files/1f3d4.svg"> , which opens automatically<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> for him. The building<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏢" src="/files/1f3e2.svg"> he enters is hidden<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙈" src="/files/1f648.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, half inside<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> of the earth<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌎" src="/files/1f30e.svg">, safe from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> the eyes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"> of satellites <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛰" src="/files/1f6f0.svg"> .</p>
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<p>A man<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> at the entrance<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> waits<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⌚️" src="/files/231a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to greet him, and introduces himself as Shenwu 神巫. He says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the boss<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨🏻‍✈️" src="/files/1f468-1f3fb-200d-2708-fe0f.svg"> is a hacker<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💻" src="/files/1f4bb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦹‍♂️" src="/files/1f9b9-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> named<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> Headstrong<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg">, and the rule is everyone goes by a pseudonym<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤥" src="/files/1f925.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg">. Most of the other men<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> in the compound are Chinese<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🇨🇳" src="/files/1f1e8-1f1f3.svg">; the boy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👦" src="/files/1f466.svg"> doesn’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> quite look<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧐" src="/files/1f9d0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> them, but he can pass if you squint<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤣" src="/files/1f923.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">. At first<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="1️⃣" src="/files/31-20e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> he tries to call<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> himself Dagger<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗡" src="/files/1f5e1.svg">, (and this is forgivable, being born<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👶" src="/files/1f476.svg"> of the innocence<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕊" src="/files/1f54a.svg"> of youth) but the name<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> doesn’t <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg">stick<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍯" src="/files/1f36f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, and the other men call<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him Broken <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💔" src="/files/1f494.svg">Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg">, and later just Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg">. Shenwu 神巫 takes him down<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg"> to the lowest<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg"> levels<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👾" src="/files/1f47e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍰" src="/files/1f370.svg"> of the complex, to a corridor that reminds<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"> him of a hotel<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏨" src="/files/1f3e8.svg">. Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> live here<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤵️" src="/files/2935.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> in a single<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="1️⃣" src="/files/31-20e3.svg"> bedroom<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛏" src="/files/1f6cf.svg"> with no windows <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪟" src="/files/1fa9f.svg">; only a mirror<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪞" src="/files/1fa9e.svg">, a closet, and a bed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛏" src="/files/1f6cf.svg">. That’s ok, because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> he can use Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> to open as many (simulated<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👾" src="/files/1f47e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">) windows <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪟" src="/files/1fa9f.svg"> as he likes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, and even fool<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🃏" src="/files/1f0cf.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> himself into smelling<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👃" src="/files/1f443.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> fresh air<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌬" src="/files/1f32c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💨" src="/files/1f4a8.svg"> and feeling cool breezes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌬" src="/files/1f32c.svg">. The bathrooms<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚽" src="/files/1f6bd.svg"> are shared, like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> in a barracks <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚔️" src="/files/2694.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛺️" src="/files/26fa.svg"> or a dorm.</p>
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<p>Shenwu 神巫 explains the terms of his employment: “You do your work, we pay<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> you, and we take your rent and food<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍽" src="/files/1f37d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎁" src="/files/1f381.svg"> out of your pay<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">. There’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> a mess hall <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍽" src="/files/1f37d.svg"> upstairs, floor ten, the nav will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> show<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👉" src="/files/1f449.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> you. Above that is the main work area. You report<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗂" src="/files/1f5c2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to me. There<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> are no scoring systems<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕸" src="/files/1f578.svg">, no reputation brokers<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💹" src="/files/1f4b9.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📡" src="/files/1f4e1.svg">. You are an independent<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📜" src="/files/1f4dc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🇺🇸" src="/files/1f1fa-1f1f8.svg"> contractor, and you get a cut<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✂️" src="/files/2702.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of any money<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"> your work brings in. You want more money<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg">? Do more work. Your time<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"> is yours and I don’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> babysit<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👶" src="/files/1f476.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪑" src="/files/1fa91.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> you. If you screw<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔩" src="/files/1f529.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> something up, we don’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> pay<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> you for that. Until you learn<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙇‍♂️" src="/files/1f647-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the ropes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧶" src="/files/1f9f6.svg">, Headstrong<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> personally extend you a line of credit <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💳" src="/files/1f4b3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">. So you should respect<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙇‍♂️" src="/files/1f647-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤴" src="/files/1f934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him and not waste<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗑" src="/files/1f5d1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> his money.”</p>
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<p>That night<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌒" src="/files/1f312.svg">, Shenwu 神巫 takes him to Headstrong’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> house<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏠" src="/files/1f3e0.svg">, a short drive<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚗" src="/files/1f697.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> the compound. They are far from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> the city lights <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌃" src="/files/1f303.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕯" src="/files/1f56f.svg">, and uncountable stars<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⭐️" src="/files/2b50.svg"> fill the dome of the sky. In the grounds<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏞" src="/files/1f3de.svg"> of the house<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏠" src="/files/1f3e0.svg"> there<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> are tables and lamps<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏮" src="/files/1f3ee.svg">, and men are drinking<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥃" src="/files/1f943.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> and gambling<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎲" src="/files/1f3b2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"><strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"></strong>. Young women<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> move among them, provocatively dressed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👔" src="/files/1f454.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, easy with their affection<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😘" src="/files/1f618.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">. But before<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↙️" src="/files/2199.svg"> Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> can lose himself into vices<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗜" src="/files/1f5dc.svg">, he is taken to meet Headstrong<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg">, who chooses to dress<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👔" src="/files/1f454.svg"> like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> a Hollywood<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎥" src="/files/1f3a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⭐️" src="/files/2b50.svg"> gangster<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏴‍☠️" src="/files/1f3f4-200d-2620-fe0f.svg">. He wears an expensive suit: black<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚫️" src="/files/26ab.svg"> and shiny<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✨" src="/files/2728.svg">, with peak<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏔" src="/files/1f3d4.svg"> lapels. It matches<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪞" src="/files/1fa9e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> his patent leather shoes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👞" src="/files/1f45e.svg"> and his slicked hair, which is more gray than black<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚫️" src="/files/26ab.svg">, and his eyes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"> are sharp <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔪" src="/files/1f52a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">. He always meets everyone who comes to his Apothecary<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg">.</p>
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<p>Branch’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> uncle has given<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎁" src="/files/1f381.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him a letter<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✉️" src="/files/2709.svg"> of introduction, describing the ordeal with the knife<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔪" src="/files/1f52a.svg">, and Headstrong<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> praises<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙏" src="/files/1f64f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎺" src="/files/1f3ba.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> his recklessness and his tenacity. He says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> this is a place of danger<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚠️" src="/files/26a0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛔️" src="/files/26d4.svg"> and freedom<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🇺🇸" src="/files/1f1fa-1f1f8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, and not a place for the sterile<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍆" src="/files/1f346.svg"> drones<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"> who live in the panopticon<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👮‍♀️" src="/files/1f46e-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> outside<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, people who need a computer<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💻" src="/files/1f4bb.svg"> to tell<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> them how to shit<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💩" src="/files/1f4a9.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> or fuck<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍆" src="/files/1f346.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">.</p>
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<p>A tall, showy girl in a white<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚪️" src="/files/26aa.svg"> qipao<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👘" src="/files/1f458.svg"> and a white jade<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚪️" src="/files/26aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💎" src="/files/1f48e.svg"> hairpin<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> pours<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚰" src="/files/1f6b0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> them both a shot<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍶" src="/files/1f376.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔫" src="/files/1f52b.svg"> of Moutai, which makes the boy’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👦" src="/files/1f466.svg"> eyes water<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💧" src="/files/1f4a7.svg">. She doesn’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> even look<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧐" src="/files/1f9d0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> at him, but she has jet black<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✈️" src="/files/2708.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬛️" src="/files/2b1b.svg"> hair and her skin is pale and lustrous<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕯" src="/files/1f56f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> white jade<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚪️" src="/files/26aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💎" src="/files/1f48e.svg">. Branch’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> eyes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"> follow the curve of her body<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦵" src="/files/1f9b5.svg">, but it’s clear<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💎" src="/files/1f48e.svg"> she belongs to Headstrong<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg">, who laughs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😂" src="/files/1f602.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, and tells<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him the ordained purpose of alcohol<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍸" src="/files/1f378.svg"> is to stop<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛑" src="/files/1f6d1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> you from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> intoxicating<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥴" src="/files/1f974.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> yourself on worse things.</p>
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<p>He meets Glasshole<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕶" src="/files/1f576.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕳" src="/files/1f573.svg"> and Baozi<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥟" src="/files/1f95f.svg">, who also report<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗂" src="/files/1f5c2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to Shenwu 神巫, who will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> work with him in the coming months. Glasshole<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕶" src="/files/1f576.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕳" src="/files/1f573.svg"> hands<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤚" src="/files/1f91a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎁" src="/files/1f381.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him a small<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤏" src="/files/1f90f.svg"> gyroscope, and as he holds<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤚" src="/files/1f91a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> it, it pairs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💑" src="/files/1f491.svg"> with his Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> and the world<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌎" src="/files/1f30e.svg"> flips<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔃" src="/files/1f503.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> uʍop-ǝpᴉsdn and he stumbles. Surprised<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😲" src="/files/1f632.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> drops the gyroscope, but the world<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌎" src="/files/1f30e.svg"> stays the same. His new<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✨" src="/files/2728.svg"> teammates both laugh<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😂" src="/files/1f602.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> at him. “It will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> wear off in a few minutes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏲" src="/files/23f2.svg">. Let that teach<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🏫" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f3eb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> you not to accept strange<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦑" src="/files/1f991.svg"> gifts<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎁" src="/files/1f381.svg">.” Baozi<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥟" src="/files/1f95f.svg"> explains how transcutaneous electrical<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> nerve stimulation<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💉" src="/files/1f489.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> (TENS<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧴" src="/files/1f9f4.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg">) can be used to transmit<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📡" src="/files/1f4e1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> data<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"> upstream<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏊‍♂️" src="/files/1f3ca-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> to a Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> implant and exploit security<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚓" src="/files/1f693.svg"> vulnerabilities<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔓" src="/files/1f513.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"> in the hardware, allowing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔓" src="/files/1f513.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✍️" src="/files/270d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> a malicious third party to bypass user consent<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👍" src="/files/1f44d.svg"> and execute<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👑" src="/files/1f451.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> arbitrary logic<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">. Objects with embedded<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛏" src="/files/1f6cf.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> TENS<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧴" src="/files/1f9f4.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"> hardware and Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> payloads<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"> are called<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> tigers<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐯" src="/files/1f42f.svg">, because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> of the way they hide<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙈" src="/files/1f648.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> their dangers<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚠️" src="/files/26a0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛔️" src="/files/26d4.svg">, and because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> they may devour<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍽" src="/files/1f37d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😋" src="/files/1f60b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> you.</p>
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<p>When he stares<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗿" src="/files/1f5ff.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> into a gently pulsing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🫀" src="/files/1fac0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔉" src="/files/1f509.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> beacon<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏮" src="/files/1f3ee.svg"> on the veranda, it shows<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👉" src="/files/1f449.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him a QR code<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💻" src="/files/1f4bb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg">. He follows it. A genie<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧞‍♂️" src="/files/1f9de-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> appears and offers to make him feel fiery<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔥" src="/files/1f525.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, uninhibited<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛑" src="/files/1f6d1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, and euphoric<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😆" src="/files/1f606.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎇" src="/files/1f387.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">. Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> accepts the genie’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧞‍♂️" src="/files/1f9de-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> offer and has a vision<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> behind the eyes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"> of a wild predator — a lion<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦁" src="/files/1f981.svg"> or a wolf<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐺" src="/files/1f43a.svg"> or a bear<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐻" src="/files/1f43b.svg">, something like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> that—running<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏃‍♂️" src="/files/1f3c3-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> through a frozen<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❄️" src="/files/2744.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> plateau, high<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏫" src="/files/23eb.svg"> in the mountains<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛰" src="/files/26f0.svg">, chasing some indiscernible prey<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐭" src="/files/1f42d.svg">, catching<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕸" src="/files/1f578.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> it, tearing it apart with claws<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐾" src="/files/1f43e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔪" src="/files/1f52a.svg"> and teeth<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦷" src="/files/1f9b7.svg">, blood<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🩸" src="/files/1fa78.svg"> and viscera<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🫀" src="/files/1fac0.svg"> all over<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤵️" src="/files/2935.svg"> his face<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">.</p>
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<p>When the vision<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> ends<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔚" src="/files/1f51a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, he sees<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> that some men<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> are gambling<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎲" src="/files/1f3b2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"><strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"></strong> with dice<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎲" src="/files/1f3b2.svg">. As he watches<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👀" src="/files/1f440.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, two<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="2️⃣" src="/files/32-20e3.svg"> of them come to blows<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👊" src="/files/1f44a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, and a knife<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔪" src="/files/1f52a.svg"> flashes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📸" src="/files/1f4f8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">. Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> does not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> know<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> who is right<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👍" src="/files/1f44d.svg"> or wrong<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👎" src="/files/1f44e.svg">, but the thrill<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎢" src="/files/1f3a2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of danger<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚠️" src="/files/26a0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛔️" src="/files/26d4.svg"> calls<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☎️" src="/files/260e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to him, and he rushes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏃‍♂️" src="/files/1f3c3-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> in to block<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚧" src="/files/1f6a7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> a lunging thrust of the knife<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔪" src="/files/1f52a.svg">. He is not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"> injured<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤕" src="/files/1f915.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> when he does<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> this; his arm<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> seems to know<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> how to parry, and his feet<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👣" src="/files/1f463.svg"> know<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> how to pivot. Other men<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> join the fray, either to add<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➕" src="/files/2795.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to the fight<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚔️" src="/files/2694.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> or to break<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💔" src="/files/1f494.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> it, and Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> loses sight<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of himself.</p>
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<p>Having been a fantasy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦄" src="/files/1f984.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> or a mistake of drunkenness<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥴" src="/files/1f974.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, the brawl<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚔️" src="/files/2694.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> ends<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔚" src="/files/1f51a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> as quickly<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏩" src="/files/23e9.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> as it began<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, but the man<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> defended<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚔️" src="/files/2694.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛡" src="/files/1f6e1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, a Chinexican<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🇨🇳" src="/files/1f1e8-1f1f3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🇲🇽" src="/files/1f1f2-1f1fd.svg"> called<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> Romero, is grateful, and invites him to share a drink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥃" src="/files/1f943.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of tequila<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🇲🇽" src="/files/1f1f2-1f1fd.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥃" src="/files/1f943.svg">. “Sip this one,” he says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">. “Don’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> throw<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚾️" src="/files/26be.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> it back,” as he pours<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚰" src="/files/1f6b0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> two<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="2️⃣" src="/files/32-20e3.svg"> shots<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍶" src="/files/1f376.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔫" src="/files/1f52b.svg"> from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> a brown glass bottle. Quietly<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤫" src="/files/1f92b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔈" src="/files/1f508.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, he confesses he had been cheating<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤞" src="/files/1f91e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> at the dice game<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎲" src="/files/1f3b2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎮" src="/files/1f3ae.svg">, using a man-in-the-middle<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍💻" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f4bb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏴‍☠️" src="/files/1f3f4-200d-2620-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍💻" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f4bb.svg"> attack<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚔️" src="/files/2694.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> to influence<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👇" src="/files/1f447.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚖️" src="/files/2696.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the random<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎲" src="/files/1f3b2.svg"> number<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔢" src="/files/1f522.svg"> generator<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"> in the dice<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎲" src="/files/1f3b2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">. Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> finds<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎯" src="/files/1f3af.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> this agreeable<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤝" src="/files/1f91d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> he believes in fate<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✝️" src="/files/271d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌌" src="/files/1f30c.svg">, the cosmic<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌌" src="/files/1f30c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌠" src="/files/1f320.svg"> structure of luck<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍀" src="/files/1f340.svg">.</p>
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<p>Romero calls<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☎️" src="/files/260e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> over<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤵️" src="/files/2935.svg"> two of the girls<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> who are loitering in the garden<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💐" src="/files/1f490.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌳" src="/files/1f333.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌿" src="/files/1f33f.svg">. They have big black<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚫️" src="/files/26ab.svg"> lines of makeup<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💄" src="/files/1f484.svg"> at the edge<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"> of their eyelids, false<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❌" src="/files/274c.svg"> lashes that remind<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"> Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> of spiders<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕷" src="/files/1f577.svg">. Romero calls<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the one who comes to him <em>Xiǎo </em>小<em> mèi </em>妹, little<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤏" src="/files/1f90f.svg"> sister, and he sees<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> tensing up, flush<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😳" src="/files/1f633.svg"> with embarrassment. “Treat her like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> a child<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧒" src="/files/1f9d2.svg">. That’s how you talk<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗣" src="/files/1f5e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to women.” Romero’s girl<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> pretends<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤞" src="/files/1f91e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to be mad<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😡" src="/files/1f621.svg"> at him and calls<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him a stupid chollo<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌯" src="/files/1f32f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🇲🇽" src="/files/1f1f2-1f1fd.svg">, and he grabs her and pulls her close, and she nestles<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😽" src="/files/1f63d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> into him. The girl<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> that sits<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪑" src="/files/1fa91.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> on Branch’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> lap smells<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👃" src="/files/1f443.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> ylang ylang<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌺" src="/files/1f33a.svg"> and jasmine<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌸" src="/files/1f338.svg">, but Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> is still thinking<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> of Headstrong’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> girl<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2640-fe0f.svg">, the girl<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> all in white<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚪️" src="/files/26aa.svg">. Even so, he likes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> it when this other girl<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> whispers private<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤫" src="/files/1f92b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, half-lucid<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕯" src="/files/1f56f.svg"> things in his ear<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👂" src="/files/1f442.svg">, and he realizes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> she’s high<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏫" src="/files/23eb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥴" src="/files/1f974.svg"> on smartdrugs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg">, just like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> everyone else. She quivers and sighs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤤" src="/files/1f924.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> when he touches<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👉" src="/files/1f449.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> her skin, and she follows<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him back to his room<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛏" src="/files/1f6cf.svg"> that night<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌒" src="/files/1f312.svg">.</p>
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<p>The peach<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍑" src="/files/1f351.svg"> tree<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌳" src="/files/1f333.svg">, budding and tender—<br>He holds<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤚" src="/files/1f91a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the fruit<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍑" src="/files/1f351.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍈" src="/files/1f348.svg"> in his hands<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤚" src="/files/1f91a.svg"><br>then bites into the jubilance of peach<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍑" src="/files/1f351.svg">.</p>
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<p>The next morning<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌅" src="/files/1f305.svg">, Shenwu 神巫 meets Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> in the mess hall for breakfast<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌅" src="/files/1f305.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍚" src="/files/1f35a.svg">. There is a line and a service counter, and the cooks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🍳" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f373.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> are serving hot<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌶" src="/files/1f336.svg">-and-dry<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏜" src="/files/1f3dc.svg"> noodles<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔥" src="/files/1f525.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍜" src="/files/1f35c.svg">. All the food<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍽" src="/files/1f37d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎁" src="/files/1f381.svg"> is real; no one eats<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍽" src="/files/1f37d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😋" src="/files/1f60b.svg"> insect loaf<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐛" src="/files/1f41b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦟" src="/files/1f99f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍞" src="/files/1f35e.svg"> or uses Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> to simulate<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👾" src="/files/1f47e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> foods<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍽" src="/files/1f37d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎁" src="/files/1f381.svg"> from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> social networks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕸" src="/files/1f578.svg">, and this strikes Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> as romantic<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💘" src="/files/1f498.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, or parochial, maybe, because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> although the noodles<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍜" src="/files/1f35c.svg"> are chewy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦷" src="/files/1f9b7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> and coated<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧥" src="/files/1f9e5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> in spicy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌶" src="/files/1f336.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> textured oil<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛢" src="/files/1f6e2.svg">, with the sharpness<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔪" src="/files/1f52a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of preserved mustard greens <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥬" src="/files/1f96c.svg">and the piquancy of scallion and coriander<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌱" src="/files/1f331.svg">, he would not choose them for himself. In the mornings<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌅" src="/files/1f305.svg">, he’s used to flipping<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔃" src="/files/1f503.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> through <em>Matters of Taste</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👅" src="/files/1f445.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><em>, </em>his favorite degustation<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐛" src="/files/1f41b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦋" src="/files/1f98b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👅" src="/files/1f445.svg"></strong> app<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📱" src="/files/1f4f1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg">, simulating<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👾" src="/files/1f47e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> five impossible<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"> plates<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍛" src="/files/1f35b.svg"> before<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↙️" src="/files/2199.svg"> breakfast<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌅" src="/files/1f305.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍚" src="/files/1f35a.svg">–a bite of salmon tartare<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍣" src="/files/1f363.svg"> in crepes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥞" src="/files/1f95e.svg"> with miso bonito<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐟" src="/files/1f41f.svg"> sauce, hickory-smoked octopus<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔥" src="/files/1f525.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💨" src="/files/1f4a8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐙" src="/files/1f419.svg"> in tandoori masala marinade, bamboo-steamed arctic char<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎍" src="/files/1f38d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💨" src="/files/1f4a8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐠" src="/files/1f420.svg"> in a mango hollandaise<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥭" src="/files/1f96d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥚" src="/files/1f95a.svg">, and for dessert<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍦" src="/files/1f366.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧁" src="/files/1f9c1.svg">, poached pear<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍐" src="/files/1f350.svg"> with yuzu<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍋" src="/files/1f34b.svg"> caramel<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍬" src="/files/1f36c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔥" src="/files/1f525.svg"> and spiced<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌶" src="/files/1f336.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> oat cake<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧁" src="/files/1f9c1.svg"> (although of course it’s all “secretly<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤫" src="/files/1f92b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">” high fiber<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏫" src="/files/23eb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥦" src="/files/1f966.svg"> cricket loaf<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦗" src="/files/1f997.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍞" src="/files/1f35e.svg">)–and all of this makes sitting<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪑" src="/files/1fa91.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> through a whole bowl of noodles<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍜" src="/files/1f35c.svg"> feel monotonous<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="1️⃣" src="/files/31-20e3.svg">.</p>
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<p>As Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> thinks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> these thoughts<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, Shenwu 神巫 explains the logistics<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏭" src="/files/1f3ed.svg"> of smartdrug<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"> production<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏭" src="/files/1f3ed.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, and mostly he pays<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> attention. The drugs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"> (i.e. software<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg">) are distributed in tigers<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐯" src="/files/1f42f.svg"> embedded<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛏" src="/files/1f6cf.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> in everyday objects like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> children’s toys<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧸" src="/files/1f9f8.svg"> or kitchen utensils<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍴" src="/files/1f374.svg">. Apothecary<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"> works like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> any other online retailer<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💻" src="/files/1f4bb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏬" src="/files/1f3ec.svg">; the developers<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍💻" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f4bb.svg"> rely on commodity manufacturing contractors, usually based in Chinese<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🇨🇳" src="/files/1f1e8-1f1f3.svg"> Africa<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌍" src="/files/1f30d.svg">, to source<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"> materials<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚛️" src="/files/269b.svg"> and assemble their physical products<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏭" src="/files/1f3ed.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">. Once the tigers<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐯" src="/files/1f42f.svg"> are built<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👷‍♂️" src="/files/1f477-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, they are shipped<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚢" src="/files/1f6a2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> directly<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🫀" src="/files/1fac0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔌" src="/files/1f50c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> to service-based fulfillment centers, and then to customers<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐷" src="/files/1f437.svg">, with no part of the chain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛓" src="/files/26d3.svg"> knowing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> too much about what they are building<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👷‍♂️" src="/files/1f477-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, or for whom.</p>
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<p>When they finish<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏁" src="/files/1f3c1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔚" src="/files/1f51a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> eating<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍽" src="/files/1f37d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😋" src="/files/1f60b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, Shenwu 神巫 leads<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤴" src="/files/1f934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> up<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"> to the main office<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏢" src="/files/1f3e2.svg"> above the barracks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚔️" src="/files/2694.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛺️" src="/files/26fa.svg">. The stairs from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> the mess hall emerge into the southeast corner of a large open room with floor-to-ceiling windows<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪟" src="/files/1fa9f.svg"> that look<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧐" src="/files/1f9d0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> down<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg"> from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> the heaven-high<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛅️" src="/files/26c5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏫" src="/files/23eb.svg"> hills<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏔" src="/files/1f3d4.svg">. To reach the bullpen<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐂" src="/files/1f402.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛓" src="/files/26d3.svg"> office, they pass through a gallery<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🖼" src="/files/1f5bc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚶‍♂️" src="/files/1f6b6-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> along the southern wall, where shelves and cases are filled with tigers<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐯" src="/files/1f42f.svg"> of many shapes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📐" src="/files/1f4d0.svg">: wind-up toys<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗝" src="/files/1f5dd.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧸" src="/files/1f9f8.svg">, sculptures<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗿" src="/files/1f5ff.svg">, gilded ceramics<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏺" src="/files/1f3fa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎎" src="/files/1f38e.svg">, puzzle<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧩" src="/files/1f9e9.svg"> boxes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📦" src="/files/1f4e6.svg">, compasses<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧭" src="/files/1f9ed.svg"> and astrolabes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔭" src="/files/1f52d.svg">, books<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📚" src="/files/1f4da.svg"> and golden jewelry<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💍" src="/files/1f48d.svg">, glittering<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✨" src="/files/2728.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> in manifold hues<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌈" src="/files/1f308.svg">, sparkling like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> dragon<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐲" src="/files/1f432.svg"> scales. Each contains a TENS<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧴" src="/files/1f9f4.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"> assembly and a psychoactive<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> malware<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦠" src="/files/1f9a0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"> payload<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg">, and nothing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> stops<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛑" src="/files/1f6d1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> handling<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤚" src="/files/1f91a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the tigers<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐯" src="/files/1f42f.svg"> but his own knowledge<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of their danger<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚠️" src="/files/26a0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛔️" src="/files/26d4.svg">. Shenwu 神巫 tells<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him this is by design<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏛" src="/files/1f3db.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">; a constant reminder<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔂" src="/files/1f502.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> to resist temptation.</p>
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<p>Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> is given<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎁" src="/files/1f381.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> a workstation<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💻" src="/files/1f4bb.svg">, which is only a comfortable chair<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪑" src="/files/1fa91.svg"> facing the windows <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪟" src="/files/1fa9f.svg">. His displays<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🖥" src="/files/1f5a5.svg"> and inputs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎛" src="/files/1f39b.svg"> are the “controlled<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕹" src="/files/1f579.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔐" src="/files/1f510.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> hallucinations<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤩" src="/files/1f929.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎆" src="/files/1f386.svg">” that occur in his own mind<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg">. (Fugelsang, Koehler, 2032, <em>Tradeoffs</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤝" src="/files/1f91d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"><em> between<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥪" src="/files/1f96a.svg"> Optical</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"><em> vs. Conceptual</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"><em> Injection</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💉" src="/files/1f489.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><em>: A Hybrid Approach</em>)</p>
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<p>Glasshole<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕶" src="/files/1f576.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕳" src="/files/1f573.svg"> helps him onboard<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛵️" src="/files/26f5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to Alchemist<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚗️" src="/files/2697.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg">, Apothecary’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"> nootropic app<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📱" src="/files/1f4f1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"> store. Precise<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> electrostimulation<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💉" src="/files/1f489.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of the brain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> can be used to modulate<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎛" src="/files/1f39b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📻" src="/files/1f4fb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the release of neurotransmitters<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📡" src="/files/1f4e1.svg"> and even some hormones, and Apothecary<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"> has a busy ecosystem<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌱" src="/files/1f331.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕸" src="/files/1f578.svg"> for homebrewed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏠" src="/files/1f3e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍺" src="/files/1f37a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> brain tuners<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎛" src="/files/1f39b.svg">. The most popular apps<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📱" src="/files/1f4f1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"> are <em>Silver Serpent</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💍" src="/files/1f48d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐍" src="/files/1f40d.svg"> for focus<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎯" src="/files/1f3af.svg">, <em>Wax Elephant</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕯" src="/files/1f56f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐘" src="/files/1f418.svg"> for working memory<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg">, <em>Jade Pavilion</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❇️" src="/files/2747.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💎" src="/files/1f48e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏞" src="/files/1f3de.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏛" src="/files/1f3db.svg"> when you take a girl<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> to bed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛏" src="/files/1f6cf.svg">, and the Wuchang 五常 suite to ensure virtue<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✝️" src="/files/271d.svg">.</p>
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<p>“You should start<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏁" src="/files/1f3c1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> small<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤏" src="/files/1f90f.svg">,” Glasshole<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕶" src="/files/1f576.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕳" src="/files/1f573.svg"> tells<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him, “and grow your stack<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥞" src="/files/1f95e.svg"> once you’re more accustomed to using them.” At his suggestion, Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> installs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> <em>Yi</em> 义 to foster benevolence, <em>Zhi</em> 智, a sort of autocomplete<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💯" src="/files/1f4af.svg"> engine<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚗" src="/files/1f697.svg"> for his internal<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> monologue. Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> also decides<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to download<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📡" src="/files/1f4e1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤲" src="/files/1f932.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> <em>Lord of Heaven of Infinite Thriving</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤴" src="/files/1f934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛅️" src="/files/26c5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="♾" src="/files/267e.svg"><em>, </em>mostly because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> he likes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the name<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, and he spends<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the rest of the day<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📅" src="/files/1f4c5.svg"> in a trance<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧘‍♂️" src="/files/1f9d8-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> of conscientious focus<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎯" src="/files/1f3af.svg">.</p>
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<p>In time<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg">, he masters<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏋️‍♂️" src="/files/1f3cb-fe0f-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤴" src="/files/1f934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the many subdisciplines of digital<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👾" src="/files/1f47e.svg"> pharmacology<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔬" src="/files/1f52c.svg">: he learns<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙇‍♂️" src="/files/1f647-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> how to circumvent<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔑" src="/files/1f511.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔏" src="/files/1f50f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the federally mandated hardware<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔧" src="/files/1f527.svg"> controls<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕹" src="/files/1f579.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔐" src="/files/1f510.svg"> inside the implant, how to probe each new<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✨" src="/files/2728.svg"> Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> firmware update for vulnerabilities<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔓" src="/files/1f513.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg">, and the vicissitudes of code<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💻" src="/files/1f4bb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"> injection<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💉" src="/files/1f489.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">. Only once<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="1️⃣" src="/files/31-20e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> more during this whole apprenticeship does<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> he set eyes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"> on Headstrong<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg">, but he has him always in mind<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg">, because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> the men of Apothecary<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"> revere<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙇‍♂️" src="/files/1f647-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤴" src="/files/1f934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him.</p>
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<p>After any technical feat or job his teammates always say<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> “Headstrong<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> does<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> it better.” Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> covets their respect<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙇‍♂️" src="/files/1f647-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤴" src="/files/1f934.svg">–he knows<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> he is capable of great works, and he thinks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> often of the dagger<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗡" src="/files/1f5e1.svg"> he found<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎯" src="/files/1f3af.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> on the beach<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏖" src="/files/1f3d6.svg"> using Recollect, of how he searched<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> relentlessly for it, and how, through the tenacity<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😬" src="/files/1f62c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> of his will, he found<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎯" src="/files/1f3af.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the treasure<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💎" src="/files/1f48e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💍" src="/files/1f48d.svg"> his heart<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🫀" src="/files/1fac0.svg"> desired<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😍" src="/files/1f60d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">. Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> sees<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> all the good<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👍" src="/files/1f44d.svg"> things Headstrong<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> has—his properties, his women<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2640-fe0f.svg">, his men<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> who follow him— and he resolves to become as great of a man<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">, and indeed, to surpass him<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤵️" src="/files/2935.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚗" src="/files/1f697.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">.</p>
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<p>Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> now spends<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> his free<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🇺🇸" src="/files/1f1fa-1f1f8.svg"> hours<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕐" src="/files/1f550.svg"> in study<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙇‍♂️" src="/files/1f647-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏫" src="/files/1f3eb.svg">, beginning<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> with the definitive work on smartdrug<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"> development, a book<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"> assembled from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> the writings<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✍️" src="/files/270d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of Eric Zhang张, one of the early researchers<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔬" src="/files/1f52c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🔬" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f52c.svg"> at the Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> Corporation, called<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the father<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍👦" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f466.svg"> of digital<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👾" src="/files/1f47e.svg"> psychotropics<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg">. <em>The Four Labyrinthes</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪢" src="/files/1faa2.svg"> is a collection of his emails<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📧" src="/files/1f4e7.svg">, recorded<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📼" src="/files/1f4fc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> memories<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg">, philosophical essays, algorithms<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg">, source<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"> code<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💻" src="/files/1f4bb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"> snippets<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✂️" src="/files/2702.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, and self-reports<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗂" src="/files/1f5c2.svg"> of altered states<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥴" src="/files/1f974.svg"> induced<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏁" src="/files/1f3c1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> using Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg">. Headstrong<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg">, who had been Zhang’s张 colleague and apprentice, stole his proprietary secrets<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤫" src="/files/1f92b.svg"> and created the first<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="1️⃣" src="/files/31-20e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> black market<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚫️" src="/files/26ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💹" src="/files/1f4b9.svg"> smartdrugs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg">.</p>
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<p>The book is divided into four sections or “labyrinthes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪢" src="/files/1faa2.svg">,” and the first<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="1️⃣" src="/files/31-20e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> is called<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> <em>Exhaustive Indexing</em>.<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😰" src="/files/1f630.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📇" src="/files/1f4c7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> It contains the theory<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🔬" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f52c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"> and procedure of rendering sensory<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👅" src="/files/1f445.svg"> experience into the user’s inner eye<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg">. Everyone’s internal<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> map<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"> of the world<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌎" src="/files/1f30e.svg"> is a bit different; to play<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏯" src="/files/23ef.svg"> back Zhang’s张 memory<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg"> in Branch’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> head<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">, there<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> must be a precise<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> physiological<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏃‍♂️" src="/files/1f3c3-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> mapping<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of the neural<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> correlates<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📊" src="/files/1f4ca.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔀" src="/files/1f500.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of concepts<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg">. Without this, the memories<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg"> appear garbled and full of artifacts<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏺" src="/files/1f3fa.svg">; objects may be swapped for other objects; phenomenologies<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👂" src="/files/1f442.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👅" src="/files/1f445.svg"> may be cross-wired<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔀" src="/files/1f500.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧶" src="/files/1f9f6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> or missing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">; one man<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> might see<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> subjective<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> red<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔴" src="/files/1f534.svg"> where another sees<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> blue<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔵" src="/files/1f535.svg">; where one smells<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👃" src="/files/1f443.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> a lemon cookie<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍋" src="/files/1f34b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍪" src="/files/1f36a.svg">, another might smell<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👃" src="/files/1f443.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> burnt<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔥" src="/files/1f525.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> toast<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍞" src="/files/1f35e.svg">. To mitigate this, the Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> drivers<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚗" src="/files/1f697.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> create a comprehensive index<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📇" src="/files/1f4c7.svg"> of the contents of each person’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👩‍💼" src="/files/1f469-200d-1f4bc.svg"> mind<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg">. When a memory<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg"> is uploaded<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤲" src="/files/1f932.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛰" src="/files/1f6f0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, it is transcoded<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚅" src="/files/1f685.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💻" src="/files/1f4bb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"> into a universal language, and when it is dreamed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💤" src="/files/1f4a4.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎥" src="/files/1f3a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> into a viewer’s head<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">, it is recoded<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💻" src="/files/1f4bb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> through that person’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> own mental<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> map<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg">. These indices are also necessary for rendering the controlled<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕹" src="/files/1f579.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔐" src="/files/1f510.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> hallucinations<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤩" src="/files/1f929.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎆" src="/files/1f386.svg"> of the heads up display<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔰" src="/files/1f530.svg">.</p>
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<p>By monitoring<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📺" src="/files/1f4fa.svg"> the visual<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> and auditory cortices<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔈" src="/files/1f508.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👂" src="/files/1f442.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg">, it’s possible<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"> to extract memories<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg"> of sensory<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👅" src="/files/1f445.svg"> data<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"> from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> the brain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg">. If we were to treat the approximately eighty-six billion neurons<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎚" src="/files/1f39a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> in the brain as a state vector, then an exhaustive search<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of neuron activation<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎚" src="/files/1f39a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"> space<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌌" src="/files/1f30c.svg"> would be impossible<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg">, but this is unnecessary because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> partial activations of distinct concepts<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> automatically<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> converge on those concept’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> modal activations. A statistically<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📊" src="/files/1f4ca.svg"> normal sampling of possible<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"> state vectors at the level<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👾" src="/files/1f47e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍰" src="/files/1f370.svg"> of Neuralink’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> precision<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> can index<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📇" src="/files/1f4c7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"> 95% of a person’s sensory<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👅" src="/files/1f445.svg"> mapping<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> space<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌌" src="/files/1f30c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⭐️" src="/files/2b50.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☄️" src="/files/2604.svg"> within about twenty-four hours<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕐" src="/files/1f550.svg">.</p>
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<p>In his third<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="3️⃣" src="/files/33-20e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> week in Apothecary<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg">, Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> eats <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍽" src="/files/1f37d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😋" src="/files/1f60b.svg">breakfast<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌅" src="/files/1f305.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍚" src="/files/1f35a.svg"> alone. The cooks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🍳" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f373.svg"> have prepared stewed beef<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥩" src="/files/1f969.svg"> tendon with winter chestnut<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌰" src="/files/1f330.svg">. Topped with sliced<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔪" src="/files/1f52a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> green onion<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥬" src="/files/1f96c.svg">, and eaten<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍽" src="/files/1f37d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😋" src="/files/1f60b.svg"> over<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤵️" src="/files/2935.svg"> steamed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💨" src="/files/1f4a8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> rice<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍚" src="/files/1f35a.svg">, the thick sauce tastes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👅" src="/files/1f445.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"> of chili<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌶" src="/files/1f336.svg">, garlic<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧄" src="/files/1f9c4.svg">, ginger, star<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⭐️" src="/files/2b50.svg"> anise, and prickly ash<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌵" src="/files/1f335.svg">, and the collagen sticks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍯" src="/files/1f36f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to the lips<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👄" src="/files/1f444.svg"> with a pleasing richness<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤑" src="/files/1f911.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">.</p>
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<p>As he is eating<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍽" src="/files/1f37d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😋" src="/files/1f60b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, he receives<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤲" src="/files/1f932.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> an email<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📧" src="/files/1f4e7.svg"> sent to the entire Apothecary<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg">, from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> a man<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨🏻‍💼" src="/files/1f468-1f3fb-200d-1f4bc.svg"> he has never<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> met.</p>
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<p style="text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: bold;">I am leaving<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥾" src="/files/1f97e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the Jianghu江湖. I don’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> expect you to agree<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤝" src="/files/1f91d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> with me, but you are my friends, and I cannot leave<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥾" src="/files/1f97e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"> without washing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧼" src="/files/1f9fc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> my mind<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"> in the golden basin金盆. This is how we preserve our trade secrets<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤝" src="/files/1f91d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤫" src="/files/1f92b.svg">. Since you are reading<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> this, it means I already<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↙️" src="/files/2199.svg"> left<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥾" src="/files/1f97e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, and I already<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↙️" src="/files/2199.svg"> forgot<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📉" src="/files/1f4c9.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> you. That’s sad<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😢" src="/files/1f622.svg">, but I won’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"> be sad<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😢" src="/files/1f622.svg">. Maybe name<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> a drug<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"> after me.</p>
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<p style="text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: bold;">I am sour<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍋" src="/files/1f34b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> on the dream<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💤" src="/files/1f4a4.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎥" src="/files/1f3a5.svg"> of Apothecary<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg">: men standing outside<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the matrix<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕸" src="/files/1f578.svg"> of social control<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕹" src="/files/1f579.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔐" src="/files/1f510.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, (do you believe that?) outside<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the world<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌎" src="/files/1f30e.svg">, looking<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧐" src="/files/1f9d0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> down<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg"> on mindless<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> drones<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐜" src="/files/1f41c.svg"> below<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg">. They buy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛒" src="/files/1f6d2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> my drugs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg">. They let a computer<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💻" src="/files/1f4bb.svg"> decide<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> their whole life.</p>
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<p style="text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: bold;">But is it really different here<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤵️" src="/files/2935.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg">? Instead of living by a point system<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📊" src="/files/1f4ca.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕸" src="/files/1f578.svg">, I use so many nootropic programs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg">, I need a scheduler<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✒️" src="/files/2712.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗓" src="/files/1f5d3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"> to manage<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> them. At that point<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, isn’t it the same as an AI<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> assistant in your head<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> telling<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> you what to do? We are so obsessed with being “free<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🇺🇸" src="/files/1f1fa-1f1f8.svg">,” but we use these programs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"> to correct our freedom<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🇺🇸" src="/files/1f1fa-1f1f8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, and we are no better than the people we look<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧐" src="/files/1f9d0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> down<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg"> on.</p>
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<p style="text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: bold;">I want to tell<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> you what made me see<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> this, because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> tomorrow<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📅" src="/files/1f4c5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> I will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> forget<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📉" src="/files/1f4c9.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">. It’s because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> of a girl<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> called<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> Yui唯 – with skin like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> polished rice <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍙" src="/files/1f359.svg">, some of you know<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> her – but first<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="1️⃣" src="/files/31-20e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> you must learn<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙇‍♂️" src="/files/1f647-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> some history<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏛" src="/files/1f3db.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📜" src="/files/1f4dc.svg">. I came here<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤵️" src="/files/2935.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> with Headstrong<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> many years ago. There<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> were only a few of us, but now there<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> are many new<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✨" src="/files/2728.svg"> faces, and I think<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> you may not know<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg">.</p>
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<p style="text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: bold;">Back then, not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"> a lot of people had Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> implants, and I worked in the lab<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥼" src="/files/1f97c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔬" src="/files/1f52c.svg"> with Headstrong<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> under<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↪️" src="/files/21aa.svg"> Dr. Eric Zhang张. He was always an idealist<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">, a man<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> with no<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"> fear<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😨" src="/files/1f628.svg"> or thought<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> for tomorrow<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📅" src="/files/1f4c5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg">. Even before the first<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="1️⃣" src="/files/31-20e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> human<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> trials<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨🏻‍⚖️" src="/files/1f468-1f3fb-200d-2696-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚖️" src="/files/2696.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> were finished<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏁" src="/files/1f3c1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔚" src="/files/1f51a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, he made me and Headstrong<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> perform<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> neurosurgery<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍⚕️" src="/files/1f468-200d-2695-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔪" src="/files/1f52a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> on him (using the robot<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"> of course) to give<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎁" src="/files/1f381.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him his implant. He wanted to know<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> everything this new<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✨" src="/files/2728.svg"> machine<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔩" src="/files/1f529.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"> could do. He strapped himself to a chair<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪑" src="/files/1fa91.svg"> in the lab<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥼" src="/files/1f97c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔬" src="/files/1f52c.svg"> and used brute<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👊" src="/files/1f44a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> force<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> to explore<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧭" src="/files/1f9ed.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> every state vector of the mind<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg">.</p>
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<p style="text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: bold;">Now we have more efficient methods of indexing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📇" src="/files/1f4c7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> the brain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg">, because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> we have more understanding<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↪️" src="/files/21aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📚" src="/files/1f4da.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of its layout. But for Zhang张, the process took months, and he was conscious<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👀" src="/files/1f440.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> the whole time<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg">, because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> he had to be. As Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> indexed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📇" src="/files/1f4c7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> his mind<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg">, he would twitch or babble or become emotional<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😂" src="/files/1f602.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😭" src="/files/1f62d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">. Sometimes he would sing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎵" src="/files/1f3b5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> or scream<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😱" src="/files/1f631.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">. We jokingly<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🃏" src="/files/1f0cf.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> called<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> this “The Music<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎼" src="/files/1f3bc.svg"> of Eric Zhang张.”</p>
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<p style="text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: bold;">One of his early discoveries<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧭" src="/files/1f9ed.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔬" src="/files/1f52c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> was a method to regulate<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👩‍⚖️" src="/files/1f469-200d-2696-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> hunger<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😍" src="/files/1f60d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍽" src="/files/1f37d.svg"> – either to induce<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏁" src="/files/1f3c1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> it or suppress it. The Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> Corporation immediately seized on this and productized<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏭" src="/files/1f3ed.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> it. Appetite<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😍" src="/files/1f60d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍽" src="/files/1f37d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔋" src="/files/1f50b.svg"> regulation<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👩‍⚖️" src="/files/1f469-200d-2696-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> was the first<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="1️⃣" src="/files/31-20e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> “killer app<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💀" src="/files/1f480.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📱" src="/files/1f4f1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg">” and it drove<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚗" src="/files/1f697.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> massive early adoption<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👶" src="/files/1f476.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤲" src="/files/1f932.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">. This may shock<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😲" src="/files/1f632.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> you if you are not aware<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👀" src="/files/1f440.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> of history<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏛" src="/files/1f3db.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📜" src="/files/1f4dc.svg">: most people used to be fat. If you watch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👀" src="/files/1f440.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> videos<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📼" src="/files/1f4fc.svg"> from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> the early twenty-first century, you will see<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> it everywhere, and it is inescapable. Grotesque, bloated bodies<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦵" src="/files/1f9b5.svg">, diseases<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦠" src="/files/1f9a0.svg"> on a vast scale<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚖️" src="/files/2696.svg">. Everyone was sick<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤒" src="/files/1f912.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">. But everyone who got a Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> became healthy and stopped<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛑" src="/files/1f6d1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> being fat. To the people of the 20s, this was a miracle<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👼🏻" src="/files/1f47c-1f3fb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg">.</p>
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<p style="text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: bold;">It is hard to understand<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↪️" src="/files/21aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📚" src="/files/1f4da.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> what Zhang张 was willing to endure<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😬" src="/files/1f62c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to learn<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙇‍♂️" src="/files/1f647-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> these secrets<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤫" src="/files/1f92b.svg">. When he finished<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏁" src="/files/1f3c1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔚" src="/files/1f51a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> his self-experiments<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🔬" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f52c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📏" src="/files/1f4cf.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, his discoveries<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧭" src="/files/1f9ed.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔬" src="/files/1f52c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> were used to develop the technology<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💻" src="/files/1f4bb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧪" src="/files/1f9ea.svg"> of intersubjective<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> data<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"> transfer. There<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> were new<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✨" src="/files/2728.svg"> social media apps<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📱" src="/files/1f4f1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"> for uploading<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤲" src="/files/1f932.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛰" src="/files/1f6f0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> and sharing memories<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg">. There<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> were apps<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📱" src="/files/1f4f1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"> that could make telepathic<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📻" src="/files/1f4fb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> phone calls<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☎️" src="/files/260e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">. Zhang张 was called<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> a visionary<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">. He held Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> “symposiums” where he would speak<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗣" src="/files/1f5e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> and people would “mind<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"> meld,” mashing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔨" src="/files/1f528.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥔" src="/files/1f954.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> up the internal<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> phenomenology<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👂" src="/files/1f442.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👅" src="/files/1f445.svg"> of groups of people so they all shared the same emotions<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😂" src="/files/1f602.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😭" src="/files/1f62d.svg"> and feelings at the same time<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg">. He talked<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗣" src="/files/1f5e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> about the dawning<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌅" src="/files/1f305.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> of a new<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✨" src="/files/2728.svg"> age of deep<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg"> empathy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💙" src="/files/1f499.svg">, and he said this was the beginning<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of true cooperation and loving<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥰" src="/files/1f970.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> kindness among all people.</p>
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<p style="text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: bold;">And he wasn’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"> done<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">. When he melded with the people in his symposiums, he noticed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👀" src="/files/1f440.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📊" src="/files/1f4ca.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> above all the pain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤕" src="/files/1f915.svg"> they felt. He welcomed anyone with a Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> to come join him, and everyone who joined him learned<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙇‍♂️" src="/files/1f647-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to cry<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😭" src="/files/1f62d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> and laugh<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😂" src="/files/1f602.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> and feel as one<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="1️⃣" src="/files/31-20e3.svg">. Zhang张 wanted to heal their pain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤕" src="/files/1f915.svg">, so he invented<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> new<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✨" src="/files/2728.svg"> programs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"> to refine the emotions<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😂" src="/files/1f602.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😭" src="/files/1f62d.svg"> of his followers. He built<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👷‍♂️" src="/files/1f477-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> a new<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✨" src="/files/2728.svg"> kind of app<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📱" src="/files/1f4f1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg">, what we now call<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> a smartdrug<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg">, and he named<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> it <em>Irrational Exuberance</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤣" src="/files/1f923.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📈" src="/files/1f4c8.svg">. All the attendees of his symposiums ran<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏃‍♂️" src="/files/1f3c3-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> it together, with each of their minds<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"> plugged<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔌" src="/files/1f50c.svg"> into the collective. They were steeped in the radiance<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☀️" src="/files/2600.svg"> of limitless joy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😄" src="/files/1f604.svg">, and it stayed with them even after the connection<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> was terminated<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg">.</p>
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<p style="text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: bold;">More and more people came to join Zhang’s张 gatherings<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎪" src="/files/1f3aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍻" src="/files/1f37b.svg">. Poets<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📜" src="/files/1f4dc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">, intellectuals<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤓" src="/files/1f913.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">, and musicians<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎼" src="/files/1f3bc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> clamored to get Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> implants so they could participate. Everyone was happy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😀" src="/files/1f600.svg">, and they were happy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😀" src="/files/1f600.svg"> together, fortified<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏰" src="/files/1f3f0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> in the unity<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="1️⃣" src="/files/31-20e3.svg"> of their happiness<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😀" src="/files/1f600.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">. from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> the outside<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, Zhang’s张 movement had the appearance of a cult, and as his accolades<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👍" src="/files/1f44d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> grew, so did his detractors<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤬" src="/files/1f92c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤺" src="/files/1f93a.svg">, but the value<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg"> of his work was impossible<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"> to deny<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👎" src="/files/1f44e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">. His disciples had evident health and wellbeing, and their numbers<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔢" src="/files/1f522.svg"> continued to surge<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📈" src="/files/1f4c8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">.</p>
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<p style="text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: bold;">(As one of the technicians<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🔬" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f52c.svg"> behind these gatherings<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎪" src="/files/1f3aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍻" src="/files/1f37b.svg">, the reality and the illusion<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤩" src="/files/1f929.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏝" src="/files/1f3dd.svg"> of unity<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="1️⃣" src="/files/31-20e3.svg"> became ever more stretched<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙆‍♂️" src="/files/1f646-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> as we scaled<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚖️" src="/files/2696.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📈" src="/files/1f4c8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">; how can you merge the thoughts<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> and feelings of a thousand people into a single<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="1️⃣" src="/files/31-20e3.svg"> gestalt without<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"> stripping<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔪" src="/files/1f52a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥓" src="/files/1f953.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> away the essential<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚗️" src="/files/2697.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> qualities of any individual? As a purely mathematical<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔢" src="/files/1f522.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> problem, mere averaging converges on nullity<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌀" src="/files/1f300.svg">. We explored<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧭" src="/files/1f9ed.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> a variety of approaches, but the “shared” feelings of the symposium became almost a pure<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚗️" src="/files/2697.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💧" src="/files/1f4a7.svg"> simulation<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👾" src="/files/1f47e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg"> as the number<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔢" src="/files/1f522.svg"> of participants increased<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📈" src="/files/1f4c8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">. We ended<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔚" src="/files/1f51a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> up sampling the brain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> state of random<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎲" src="/files/1f3b2.svg"> individual members of the cluster at a fixed frequency<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌊" src="/files/1f30a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔉" src="/files/1f509.svg"> and interpolating between<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥪" src="/files/1f96a.svg"> them. Part of the impetus for the development of <em>Irrational Exuberance</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤣" src="/files/1f923.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📈" src="/files/1f4c8.svg"><em> </em>was to synchronize<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏳" src="/files/23f3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚖️" src="/files/2696.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> subjective<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> experience in order to help with scaling<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚖️" src="/files/2696.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📈" src="/files/1f4c8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">. But I digress.)</p>
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<p style="text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: bold;"><em>Irrational Exuberance</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤣" src="/files/1f923.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📈" src="/files/1f4c8.svg"> was short-lived. After four weeks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗓" src="/files/1f5d3.svg">, it stopped<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛑" src="/files/1f6d1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> working. Drug<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"> tolerance is a feature of the human<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> brain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg">, not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"> an attribute of individual drugs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg">. Zhang张 was forced<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to continually invent<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> new<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✨" src="/files/2728.svg"> programs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"> to maintain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🔧" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f527.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the euphoria<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😆" src="/files/1f606.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎇" src="/files/1f387.svg"> of his symposiums. And despite these innovations, Zhang张 himself was unsatisfied. To escape<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛓" src="/files/26d3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥾" src="/files/1f97e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the treadmill<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏃‍♂️" src="/files/1f3c3-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔩" src="/files/1f529.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"> of wirehead<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤪" src="/files/1f92a.svg"> programs, he used Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> to observe<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the meditation<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧘‍♂️" src="/files/1f9d8-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> practices of Chan Buddhists 禪宗 from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> the inside<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg">, and used the data<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"> to create a mathematical<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔢" src="/files/1f522.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> model<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📊" src="/files/1f4ca.svg"> of nirvana<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕉" src="/files/1f549.svg">. He produced<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏭" src="/files/1f3ed.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> a new<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✨" src="/files/2728.svg"> kind of smartdrug<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"> program<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"> for inducing enlightenment<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"> without meditation<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧘‍♂️" src="/files/1f9d8-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> or discipline, called<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> <em>Authentic Heartmind</em> 眞心.</p>
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<p style="text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: bold;">The combination of pleasure<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤤" src="/files/1f924.svg">, health, and Buddhist<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕉" src="/files/1f549.svg"> equanimity caused the followers of Zhang张 to glow<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌟" src="/files/1f31f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> with unearthly<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌎" src="/files/1f30e.svg"> attraction, but Headstrong<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> and I were not among the enlightened<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg">. Someone had to stay behind the scenes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg">, to operate the servers<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💻" src="/files/1f4bb.svg"> and the infrastructure<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🏭" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f3ed.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏭" src="/files/1f3ed.svg">. Although we did have Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> devices<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔩" src="/files/1f529.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg">, we only watched<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👀" src="/files/1f440.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> as Zhang’s张 power<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg"> and influence<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👇" src="/files/1f447.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚖️" src="/files/2696.svg"> grew. because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> of that, we don’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> quite know<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> what happened next. Or rather, we don’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> know<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> why<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⁉️" src="/files/2049.svg">.</p>
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<p style="text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: bold;">After bringing commodity enlightenment<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"> to the masses (which were at that time<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"> still few) he began<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to speak<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗣" src="/files/1f5e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> of a fourth door<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="4️⃣" src="/files/34-20e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg">, beyond<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> impermanence<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏚" src="/files/1f3da.svg">, suffering<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤕" src="/files/1f915.svg">, and selflessness<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌌" src="/files/1f30c.svg">. He told<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> us all prior enlightenments<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"> were false<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❌" src="/files/274c.svg"> enlightenments<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">. All previous<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↙️" src="/files/2199.svg"> Buddhas were false<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❌" src="/files/274c.svg"> Buddhas. There<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> was a state of transcendence<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="♾" src="/files/267e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> no human<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> had ever tasted<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👅" src="/files/1f445.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> before<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↙️" src="/files/2199.svg">, but which he had found<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎯" src="/files/1f3af.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> using tool<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛠" src="/files/1f6e0.svg">-assisted meditation<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧘‍♂️" src="/files/1f9d8-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">. He captured<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕸" src="/files/1f578.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> these insights<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👀" src="/files/1f440.svg"> into yet another drug<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg">, called<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> <em>Yellow Emperor </em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👑" src="/files/1f451.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🟡" src="/files/1f7e1.svg">. He said<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> it would open the fourth<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="4️⃣" src="/files/34-20e3.svg"> door<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"> to all people of the world<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌎" src="/files/1f30e.svg">.</p>
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<p style="text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: bold;">Zhang张 deployed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💻" src="/files/1f4bb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌩" src="/files/1f329.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> <em>Yellow Emperor </em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👑" src="/files/1f451.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🟡" src="/files/1f7e1.svg"> to his followers, but it was a disaster. Most of the people who ran the program<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"> became violent<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚔️" src="/files/2694.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🩸" src="/files/1fa78.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> or else catatonic. At the time<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg">, there<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> was a popular app<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📱" src="/files/1f4f1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"> called<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> Face2<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> that let you connect<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> for a mind-to-mind<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> phonecall<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☎️" src="/files/260e.svg"> with anyone in your line of sight<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg">. It was the same idea<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"> as Zhang’s张 mind<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"> melding apps<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📱" src="/files/1f4f1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg">, but local and peer-to-peer. The people infected<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦠" src="/files/1f9a0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> with <em>Yellow Emperor </em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👑" src="/files/1f451.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🟡" src="/files/1f7e1.svg"> (and it was an infection<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦠" src="/files/1f9a0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">) tried to initiate Face2<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> calls<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☎️" src="/files/260e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> with everyone they saw, and anyone who accepted got hijacked and infected<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦠" src="/files/1f9a0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">. Anyone who didn’t accept, or who didn’t have a Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> implant, they would attack<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚔️" src="/files/2694.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">.</p>
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<p style="text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: bold;">If this were to happen today, it’s possible<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"> the whole world<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌎" src="/files/1f30e.svg"> would become <em>Yellow Emperor </em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👑" src="/files/1f451.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🟡" src="/files/1f7e1.svg"> zombies<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧟‍♀️" src="/files/1f9df-200d-2640-fe0f.svg">, but we were fortunate, because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> even in San Francisco<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌉" src="/files/1f309.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💩" src="/files/1f4a9.svg">, most people did not yet have the device<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔩" src="/files/1f529.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg">. With the help of the Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> Corporation, police<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👮‍♀️" src="/files/1f46e-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> were able to capture<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕸" src="/files/1f578.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> and initiate a factory<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏭" src="/files/1f3ed.svg"> reset on the infected<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦠" src="/files/1f9a0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">.</p>
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<p style="text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: bold;">After they were reset, none could remember<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> what they had done<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">. Instead, they reported<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗂" src="/files/1f5c2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> feelings of disassociation and euphoria<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😆" src="/files/1f606.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎇" src="/files/1f387.svg">. Some recounted experiences of being transported<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚅" src="/files/1f685.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to another world<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌍" src="/files/1f30d.svg"> and encountering alien<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛸" src="/files/1f6f8.svg"> beings. When I audited the code<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💻" src="/files/1f4bb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"> for <em>Yellow Emperor </em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👑" src="/files/1f451.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🟡" src="/files/1f7e1.svg">, I was unable to find<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎯" src="/files/1f3af.svg"> any logic<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"> for these hallucinations<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤩" src="/files/1f929.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎆" src="/files/1f386.svg"> or for the violent<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚔️" src="/files/2694.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🩸" src="/files/1fa78.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> behavior<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐵" src="/files/1f435.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of the infected<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦠" src="/files/1f9a0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">.</p>
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<p style="text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: bold;">The event threatened to undermine<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↪️" src="/files/21aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛏" src="/files/26cf.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> public confidence in Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg">. I don’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> know<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> what goes on in shady back rooms where journalists<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📰" src="/files/1f4f0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> and politicians and captains of industry<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨🏻‍✈️" src="/files/1f468-1f3fb-200d-2708-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏭" src="/files/1f3ed.svg"> wield power<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg">, but the incident got no press coverage<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍃" src="/files/1f343.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, fell off the news cycle<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚴‍♀️" src="/files/1f6b4-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> it was never<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> there<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg">, and then the government<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👑" src="/files/1f451.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏛" src="/files/1f3db.svg"> started<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏁" src="/files/1f3c1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> rolling<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗞" src="/files/1f5de.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> out regulations<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👩‍⚖️" src="/files/1f469-200d-2696-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> to control<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕹" src="/files/1f579.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔐" src="/files/1f510.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> what kinds of software<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"> could be made for Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg">, and who could run it. They created “schedules<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✒️" src="/files/2712.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗓" src="/files/1f5d3.svg">” of control<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕹" src="/files/1f579.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔐" src="/files/1f510.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> the same way we have with pharmaceutical<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥼" src="/files/1f97c.svg"> drugs. I think everyone here<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤵️" src="/files/2935.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> knows<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> all about that.</p>
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<p style="text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: bold;">Headstrong<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> came to me and told<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> me the world<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌎" src="/files/1f30e.svg"> was going to change<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐛" src="/files/1f41b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦋" src="/files/1f98b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> very quickly<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏩" src="/files/23e9.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, and he had made copies of all Zhang’s张 notes<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗒" src="/files/1f5d2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"></strong> and recordings<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📼" src="/files/1f4fc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">. He said<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> we had a unique<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="1️⃣" src="/files/31-20e3.svg"> opportunity to steal<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏿‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3ff-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✏️" src="/files/270f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥾" src="/files/1f97e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> them and establish a monopoly on illegal smartdrug<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"> production<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏭" src="/files/1f3ed.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">. Like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> the rest of you, I was never an idealist<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> about these things.</p>
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<p style="text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: bold;">But then, last year, Yui唯 came to Apothecary<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"> to be one of our consorts<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧝🏻‍♀️" src="/files/1f9dd-1f3fb-200d-2640-fe0f.svg">. And let’s be honest<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍷" src="/files/1f377.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg">, <em>consort</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧝🏻‍♀️" src="/files/1f9dd-1f3fb-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> is a word<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✍" src="/files/270d.svg"> for whore<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💃" src="/files/1f483.svg">. I don’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> care about that, but I got to know<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> her, and she told<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> me something I haven’t been able to let go. She showed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👉" src="/files/1f449.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> me a picture<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🖼" src="/files/1f5bc.svg"> of her mother<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👩‍👧" src="/files/1f469-200d-1f467.svg">, a fat Japanese<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🇯🇵" src="/files/1f1ef-1f1f5.svg"> American<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🇺🇸" src="/files/1f1fa-1f1f8.svg"> with too much wine<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍷" src="/files/1f377.svg"> on her face<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👩🏻" src="/files/1f469-1f3fb.svg">. She told<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> me her mother<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👩‍👧" src="/files/1f469-200d-1f467.svg"> was killed in a Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> malfunction<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👎" src="/files/1f44e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">. As she described it, I realized<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> she was a victim of the <em>Yellow Emperor </em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👑" src="/files/1f451.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🟡" src="/files/1f7e1.svg"> attacks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚔️" src="/files/2694.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, this beautiful girl<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2640-fe0f.svg">. She must have been very young when it happened. And I felt responsible for that, even though it was really Zhang张 that had done<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> it. But even that’s not why<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⁉️" src="/files/2049.svg"> I’m leaving<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥾" src="/files/1f97e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">.</p>
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<p style="text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: bold;">I’m leaving<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥾" src="/files/1f97e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">. because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg">, when she learned<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙇‍♂️" src="/files/1f647-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the truth<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍷" src="/files/1f377.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, she didn’t even care. She was and is so high<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏫" src="/files/23eb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥴" src="/files/1f974.svg"> on a cocktail<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍸" src="/files/1f378.svg"> of Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> drugs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"> (<em>Seven Veils</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="7️⃣" src="/files/37-20e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧕🏻" src="/files/1f9d5-1f3fb.svg"><em>, </em>perhaps, or <em>Woman For All Purposes</em>, some of my best creations) that her life is a flat void<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌀" src="/files/1f300.svg">. She is simply a pleasure<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤤" src="/files/1f924.svg"> machine<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔩" src="/files/1f529.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg">, hardly a person at all, and I built<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👷‍♂️" src="/files/1f477-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> that machine<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔩" src="/files/1f529.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg">. I killed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💀" src="/files/1f480.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> her mother<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👩‍👧" src="/files/1f469-200d-1f467.svg"> and turned<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐛" src="/files/1f41b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦋" src="/files/1f98b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"></strong> her into a smartdrug<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"> whore<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💃" src="/files/1f483.svg"> and she’s fine with it! You’re all fine with it! What’s wrong with you? Maybe now you’ll get it. But either way, I’m already<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↙️" src="/files/2199.svg"> gone, and to be honest<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍷" src="/files/1f377.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"> I’ll be glad<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😄" src="/files/1f604.svg"> to have these memories<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg"> excised<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗑" src="/files/1f5d1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> my head<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">.</p>
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<p style="text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: bold; text-align: right;">~ Boshi 博士</p>
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<p>Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> reads<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the email<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📧" src="/files/1f4e7.svg"> in full, but he is not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"> sure how to react<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔂" src="/files/1f502.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">. He looks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧐" src="/files/1f9d0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> up from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> his food<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍽" src="/files/1f37d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎁" src="/files/1f381.svg">, and tries to read<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the emotions<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😂" src="/files/1f602.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😭" src="/files/1f62d.svg"> of the other men<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> around him in the dining<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍽" src="/files/1f37d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> area. Did they read<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> it? Most are staring<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗿" src="/files/1f5ff.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> into the void<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌀" src="/files/1f300.svg"> of the HUD <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤩" src="/files/1f929.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔰" src="/files/1f530.svg">, and no one seems moved or even surprised<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😲" src="/files/1f632.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">. Did they already<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↙️" src="/files/2199.svg"> know<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> this story<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📈" src="/files/1f4c8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📉" src="/files/1f4c9.svg">? Or is Boshi 博士 right<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⭕️" src="/files/2b55.svg"> and they don’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> care? He barely<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤏" src="/files/1f90f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> knows<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> these people, but still it’s anxious<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥺" src="/files/1f97a.svg">. Too much to think<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> about.</p>
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<p>When he goes up to his station<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🖥" src="/files/1f5a5.svg"> in the main hall, he sees<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> Shenwu 神巫 and asks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❓" src="/files/2753.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> about the letter<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✉️" src="/files/2709.svg">. Shenwu 神巫 tells<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him most people have heard<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👂" src="/files/1f442.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the story<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📈" src="/files/1f4c8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📉" src="/files/1f4c9.svg"> of Zhang张, and that’s why<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⁉️" src="/files/2049.svg"> the fourth labyrinthe<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="4️⃣" src="/files/34-20e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪢" src="/files/1faa2.svg"> is not accessible in any of the shared file stores. There’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> nothing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> spooky<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧛🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f9db-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> about it; beaming chaos<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎲" src="/files/1f3b2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔀" src="/files/1f500.svg"> into your brain drives<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚗" src="/files/1f697.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> you crazy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😜" src="/files/1f61c.svg"> and can make you violent<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚔️" src="/files/2694.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🩸" src="/files/1fa78.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> or give<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎁" src="/files/1f381.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> you delusions<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😵" src="/files/1f635.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦄" src="/files/1f984.svg"> of grandeur<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤴" src="/files/1f934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤩" src="/files/1f929.svg">, so don’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> do that. Anything can kill<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💀" src="/files/1f480.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"> you if you use it wrong<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">.</p>
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<p>Hearing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👂" src="/files/1f442.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> this does not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> satisfy Branch’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> curiosity<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😼" src="/files/1f63c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, but he can see<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"> that for Shenwu 神巫, this is the beginning<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲" src="/files/26f2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> and end<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔚" src="/files/1f51a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of the matter. He notices<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👀" src="/files/1f440.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📊" src="/files/1f4ca.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> his teammates listening<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👂" src="/files/1f442.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to his conversation<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💬" src="/files/1f4ac.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💬" src="/files/1f4ac.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> nervously<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥺" src="/files/1f97a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, and he realizes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> this is a topic to broach carefully. So he tries to focus<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎯" src="/files/1f3af.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> on his work for the day<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📅" src="/files/1f4c5.svg">, but it does not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> hold<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤚" src="/files/1f91a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> his interest. Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> wants to know<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> what really happened; he wants to know<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the truth<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍷" src="/files/1f377.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> about Zhang张 and the drug<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"> called<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> Yellow Emperor <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👑" src="/files/1f451.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🟡" src="/files/1f7e1.svg">.</p>
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<p>From<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> his high<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏫" src="/files/23eb.svg"> pavilion<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏞" src="/files/1f3de.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏛" src="/files/1f3db.svg">,<br>he gazes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"> into the distance<br>at the color<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎨" src="/files/1f3a8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌈" src="/files/1f308.svg"> of grass<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌿" src="/files/1f33f.svg"> at heaven’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛅️" src="/files/26c5.svg"> edge<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"></p>
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<p>~</p>
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<p>That night<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌒" src="/files/1f312.svg"> he studies the second labyrinthe<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="2️⃣" src="/files/32-20e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪢" src="/files/1faa2.svg">, <em>Hedonic Geographies</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤤" src="/files/1f924.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌏" src="/files/1f30f.svg">. It starts<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏁" src="/files/1f3c1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> with a discussion of the myth<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏛" src="/files/1f3db.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐲" src="/files/1f432.svg"> of the “resonant frequency<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌊" src="/files/1f30a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔉" src="/files/1f509.svg">,” a hypothetical single<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="1️⃣" src="/files/31-20e3.svg"> activation pattern that will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> sustain a state of limitless pleasure<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤤" src="/files/1f924.svg"> in the mind<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"> of user. Subjective<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> nullification<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌀" src="/files/1f300.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> occur for any state vector imposed on the brain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg">. Artificially holding<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤚" src="/files/1f91a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> a particular state can cause “burn<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔥" src="/files/1f525.svg">-in,” dampening<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌧" src="/files/1f327.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📉" src="/files/1f4c9.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> that which was to be invoked. Burn<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔥" src="/files/1f525.svg">-in can be avoided<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚷" src="/files/1f6b7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"> by cycling<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚴‍♀️" src="/files/1f6b4-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> through a series of pleasurable<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤤" src="/files/1f924.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> stimulations<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💉" src="/files/1f489.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">; oscillating through the substantia nigra<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙆🏿‍♀️" src="/files/1f646-1f3ff-200d-2640-fe0f.svg">, the ventral tegmental area, and the hypothalamus. But this style of pleasure<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤤" src="/files/1f924.svg"> induction<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏁" src="/files/1f3c1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> encounters a ceiling; as with chemical<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧪" src="/files/1f9ea.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"> drugs, the joy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😆" src="/files/1f606.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of the stimulus<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💉" src="/files/1f489.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> soon gives<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎁" src="/files/1f381.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> way to its compulsion. The high<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏫" src="/files/23eb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥴" src="/files/1f974.svg"> becomes the baseline, and the baseline becomes the anxiety<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥺" src="/files/1f97a.svg"> of absence<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">.</p>
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<p>Table Of Contents: Hedonic Geographies</p>
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<ol><li>Varieties of Pleasure<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤤" src="/files/1f924.svg"><ol><li>Embodied<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦵" src="/files/1f9b5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> Pleasure<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤤" src="/files/1f924.svg"><ol><li>Fast<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏩" src="/files/23e9.svg">: Virtual Amphetamines</li><li>Slow: Simulated<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👾" src="/files/1f47e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg"> Opioids</li><li>Weird: Psychedelia<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎆" src="/files/1f386.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"></li><li>Erotic<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍆" src="/files/1f346.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"></li></ol></li><li>Psychological<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> Pleasure<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤤" src="/files/1f924.svg"><ol><li>Eureka<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛀" src="/files/1f6c0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg">! The Feeling of Insight<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👀" src="/files/1f440.svg"></li><li>Relief: Stop Hitting Yourself</li><li>Satisfaction: Induction of Accomplishment<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎖" src="/files/1f396.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"></li><li>Nostalgia: On Evoking Pleasing Memories</li><li>Voluptuous: The Twisted Ecstasy of Self-Deception</li></ol></li></ol></li><li>Varieties of Pain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤕" src="/files/1f915.svg"><ol><li>Embodied<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦵" src="/files/1f9b5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> Pain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤕" src="/files/1f915.svg"><ol><li>Dull and Sharp: Meditations on Intensity</li><li>Prickling and Needling: Exploring Texture</li><li>Burning and Churning: Speed and Repetition</li></ol></li><li>Psychological<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> Pain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤕" src="/files/1f915.svg"><ol><li>Guilt and Anxiety</li><li>Embarrassment</li><li>Fear<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😨" src="/files/1f628.svg">, Horror<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦑" src="/files/1f991.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤢" src="/files/1f922.svg">, Terror<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😱" src="/files/1f631.svg"></li><li>Sorrow<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😩" src="/files/1f629.svg"></li></ol></li></ol></li><li>Treadmills<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏃‍♂️" src="/files/1f3c3-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔩" src="/files/1f529.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><ol><li>The Wirehead’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤪" src="/files/1f92a.svg"> Dilemma</li><li>Jouissance</li><li>Anticipation</li><li>Grill<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍔" src="/files/1f354.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔥" src="/files/1f525.svg"> Illusions<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤩" src="/files/1f929.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏝" src="/files/1f3dd.svg"></li><li>Trances<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧘‍♂️" src="/files/1f9d8-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> and Flow<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌊" src="/files/1f30a.svg"> States</li></ol></li><li>Models<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📊" src="/files/1f4ca.svg"> For Wireheading<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤪" src="/files/1f92a.svg"><ol><li>Linear Engines</li><li><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="2️⃣" src="/files/32-20e3.svg">-Stroke Action</li><li><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="4️⃣" src="/files/34-20e3.svg">-Stroke Action</li></ol></li></ol>
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<p>Brain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> stimulation<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💉" src="/files/1f489.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> can induce<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏁" src="/files/1f3c1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"> desire<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😍" src="/files/1f60d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, but all pleasure exhausts itself with exposure, leaving only desire<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😍" src="/files/1f60d.svg"> in its place. (This is known<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> as the wirehead’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤪" src="/files/1f92a.svg"> dilemma<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔘" src="/files/1f518.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😅" src="/files/1f605.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔘" src="/files/1f518.svg">.) An alternate strategy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚔️" src="/files/2694.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"> is inspired by a famous<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤩" src="/files/1f929.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> investigation<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕵️‍♂️" src="/files/1f575-fe0f-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> into the limits of sensation<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👂" src="/files/1f442.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👅" src="/files/1f445.svg"> and perception<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👂" src="/files/1f442.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👃" src="/files/1f443.svg">: in the thermal grill<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍔" src="/files/1f354.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔥" src="/files/1f525.svg"> illusion<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤩" src="/files/1f929.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏝" src="/files/1f3dd.svg">, warm<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔥" src="/files/1f525.svg"> and cool<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❄️" src="/files/2744.svg"> metal bars are arranged in an alternating<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬛️" src="/files/2b1b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬜️" src="/files/2b1c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> layout. Neither the warm<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔥" src="/files/1f525.svg"> nor the cool<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❄️" src="/files/2744.svg"> bars occupy an extreme of temperature<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌡" src="/files/1f321.svg">, but if you place your hand<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✋" src="/files/270b.svg"> over<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤵️" src="/files/2935.svg"> the grill, the contrast<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔥" src="/files/1f525.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❄️" src="/files/2744.svg">causes you to perceive them as burning<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔥" src="/files/1f525.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> hot<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥵" src="/files/1f975.svg">. The wirehead<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤪" src="/files/1f92a.svg"> exploits a similar<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚖️" src="/files/2696.svg"></strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪞" src="/files/1fa9e.svg"> principle by titrating<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚗️" src="/files/2697.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📏" src="/files/1f4cf.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> pain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤕" src="/files/1f915.svg"> into pleasure<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤤" src="/files/1f924.svg">, which both amplifies<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📢" src="/files/1f4e2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> pleasure<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤤" src="/files/1f924.svg"> and makes pain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤕" src="/files/1f915.svg"> more tolerable. (Thunberg, 1896, <em>Förnimmelserne vid till samma ställe lokaliserad, samtidigt pägäende köld-och värmeretning</em>)</p>
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<p>The second labryinthe<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="2️⃣" src="/files/32-20e3.svg"> contains recipes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍽" src="/files/1f37d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"> for various kinds of pain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤕" src="/files/1f915.svg">, observations<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> on the interactions between<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥪" src="/files/1f96a.svg"> different pains<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤕" src="/files/1f915.svg"> and pleasures<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤤" src="/files/1f924.svg">, and designs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏛" src="/files/1f3db.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> for sustainable hedonic states. Branch thinks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> of the story<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📈" src="/files/1f4c8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📉" src="/files/1f4c9.svg"> of Zhang张, indexing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📇" src="/files/1f4c7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> his own brain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> while he was awake<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☕️" src="/files/2615.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, and he tries his own experiment<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🔬" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f52c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📏" src="/files/1f4cf.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">. He has sampled a few smartdrugs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"> already<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↙️" src="/files/2199.svg"> in his time<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"> here<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤵️" src="/files/2935.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg">–<em>Peach Spring Beyond This World </em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍑" src="/files/1f351.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌏" src="/files/1f30f.svg"><em>, Unfaithful Housewife</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✝️" src="/files/271d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👰" src="/files/1f470.svg"><em>, </em>and the perennially popular <em>Stop Hitting Yourself</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛑" src="/files/1f6d1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥊" src="/files/1f94a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">– but the drug<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"> programs in Zhang’s张 text<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"> are much simpler, and if <em>Unfaithful Housewife</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✝️" src="/files/271d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👰" src="/files/1f470.svg"> is a scalpel<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍⚕️" src="/files/1f468-200d-2695-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔪" src="/files/1f52a.svg">, then <em>Wirehead</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤪" src="/files/1f92a.svg"><em> Variation #4</em> is a hammer<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔨" src="/files/1f528.svg">.</p>
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<p>There’s an incentive to produce<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏭" src="/files/1f3ed.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> addiction<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎲" src="/files/1f3b2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌀" src="/files/1f300.svg"> in the wirehead<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤪" src="/files/1f92a.svg"> without crippling<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="♿️" src="/files/267f.svg"> his executive<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👑" src="/files/1f451.svg"> function<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, but Zhang’s张 explorations<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧭" src="/files/1f9ed.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"> were performed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> out of love<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥰" src="/files/1f970.svg">, unfettered<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛓" src="/files/26d3.svg"> by economics<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔬" src="/files/1f52c.svg">. Branch falls<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍂" src="/files/1f342.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> into such a vortex<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌪" src="/files/1f32a.svg"> of ferocious<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦁" src="/files/1f981.svg"> bliss<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤤" src="/files/1f924.svg"> that he loses an entire evening<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌘" src="/files/1f318.svg">, as if he had been asleep<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😴" src="/files/1f634.svg"> or dreaming<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💤" src="/files/1f4a4.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎥" src="/files/1f3a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, floating<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☁️" src="/files/2601.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> in radiant<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☀️" src="/files/2600.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> contentedness. When the feeling is gone, he longs for it again, but he has learned<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙇‍♂️" src="/files/1f647-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to contain these impulses by invoking Yi 义 to become temporarily anhedonic<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😐" src="/files/1f610.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">.</p>
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<p>He can’t sleep<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😴" src="/files/1f634.svg">. The events of the past day<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📅" src="/files/1f4c5.svg"> weigh<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚖️" src="/files/2696.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> too heavily on him, so he finishes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏁" src="/files/1f3c1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔚" src="/files/1f51a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the second labyrinthe<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="2️⃣" src="/files/32-20e3.svg"> and pushes straight into the third<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="3️⃣" src="/files/33-20e3.svg">, <em>Commodity Enlightenment </em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg">. Whereas wireheading<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤪" src="/files/1f92a.svg"> searches<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> for hedonic equilibria by simultaneously<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> cultivating and satiating desire<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😍" src="/files/1f60d.svg">, Buddhism<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕉" src="/files/1f549.svg"> seeks to eliminate<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> desire<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😍" src="/files/1f60d.svg"> altogether. Can enlightenment<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"> be as simple as playing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="▶️" src="/files/25b6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> back recordings<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📼" src="/files/1f4fc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of brain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> state vectors into the minds<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"> of the uninitiated?</p>
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<p>Awakening<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☕️" src="/files/2615.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> is a process, a journey<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👣" src="/files/1f463.svg"> as well as a destination<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧭" src="/files/1f9ed.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥅" src="/files/1f945.svg">. The subjective<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> experience of each step<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👣" src="/files/1f463.svg"> of the path<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👣" src="/files/1f463.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛣" src="/files/1f6e3.svg"> may be different for each initiate, because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> the mind<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"> is an intricate forest<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌲" src="/files/1f332.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌲" src="/files/1f332.svg">, and it may appear different in daylight<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☀️" src="/files/2600.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕯" src="/files/1f56f.svg"> or moonlight<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌕" src="/files/1f315.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕯" src="/files/1f56f.svg">, in winter<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❄️" src="/files/2744.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗓" src="/files/1f5d3.svg"> or summer<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌞" src="/files/1f31e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗓" src="/files/1f5d3.svg">, up close or from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> a distance. Nevertheless, the objective neurological<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> map<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"> through the forest<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌲" src="/files/1f332.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌲" src="/files/1f332.svg"> is the same for everyone. The initiate must pass through each of the eight<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="8️⃣" src="/files/38-20e3.svg"> stages<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👾" src="/files/1f47e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍰" src="/files/1f370.svg"> of concentration and insight<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👀" src="/files/1f440.svg"> in order before<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↙️" src="/files/2199.svg"> approaching the doors<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"> of impermanence<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏳" src="/files/23f3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👴🏻" src="/files/1f474-1f3fb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, suffering<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤕" src="/files/1f915.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, and selflessness<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">.</p>
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<p>The spacious<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌌" src="/files/1f30c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> golden chains<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛓" src="/files/26d3.svg"> of concentration succumb to the wirehead’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤪" src="/files/1f92a.svg"> dilemma<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔘" src="/files/1f518.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😅" src="/files/1f605.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔘" src="/files/1f518.svg"> if they are not titrated<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚗️" src="/files/2697.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📏" src="/files/1f4cf.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> with pain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤕" src="/files/1f915.svg">, but the natural<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌲" src="/files/1f332.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌱" src="/files/1f331.svg"> pain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤕" src="/files/1f915.svg"> of impermanence<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏳" src="/files/23f3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👴🏻" src="/files/1f474-1f3fb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> is often sufficient to avoid<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚷" src="/files/1f6b7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> this problem. At the apex<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏫" src="/files/23eb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏔" src="/files/1f3d4.svg"> of concentration, it is possible<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"> to trigger<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔫" src="/files/1f52b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the Kundalini Awakening<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☕️" src="/files/2615.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, which may be accompanied by spasmodic<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦵" src="/files/1f9b5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔀" src="/files/1f500.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> movements, strong<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> sexual<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍆" src="/files/1f346.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌮" src="/files/1f32e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> feelings, lucid<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕯" src="/files/1f56f.svg"> dreams<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💤" src="/files/1f4a4.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎥" src="/files/1f3a5.svg">, and the belief that one has magical<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧙‍♂️" src="/files/1f9d9-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> powers<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg">. Awakening<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☕️" src="/files/2615.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> yields<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚠️" src="/files/26a0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to dissolution, misery<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤕" src="/files/1f915.svg">, and fear<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😨" src="/files/1f628.svg">, which are mitigated by completing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> the progression into Equanimity<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕊" src="/files/1f54a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, Conformity<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏳️‍🌈" src="/files/1f3f3-fe0f-200d-1f308.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, and Fruition<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍇" src="/files/1f347.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">.</p>
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<p>The equanimity<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕊" src="/files/1f54a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of stillness in the conscious<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👀" src="/files/1f440.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> mind<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"> does not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> stifle the pursuit of base desire<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😍" src="/files/1f60d.svg">; it only severs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔪" src="/files/1f52a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪢" src="/files/1faa2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the mind<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"> from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> the subjective<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> awareness<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👀" src="/files/1f440.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> (i.e., the pain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤕" src="/files/1f915.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">) of that desire<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😍" src="/files/1f60d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">. Enlightenment<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"> turns<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> out to be only a form of euphoric<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😆" src="/files/1f606.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎇" src="/files/1f387.svg"> dissociation<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛓" src="/files/26d3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, where self-related thoughts<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> are greatly reduced<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📉" src="/files/1f4c9.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">.</p>
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<h2>~</h2>
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<p>Having come to the end<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔚" src="/files/1f51a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of these texts<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg">, just as the simulated<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👾" src="/files/1f47e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> light<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕯" src="/files/1f56f.svg"> of dawn<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌅" src="/files/1f305.svg"> shines<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☀️" src="/files/2600.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> through his virtual windows<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪟" src="/files/1fa9f.svg">, he feels no<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"> closer to any understanding<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↪️" src="/files/21aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📚" src="/files/1f4da.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of the things he has learned<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙇‍♂️" src="/files/1f647-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">.</p>
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<p>At the next gathering<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎪" src="/files/1f3aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍻" src="/files/1f37b.svg"> at Headstrong’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> estate, he goes to Romero and asks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❓" src="/files/2753.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> about the fourth labyrinthe<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="4️⃣" src="/files/34-20e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪢" src="/files/1faa2.svg">, and the drug<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"> <em>Yellow Emperor </em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👑" src="/files/1f451.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🟡" src="/files/1f7e1.svg">, and Romero tells<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him there<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> are rumors<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤫" src="/files/1f92b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"> of Zhang’s张 dealings in the occult<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧙‍♂️" src="/files/1f9d9-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📜" src="/files/1f4dc.svg"></strong>, that his Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> explorations<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧭" src="/files/1f9ed.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of the mind<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"> were connected<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to his dealings with dark and forbidden books, with Tang唐 dynasty necromancy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧟‍♂️" src="/files/1f9df-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔮" src="/files/1f52e.svg"> called<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> Fangshi 方士.</p>
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<p>Two years ago<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="2️⃣" src="/files/32-20e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗓" src="/files/1f5d3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅" src="/files/2b05.svg">, a man<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍💼" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f4bc.svg"> came here<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤵️" src="/files/2935.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> who called<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> himself Guolao果老. He was troubled<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😟" src="/files/1f61f.svg">, Romero thinks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> everyone could see<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"> that, but Headstrong<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> took a liking<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> to him, and they would sometimes meet privately<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤫" src="/files/1f92b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">. Like Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg">, he had also asked<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❓" src="/files/2753.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> questions about <em>Yellow Emperor</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👑" src="/files/1f451.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🟡" src="/files/1f7e1.svg">, and developed a fascination with the tigers<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐯" src="/files/1f42f.svg"> in the gallery<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🖼" src="/files/1f5bc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚶‍♂️" src="/files/1f6b6-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> in the main hall. Romero had warned<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚠️" src="/files/26a0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him of the dangers<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚠️" src="/files/26a0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛔️" src="/files/26d4.svg">–others did, too–but he would always go up there<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> to examine<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> them, and even pick them up<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✋" src="/files/270b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> time<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"> to time<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg">. One day<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📅" src="/files/1f4c5.svg"> he selected an antique<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👴🏻" src="/files/1f474-1f3fb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> revolver<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔫" src="/files/1f52b.svg"> with a painted<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎨" src="/files/1f3a8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> ivory<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚪️" src="/files/26aa.svg"> handle, and it compelled him to spin the cylinder, place the gun<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔫" src="/files/1f52b.svg"> to his head<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">, and pull the trigger<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔫" src="/files/1f52b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">.</p>
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<p>The gun<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔫" src="/files/1f52b.svg"> was not loaded<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📦" src="/files/1f4e6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, but still, he did not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> learn<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙇‍♂️" src="/files/1f647-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">. He invented<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> a strange<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦑" src="/files/1f991.svg"> new<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✨" src="/files/2728.svg"> smartdrug<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"> program<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"> called<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> <em>Feet on a Snake</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦶" src="/files/1f9b6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐍" src="/files/1f40d.svg">, which was so convoluted<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪢" src="/files/1faa2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> that no one could ascertain its mechanism<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"> of action<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> or intended function<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">. Among the testers who used the product<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏭" src="/files/1f3ed.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, all reported<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗂" src="/files/1f5c2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> sensations<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👂" src="/files/1f442.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👅" src="/files/1f445.svg"> of disassociation<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌀" src="/files/1f300.svg">, euphoria<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😆" src="/files/1f606.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎇" src="/files/1f387.svg">, and time<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"> dilation<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏳️‍⚧️" src="/files/1f3f3-fe0f-200d-26a7-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">. Worse, those same testers were found<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎯" src="/files/1f3af.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> wandering mindlessly<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> around the compound with no awareness<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👀" src="/files/1f440.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of their actions, and when they came back to themselves, none had any memory<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg"> of doing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> so. Boshi博士, who was the head<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨" src="/files/1f468.svg"> of quality control<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👍" src="/files/1f44d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕹" src="/files/1f579.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔐" src="/files/1f510.svg">, refused<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> to ship<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚢" src="/files/1f6a2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> it to the public.</p>
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<p>Shortly after this, Guolao 果老 left the Apothecary<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"> with no preamble or ceremony. It might not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"> be wrong<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❌" src="/files/274c.svg"> to say<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> he disappeared<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, but the similarities between<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥪" src="/files/1f96a.svg"> <em>Feet on a Snake</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦶" src="/files/1f9b6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐍" src="/files/1f40d.svg"><em> </em>and <em>Yellow Emperor </em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👑" src="/files/1f451.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🟡" src="/files/1f7e1.svg"> are clear<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💎" src="/files/1f48e.svg">, and it seems likely that Guolao果老 had somehow obtained access<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔑" src="/files/1f511.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> to the locked<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔒" src="/files/1f512.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> writings<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✍️" src="/files/270d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of Zhang张, <em>The Fourth Labyrinthe</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="4️⃣" src="/files/34-20e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪢" src="/files/1faa2.svg">. Given<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎁" src="/files/1f381.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> his inexplicably close connection<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> to Headstrong<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> and the fact that Headstrong<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> is the only man known<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to possess these writings<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✍️" src="/files/270d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, there<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> is an obvious conclusion that Romero declines<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to put into words<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✍" src="/files/270d.svg">. Headstrong<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> is a good<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👍" src="/files/1f44d.svg"> and generous<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎗" src="/files/1f397.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> leader<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤴" src="/files/1f934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">, even a visionary<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">, and Romero will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"> speak<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗣" src="/files/1f5e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> ill<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤒" src="/files/1f912.svg"> of him, but the thing he won’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> say<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> lingers over Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> with its undeniable<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> plausibility<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">.</p>
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<p>There is speculation that Headstrong<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> hid the Fourth Labyrinthe<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="4️⃣" src="/files/34-20e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪢" src="/files/1faa2.svg"> in one of the innumerable tigers<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐯" src="/files/1f42f.svg"> displayed around the Apothecary<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg">, and that the strange<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦑" src="/files/1f991.svg"> incidents of Guolao’s 果老 drug<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"> and his disappearance<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> could be attributed only to Headstrong’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> recklessness in planting<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌱" src="/files/1f331.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> so many dangerous<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚠️" src="/files/26a0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛔️" src="/files/26d4.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> seeds<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌱" src="/files/1f331.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌰" src="/files/1f330.svg"> around his garden<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💐" src="/files/1f490.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌳" src="/files/1f333.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌿" src="/files/1f33f.svg">, rather than to any more sinister or deliberate motive. For his own part, Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg">, perhaps like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> Guolao 果老 before<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↙️" src="/files/2199.svg"> him, remains ambivalent<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤵️" src="/files/2935.svg"> to these concerns, and he finds<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎯" src="/files/1f3af.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the mysteries<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕵️‍♂️" src="/files/1f575-fe0f-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❓" src="/files/2753.svg"> of the Zhang’s张 writings<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✍️" src="/files/270d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> all the more enticing. He wants to know<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> what secrets<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤫" src="/files/1f92b.svg"> hide<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙈" src="/files/1f648.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> in those forbidden texts<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg">, or in the the tigers<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐯" src="/files/1f42f.svg"> that lurk in Apothecary’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"> galleries<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🖼" src="/files/1f5bc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚶‍♂️" src="/files/1f6b6-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> and halls<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏛" src="/files/1f3db.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚶‍♂️" src="/files/1f6b6-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">.</p>
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<p>No one sees<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> Headstrong<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> for a number<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔢" src="/files/1f522.svg"> of months<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📅" src="/files/1f4c5.svg">; he no longer holds<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤚" src="/files/1f91a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> gatherings<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎪" src="/files/1f3aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍻" src="/files/1f37b.svg"> on his estate, and there<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> is gossip that he is ailing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤒" src="/files/1f912.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">. He sends<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✉️" src="/files/2709.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> for Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> specifically<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎯" src="/files/1f3af.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> through a private<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤫" src="/files/1f92b.svg"> message, and Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> goes out to Headstrong’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> house, through the familiar gardens<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💐" src="/files/1f490.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌳" src="/files/1f333.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌿" src="/files/1f33f.svg"> where has often gambled<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎲" src="/files/1f3b2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> and caroused<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍻" src="/files/1f37b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, and makes his way through the double<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="2️⃣" src="/files/32-20e3.svg"> door<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"> at the front of the house<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏠" src="/files/1f3e0.svg">. In the foyer, a push notification<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎉" src="/files/1f389.svg"> directs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎬" src="/files/1f3ac.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him to the kitchen; a bot<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"> instructs to prepare a pot of bai mudan<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍵" src="/files/1f375.svg"> and bring it up<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏫" src="/files/23eb.svg"> to Headstrong’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> room. He feels vaguely humiliated by this, but also gratified that he was called<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☎️" src="/files/260e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">. Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> makes the tea<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍵" src="/files/1f375.svg"> and goes to Headstrong’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> room, where the old<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👴🏻" src="/files/1f474-1f3fb.svg"> man<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> is lying in his bed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛏" src="/files/1f6cf.svg">, asleep<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😴" src="/files/1f634.svg">.</p>
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<p>Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> does not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> disturb him, but he sees<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> how frail Headstrong<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> now appears, Headstrong<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> who is revered<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙇‍♂️" src="/files/1f647-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤴" src="/files/1f934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> throughout the Apothecary<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg">, who has invented<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> this world<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌎" src="/files/1f30e.svg"> of nootropics and smartdrugs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"> and real food<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍽" src="/files/1f37d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎁" src="/files/1f381.svg"> and loose women<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2640-fe0f.svg">. He is suddenly repulsed by the parochiality of the place, and he thinks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> how easy it would be to end<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔚" src="/files/1f51a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> Headstrong’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> life, how much more he (Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg">) could accomplish<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎖" src="/files/1f396.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> with these tools<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛠" src="/files/1f6e0.svg"> and these men<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">. But his thoughts<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> are interrupted as he sees<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the girl<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> the very first<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="1️⃣" src="/files/31-20e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> night<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌒" src="/files/1f312.svg"> come into the room, with a white jade<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚪️" src="/files/26aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💎" src="/files/1f48e.svg"> hairpin<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> in her hair. She is only half-dressed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👔" src="/files/1f454.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, and their eyes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"> meet before<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↙️" src="/files/2199.svg"> she sits<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪑" src="/files/1fa91.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> on the bed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛏" src="/files/1f6cf.svg"> next to Headstrong <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg">and wakes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☕️" src="/files/2615.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him.</p>
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<p>The old man runs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏃‍♂️" src="/files/1f3c3-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> his hand<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤚" src="/files/1f91a.svg"> through her hair as he drinks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥃" src="/files/1f943.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> cup after cup of hot<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔥" src="/files/1f525.svg"> tea<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍵" src="/files/1f375.svg"> and speaks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗣" src="/files/1f5e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> of business and his dealings in the past year. Finally, he gives<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎁" src="/files/1f381.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> permission to leave<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥾" src="/files/1f97e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">. But Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> takes the opportunity to ask<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❓" src="/files/2753.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, audaciously, about <em>Yellow Emperor </em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👑" src="/files/1f451.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🟡" src="/files/1f7e1.svg">, though he is not so brazen as to mention the man<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> called<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> Guolao 果老. An inscrutable emotion<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😂" src="/files/1f602.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😭" src="/files/1f62d.svg"> crosses<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔀" src="/files/1f500.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> Headstrong’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> face, and then passes, and he tells<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> that he destroyed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💣" src="/files/1f4a3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> all copies of the fourth labyrinthe<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="4️⃣" src="/files/34-20e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪢" src="/files/1faa2.svg">, and that nothing good<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👍" src="/files/1f44d.svg"> can come of delving<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏊‍♂️" src="/files/1f3ca-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> into such things. Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> may have heard<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👂" src="/files/1f442.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the idea<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"> that Zhang张 stumbled upon a neurological<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> schematic<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📝" src="/files/1f4dd.svg"> for an ansible<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚀" src="/files/1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☎️" src="/files/260e.svg"> to another world<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌎" src="/files/1f30e.svg">, but this is pure<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚗️" src="/files/2697.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💧" src="/files/1f4a7.svg"> fantasy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦄" src="/files/1f984.svg">, a superstition<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦸‍♂️" src="/files/1f9b8-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"> that has sprung up around a very advanced technology<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💻" src="/files/1f4bb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧪" src="/files/1f9ea.svg">. No doubt Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> asks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❓" src="/files/2753.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> these questions<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❓" src="/files/2753.svg"> because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> of the letter<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✉️" src="/files/2709.svg"> from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> Boshi博士, who has developed some fanciful notions after spending<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> too much time<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"> in the idle company of consorts<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧝🏻‍♀️" src="/files/1f9dd-1f3fb-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> and digital<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👾" src="/files/1f47e.svg"> aphrodisiacs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍆" src="/files/1f346.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg">.</p>
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<p>Headstrong<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> asks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❓" src="/files/2753.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg">, “have you heard<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👂" src="/files/1f442.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the proverb<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👴🏻" src="/files/1f474-1f3fb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📜" src="/files/1f4dc.svg"> which tells<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> us: mirrors<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪞" src="/files/1fa9e.svg"> and copulation<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍆" src="/files/1f346.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌮" src="/files/1f32e.svg"> are abominable, because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> they multiply<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✖️" src="/files/2716.svg"> the number<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔢" src="/files/1f522.svg"> of men<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">?” (<em>Uqbar</em>, Anglo-American Cyclopaedia, 1902.)</p>
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<p>“To understand<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↪️" src="/files/21aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📚" src="/files/1f4da.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> <em>Yellow Emperor </em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👑" src="/files/1f451.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🟡" src="/files/1f7e1.svg">, it helps to imagine<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐉" src="/files/1f409.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> a mirror<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪞" src="/files/1fa9e.svg">. The drug<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"> has no content itself; it is a feedback loop<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎤" src="/files/1f3a4.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔃" src="/files/1f503.svg"> that amplifies<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📢" src="/files/1f4e2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> things already<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↙️" src="/files/2199.svg"> present in the mind<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg">. The name<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> comes from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> a legend<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📜" src="/files/1f4dc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐲" src="/files/1f432.svg"> about the emperor<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👑" src="/files/1f451.svg"> Huangdi黄帝, who conquered the creatures<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦈" src="/files/1f988.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦁" src="/files/1f981.svg"> that live on the other side of the mirror<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪞" src="/files/1fa9e.svg"> and forced<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> them into slavish<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨🏿‍💼" src="/files/1f468-1f3ff-200d-1f4bc.svg"> imitation<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐵" src="/files/1f435.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of whatever is before<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↙️" src="/files/2199.svg"> them. Zhang张 deployed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💻" src="/files/1f4bb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌩" src="/files/1f329.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> this name<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> whimsically<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😂" src="/files/1f602.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💨" src="/files/1f4a8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, to suggest that his program<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"> was a conquest<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚔️" src="/files/2694.svg"> of the mirror<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪞" src="/files/1fa9e.svg">, but according to the story, there<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> come a day<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📅" src="/files/1f4c5.svg"> when Huangdi’s黄帝 magic<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧙‍♂️" src="/files/1f9d9-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> falters, and the mirror<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪞" src="/files/1fa9e.svg"> people will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> be free<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🇺🇸" src="/files/1f1fa-1f1f8.svg"> to come out of the mirror<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪞" src="/files/1fa9e.svg"> to seek revenge.”</p>
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<p>Headstrong<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> explains that the legend<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📜" src="/files/1f4dc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐲" src="/files/1f432.svg"> is a parable; it highlights<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏫" src="/files/23eb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🖍" src="/files/1f58d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the horrors<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦑" src="/files/1f991.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤢" src="/files/1f922.svg"> within us, the shadowy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👤" src="/files/1f464.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> reflections<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪞" src="/files/1fa9e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> that we manifest in the world<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌎" src="/files/1f30e.svg">. Zhang’s张 greatest shortcoming was his naivete. He failed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❌" src="/files/274c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to understand<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↪️" src="/files/21aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📚" src="/files/1f4da.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the depravity<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦹‍♂️" src="/files/1f9b9-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> in the hearts<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🫀" src="/files/1fac0.svg"> of so many people, because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> he saw wonderful<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❓" src="/files/2753.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, transcendent<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚄" src="/files/1f684.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="♾" src="/files/267e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> things when he looked<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧐" src="/files/1f9d0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> into the mirror<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪞" src="/files/1fa9e.svg">, reflections<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪞" src="/files/1fa9e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👤" src="/files/1f464.svg"> of his natural<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌲" src="/files/1f332.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌱" src="/files/1f331.svg"> curiosity<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😼" src="/files/1f63c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> and good nature<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👍" src="/files/1f44d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌲" src="/files/1f332.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌱" src="/files/1f331.svg">, and he imagined<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐉" src="/files/1f409.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> others would be the same. This is the truth<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍷" src="/files/1f377.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of this tragedy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😭" src="/files/1f62d.svg">.</p>
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<p>On his way out of Headstrong’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> house<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏠" src="/files/1f3e0.svg">, Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> pauses<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏸" src="/files/23f8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to walk<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚶‍♂️" src="/files/1f6b6-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> down<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg"> a dark hallway, driven<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚗" src="/files/1f697.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> by impulse, or by a premonition. Though he is not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"> influenced<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👇" src="/files/1f447.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚖️" src="/files/2696.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> by any nootropics or smartdrugs <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg">, the urge seems to come from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> outside<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> of himself. He enters<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> a room full of display cases and pedestals and artifacts<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏺" src="/files/1f3fa.svg">, and he realizes this is another collection of tigers<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐯" src="/files/1f42f.svg"> like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> the ones in the main work hall of Apothecary<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg">. In the center of the room, against the far wall, he sees<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> a full length mirror<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪞" src="/files/1fa9e.svg"> covered<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍃" src="/files/1f343.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> by a dusty cloth, with only a small<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤏" src="/files/1f90f.svg"> corner visible, and he is already thinking<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> of Headstrong’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> story<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📈" src="/files/1f4c8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📉" src="/files/1f4c9.svg"> about Huangdi黄帝 and the mirror people<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪞" src="/files/1fa9e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙃" src="/files/1f643.svg">. So he pulls the cloth from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> the mirror<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪞" src="/files/1fa9e.svg">, of course.</p>
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<p>Most tigers<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐯" src="/files/1f42f.svg"> work by using transcutaneous electrical<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> stimulation<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💉" src="/files/1f489.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> to trigger<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔫" src="/files/1f52b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> behavior<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐵" src="/files/1f435.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> in the Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> device<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔩" src="/files/1f529.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"> that can enable code<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💻" src="/files/1f4bb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"> injection<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💉" src="/files/1f489.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">. TENS <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧴" src="/files/1f9f4.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg">is the most common approach, because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> it affords<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the largest surface area for attack<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚔️" src="/files/2694.svg">, and because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> it has the highest<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏫" src="/files/23eb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏫" src="/files/23eb.svg"> bandwidth<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"> once the security<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👮🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f46e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> of Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> is compromised, but in theory<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🔬" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f52c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg">, a hacker<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💻" src="/files/1f4bb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦹‍♂️" src="/files/1f9b9-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> could exploit any sensory<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👅" src="/files/1f445.svg"> modality to deliver an unauthorized<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👑" src="/files/1f451.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"> logic<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"> payload<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg">, even the sense of smell<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👃" src="/files/1f443.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💨" src="/files/1f4a8.svg">. (Zhang张, 2027, <em>Thy Fearful Symmetry: Systemic</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕸" src="/files/1f578.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"><em> Risks in Full-Duplex Neuralink Devices</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔩" src="/files/1f529.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg">).</p>
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<p>As Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> stares<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗿" src="/files/1f5ff.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> into his reflection<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪞" src="/files/1fa9e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👤" src="/files/1f464.svg">, chromatic<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎨" src="/files/1f3a8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> aberrations<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌈" src="/files/1f308.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"> surround him like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> a halo<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😇" src="/files/1f607.svg">, and he is unable to look<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧐" src="/files/1f9d0.svg"> away. He loses all conscious<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👀" src="/files/1f440.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> awareness<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👀" src="/files/1f440.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of time<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg">. At some point<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"> in his trance<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧘‍♂️" src="/files/1f9d8-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, the myriad transformations<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐛" src="/files/1f41b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦋" src="/files/1f98b.svg"></strong> of the mirror<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪞" src="/files/1fa9e.svg"> unravel<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👎" src="/files/1f44e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧵" src="/files/1f9f5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> one another, and it occurs to him that the reflection<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪞" src="/files/1fa9e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👤" src="/files/1f464.svg"> he sees<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> is no<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"> longer his own face<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">. His mind<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"> collapses<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏚" src="/files/1f3da.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> into a single<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="1️⃣" src="/files/31-20e3.svg"> point<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of focus<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎯" src="/files/1f3af.svg">, and he finds himself as a different person, in an entirely different place.</p>
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<p>The myriad transformations<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐛" src="/files/1f41b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦋" src="/files/1f98b.svg"></strong>unravel<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👎" src="/files/1f44e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧵" src="/files/1f9f5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> one another<br>We are born<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👶" src="/files/1f476.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> of the selfsame root,<br>Why<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⁉️" src="/files/2049.svg"> should we hound<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐶" src="/files/1f436.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> each other to death<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☠️" src="/files/2620.svg"> with such impatience?</p>
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<h2>III. Tiger <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐯" src="/files/1f42f.svg"></h2>
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<h3><strong>Note<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗒" src="/files/1f5d2.svg">: Regarding Addiction</strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎲" src="/files/1f3b2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌀" src="/files/1f300.svg"></h3>
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<p>They call<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> my creations smartdrugs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg">. I don’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> know<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"> who coined<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗣" src="/files/1f5e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪙" src="/files/1fa99.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> this term, though it is now common. But I never<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> saw<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> them as drugs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg">, only as programs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg">. I think<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> it’s a slander, or at least a misconception<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❌" src="/files/274c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, to call<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> them drugs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg">; a drug<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"> is not a biochemical<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧬" src="/files/1f9ec.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧪" src="/files/1f9ea.svg"> program<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg">, because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> it contains no<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> logic<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg">. It only acts on the mind<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"> according to logic<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"> already present. But this distinction is pedantic<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤓" src="/files/1f913.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg">, I realize<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> that. I’m bargaining<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤑" src="/files/1f911.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤝" src="/files/1f91d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">.</p>
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<p>And from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> the outside<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> I can see<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"> why<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⁉️" src="/files/2049.svg"> my detractors<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤬" src="/files/1f92c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤺" src="/files/1f93a.svg"> compare me to a drug dealer<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">, why<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⁉️" src="/files/2049.svg"> they call<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> my many supporters “addicts<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎲" src="/files/1f3b2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">” – but consider<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">: there is alcohol use<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍻" src="/files/1f37b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> and alcohol abuse<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍺" src="/files/1f37a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤬" src="/files/1f92c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, but there is no such category as cocaine<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛄️" src="/files/26c4.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> use, why<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⁉️" src="/files/2049.svg"> not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg">?</p>
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<p>I ask<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❓" src="/files/2753.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> this question<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❓" src="/files/2753.svg"> because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> any behavior<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐵" src="/files/1f435.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> can become an addiction<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎲" src="/files/1f3b2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌀" src="/files/1f300.svg">. In a survey<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🔬" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f52c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📝" src="/files/1f4dd.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of over<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤵️" src="/files/2935.svg"> a thousand tango<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💃" src="/files/1f483.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕺" src="/files/1f57a.svg"> enthusiasts, nearly half met the DSM-IV criteria for “addiction<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎲" src="/files/1f3b2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌀" src="/files/1f300.svg">” (Targhetta et al., 2013, <em>Argentine<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🇦🇷" src="/files/1f1e6-1f1f7.svg"> tango: Another behavioral</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐵" src="/files/1f435.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"><em> addiction</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎲" src="/files/1f3b2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌀" src="/files/1f300.svg"><em>?</em>) But there’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> a critical<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎯" src="/files/1f3af.svg">, ineffable<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙊" src="/files/1f64a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> distance between<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥪" src="/files/1f96a.svg"> pathology<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👎" src="/files/1f44e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> and addiction<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎲" src="/files/1f3b2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌀" src="/files/1f300.svg">. It cannot be defined<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"> physiologically<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, only holistically<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌐" src="/files/1f310.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, by examining<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the behavior<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐵" src="/files/1f435.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> in the context of the life of the “addict<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎲" src="/files/1f3b2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">.” It comes down<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg"> to a feeling, ultimately, about whether that behavior<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐵" src="/files/1f435.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> is good<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👍" src="/files/1f44d.svg"> or bad<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👎" src="/files/1f44e.svg"> for you.</p>
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<h3><strong>Procedure: White Noise <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚪️" src="/files/26aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"> 4 Hz, 12 mV</strong></h3>
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<p>I feel drowsy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥱" src="/files/1f971.svg"> and everything is dreamlike<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💤" src="/files/1f4a4.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎥" src="/files/1f3a5.svg">. Visual<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> and other perceptual artifacts<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏺" src="/files/1f3fa.svg"> are present but mild. Motor control<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚗" src="/files/1f697.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕹" src="/files/1f579.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔐" src="/files/1f510.svg"> is slightly impaired<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤕" src="/files/1f915.svg">. In conversation<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💬" src="/files/1f4ac.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💬" src="/files/1f4ac.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, I sometimes say the wrong word<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✍" src="/files/270d.svg">, but I am lucid<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕯" src="/files/1f56f.svg">. Dr. Hong洪 asks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❓" src="/files/2753.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> me questions<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❓" src="/files/2753.svg"> and I answer <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❗️" src="/files/2757.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">.</p>
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<p>Hong洪: What is your name<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">?<br>Zhang张: Eric Zhang张.</p>
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<p>Hong洪: Where are you?<br>Zhang张: In the mission<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔔" src="/files/1f514.svg"> district of San Francisco<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌉" src="/files/1f309.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💩" src="/files/1f4a9.svg">, in the Pioneer building<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏢" src="/files/1f3e2.svg">.</p>
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<p>Hong洪: What is happening?<br>Zhang张: We are conducting<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎶" src="/files/1f3b6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥢" src="/files/1f962.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> an interfructuation<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦑" src="/files/1f991.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍭" src="/files/1f36d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of the effect of white noise<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"> streamed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌊" src="/files/1f30a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> through Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg">.</p>
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<p>Hong洪: What do you see<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">?<br>Zhang张: I see<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the computer lab<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💻" src="/files/1f4bb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥼" src="/files/1f97c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔬" src="/files/1f52c.svg">. As you speak<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗣" src="/files/1f5e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> I have the image of a dragon<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐲" src="/files/1f432.svg"> flying<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✈️" src="/files/2708.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">. Lattices<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧬" src="/files/1f9ec.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪢" src="/files/1faa2.svg"> and honeycombs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍯" src="/files/1f36f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕸" src="/files/1f578.svg"> are visible<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg">.</p>
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<p>Hong洪: What do you hear<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👂" src="/files/1f442.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">?<br>Zhang张: Your voice<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗣" src="/files/1f5e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg">. The ambient noise<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌴" src="/files/1f334.svg"><strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong> of the lab<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥼" src="/files/1f97c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔬" src="/files/1f52c.svg">. Subtle tinnitus<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔔" src="/files/1f514.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👂" src="/files/1f442.svg"> in the left<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"> – no<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> the right<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤵️" src="/files/2935.svg"> – no<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> the left<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"> ear<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👂" src="/files/1f442.svg">.</p>
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<p>After fifteen minutes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏲" src="/files/23f2.svg">, I fall<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍂" src="/files/1f342.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> into a dreamless<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💤" src="/files/1f4a4.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎥" src="/files/1f3a5.svg"> sleep<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😴" src="/files/1f634.svg">. Where we might expect noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong> in the visual<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> cortex<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> to produce<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏭" src="/files/1f3ed.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> similarly<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚖️" src="/files/2696.svg"></strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪞" src="/files/1fa9e.svg"> random<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎲" src="/files/1f3b2.svg"> visual<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> artifacts<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏺" src="/files/1f3fa.svg">, perhaps akin to “snow<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❄️" src="/files/2744.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☃️" src="/files/2603.svg">” on a television<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📺" src="/files/1f4fa.svg"> screen, instead we observe<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> Klüver’s “form constants;” spirals<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌀" src="/files/1f300.svg">, tunnels, lattices<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧬" src="/files/1f9ec.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪢" src="/files/1faa2.svg"> and cobwebs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕸" src="/files/1f578.svg">, suggesting that noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong> causes downstream<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌊" src="/files/1f30a.svg"> activation to flow<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌊" src="/files/1f30a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> along straight lines in the visual<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> cortex<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg">. (Bressloff, Paul C.; Cowan, Jack D.; Golubitsky, Martin; Thomas, Peter J.; Weiner, Matthew C., March 2002. <em>What Geometric<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📐" src="/files/1f4d0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> Visual</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"><em> Hallucinations</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤩" src="/files/1f929.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎆" src="/files/1f386.svg"><em> Tell</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"><em> Us About the Visual</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"><em> Cortex</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg">)</p>
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<h3><strong>Procedure: White Noise <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚪️" src="/files/26aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"> 12 Hz, 20 mV</strong></h3>
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<p>I am dissociated<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛓" src="/files/26d3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> and derealized<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦄" src="/files/1f984.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">. The sensation<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👂" src="/files/1f442.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👅" src="/files/1f445.svg"> is similar<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚖️" src="/files/2696.svg"></strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪞" src="/files/1fa9e.svg"> to the final moments<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏱" src="/files/23f1.svg"> one spends<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> at the boundary<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"> between<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥪" src="/files/1f96a.svg"> sleeping<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😴" src="/files/1f634.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> and waking<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☕️" src="/files/2615.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">. I pass in and out of lucidity<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕯" src="/files/1f56f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, alternately occupying a dream space<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💤" src="/files/1f4a4.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎥" src="/files/1f3a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌌" src="/files/1f30c.svg"> or the waking<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☕️" src="/files/2615.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> world <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌎" src="/files/1f30e.svg">.</p>
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<p>I feel I am passing through luminous<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕯" src="/files/1f56f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> tunnels toward unknown<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"> and unknowable<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"> destinations<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧭" src="/files/1f9ed.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥅" src="/files/1f945.svg">. Each time<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"> I “wake<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☕️" src="/files/2615.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> up” and re-enter<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔂" src="/files/1f502.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"> the dream<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💤" src="/files/1f4a4.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎥" src="/files/1f3a5.svg">, I start<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏁" src="/files/1f3c1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> back at the beginning<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of the tunnels, an it occurs to me that the dream<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💤" src="/files/1f4a4.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎥" src="/files/1f3a5.svg"> me is the “real” me, and the “me” in the waking world<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☕️" src="/files/2615.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌎" src="/files/1f30e.svg"> is only a shadow<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👤" src="/files/1f464.svg">. I am frustrated<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😖" src="/files/1f616.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> by this, but when it’s over<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤵️" src="/files/2935.svg">, I feel sheepish<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐑" src="/files/1f411.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> at the grandiosity<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤴" src="/files/1f934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤩" src="/files/1f929.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of my thoughts<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">.</p>
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<p><em>Postscript: That night</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌒" src="/files/1f312.svg"><em>, I had dreams</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💤" src="/files/1f4a4.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎥" src="/files/1f3a5.svg"><em> of waking</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☕️" src="/files/2615.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"><em> up from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> the white noise</em><strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚪️" src="/files/26aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong><em>, and each time</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"><em> I was convinced that only an hour</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕐" src="/files/1f550.svg"><em> had elapsed, and that my memories</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg"><em> of the preceding day</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📅" src="/files/1f4c5.svg"><em> were hallucinations</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤩" src="/files/1f929.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎆" src="/files/1f386.svg"><em> brought on by the random</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎲" src="/files/1f3b2.svg"><em> firing</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔫" src="/files/1f52b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"><em> of neurons</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎚" src="/files/1f39a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><em> induced</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏁" src="/files/1f3c1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"><em> by the noise</em><strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong><em>. I could not be certain I had left the chair</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪑" src="/files/1fa91.svg"><em> in the lab</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥼" src="/files/1f97c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔬" src="/files/1f52c.svg"><em>, or if I was still “under</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↪️" src="/files/21aa.svg"><em> the influence</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👇" src="/files/1f447.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚖️" src="/files/2696.svg"><em>,” imagining</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐉" src="/files/1f409.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"><em> myself to be going about my day</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📅" src="/files/1f4c5.svg"><em>, driving</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚗" src="/files/1f697.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"><em>, eating</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍽" src="/files/1f37d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😋" src="/files/1f60b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"><em>, or communicating</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☎️" src="/files/260e.svg"><em> with colleagues.</em></p>
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<h3><strong>Memo<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📝" src="/files/1f4dd.svg">: Quantifying <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📊" src="/files/1f4ca.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> Noise<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong></h3>
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<p>The generation 2 Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> device contains 25776 electrodes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> distributed across 768 threads<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧵" src="/files/1f9f5.svg"> spread<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧈" src="/files/1f9c8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> throughout the brain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg">. The human<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> brain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> itself has ~86 billion neurons<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎚" src="/files/1f39a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg">, a ratio of ~3.4 million neurons<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎚" src="/files/1f39a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> per electrode<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg">. The granularity<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏳" src="/files/23f3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of the device<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔩" src="/files/1f529.svg"> is therefore somewhat limited. Each electrode<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> is capable<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"> of emitting<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📻" src="/files/1f4fb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> a charge<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔋" src="/files/1f50b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"> of up to 40 mV, which is enough to cause thousands of neurons<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎚" src="/files/1f39a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> in a radius around that electrode<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> to fire<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔫" src="/files/1f52b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">. By varying the intensity of charge<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔋" src="/files/1f50b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"> at each electrode<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg">, we exercise<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏃‍♂️" src="/files/1f3c3-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚴‍♂️" src="/files/1f6b4-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> fine control<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕹" src="/files/1f579.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔐" src="/files/1f510.svg"> over<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤵️" src="/files/2935.svg"> the radius of activation, and achieve<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏅" src="/files/1f3c5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> a “virtual” resolution which is many times higher<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏫" src="/files/23eb.svg">.</p>
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<p>Regarding the composition<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✍️" src="/files/270d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏛" src="/files/1f3db.svg"> of the signal<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚦" src="/files/1f6a6.svg">, there<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> are many kinds of noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong>, which are named<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> after various colors<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎨" src="/files/1f3a8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌈" src="/files/1f308.svg">; white<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚪️" src="/files/26aa.svg">, pink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌸" src="/files/1f338.svg">, red<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔴" src="/files/1f534.svg">, azure<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔵" src="/files/1f535.svg">, violet<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💜" src="/files/1f49c.svg">, and gray. White noise<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚪️" src="/files/26aa.svg"><strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong> has a flat power<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg"> spectrum<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌈" src="/files/1f308.svg"> when plotted as a linear function<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of frequency<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌊" src="/files/1f30a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔉" src="/files/1f509.svg">. Pink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌸" src="/files/1f338.svg"> and red<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔴" src="/files/1f534.svg"> noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong> have high<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏫" src="/files/23eb.svg"> spectral<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌈" src="/files/1f308.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> power<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg"> in the lower frequencies<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌊" src="/files/1f30a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔉" src="/files/1f509.svg"> and decrease in power<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg"> as frequency<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌊" src="/files/1f30a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔉" src="/files/1f509.svg"> increases<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📈" src="/files/1f4c8.svg">. Azure<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔵" src="/files/1f535.svg"> and violet<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💜" src="/files/1f49c.svg">, the reverse<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↩️" src="/files/21a9.svg">. Gray noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong> has a U-shape. There<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> is no direct<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🫀" src="/files/1fac0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔌" src="/files/1f50c.svg"> perceptual mapping<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> between<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥪" src="/files/1f96a.svg"> audio noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong> and Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong>, but we find<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎯" src="/files/1f3af.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> these distinctions to be a useful starting<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏁" src="/files/1f3c1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> point<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg">.</p>
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<p>When sending<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✉️" src="/files/2709.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> a signal<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚦" src="/files/1f6a6.svg"> through the device<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔩" src="/files/1f529.svg">, we model<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📊" src="/files/1f4ca.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> each electrode<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> as a 2D point<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> containing a position<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"> and an intensity. Each frequency band<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌊" src="/files/1f30a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔉" src="/files/1f509.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌈" src="/files/1f308.svg"> is resolved to a series of discrete positions<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"> and intensities within this space<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌌" src="/files/1f30c.svg">. To avoid<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚷" src="/files/1f6b7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> confusion<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤷‍♂️" src="/files/1f937-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, we clarify that noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong> is rendered across different frequencies<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌊" src="/files/1f30a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔉" src="/files/1f509.svg"> in the “position<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg">” domain of the Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> electrodes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg">, and there<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> is a separate “framerate<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🖼" src="/files/1f5bc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚴‍♂️" src="/files/1f6b4-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">,” which refers to the rate of change of noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong> in the time<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"> domain. The framerate<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🖼" src="/files/1f5bc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚴‍♂️" src="/files/1f6b4-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> of the noise<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"> is measured<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📏" src="/files/1f4cf.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> in Hz; this has no relation to the frequencies<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌊" src="/files/1f30a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔉" src="/files/1f509.svg"> that comprise the noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong>.</p>
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<p>We manipulate<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤚" src="/files/1f91a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛠" src="/files/1f6e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the amplitude<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔊" src="/files/1f50a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📏" src="/files/1f4cf.svg"> of the signal<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚦" src="/files/1f6a6.svg"> as a whole by applying a scalar. The minimum charge needed to trigger<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔫" src="/files/1f52b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> a neuron<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎚" src="/files/1f39a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> to activate is ~10mV. At this level<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👾" src="/files/1f47e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍰" src="/files/1f370.svg">, only a small<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤏" src="/files/1f90f.svg"> number<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔢" src="/files/1f522.svg"> of neurons<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎚" src="/files/1f39a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> immediately surrounding the electrode<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> fire<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔫" src="/files/1f52b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">. At the maximum output of 40mV, a single<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="1️⃣" src="/files/31-20e3.svg"> electrode<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> can induce<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏁" src="/files/1f3c1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"> approximately ten thousand neurons<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎚" src="/files/1f39a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> to fire<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔫" src="/files/1f52b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> in near-simultaneity<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">.</p>
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<h3><strong>Procedure: White Noise <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚪️" src="/files/26aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"> 12 Hz, 30 mV</strong></h3>
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<p>I become completely<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💯" src="/files/1f4af.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> dissociated<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛓" src="/files/26d3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> my ordinary perceptions<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👂" src="/files/1f442.svg">. My vision<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> is a field<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌾" src="/files/1f33e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"> of fluid<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💧" src="/files/1f4a7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> images<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🖼" src="/files/1f5bc.svg">: a swan<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦢" src="/files/1f9a2.svg">, a multitude of eyes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg">, the inside<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> of a maze<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪢" src="/files/1faa2.svg">. I hear<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👂" src="/files/1f442.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> a fragment of a symphony<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎼" src="/files/1f3bc.svg">, followed by the clanging<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔨" src="/files/1f528.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔔" src="/files/1f514.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> of construction<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👷‍♂️" src="/files/1f477-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> or industrial<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏭" src="/files/1f3ed.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> machines<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔩" src="/files/1f529.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg">. Maybe a voice<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗣" src="/files/1f5e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"> calls<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☎️" src="/files/260e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to me, but its words<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✍" src="/files/270d.svg"> are too distant to interpret. As with lower<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg"> levels<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👾" src="/files/1f47e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍰" src="/files/1f370.svg"> of white noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚪️" src="/files/26aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong>, everything feels like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> a dream<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💤" src="/files/1f4a4.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎥" src="/files/1f3a5.svg">. Dr. Hong洪 tries to ask<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❓" src="/files/2753.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> me the standard set of questions<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❓" src="/files/2753.svg">, but I am unresponsive.</p>
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<p>After some duration of time<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg">, my mind<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"> begins<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to wander<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👣" src="/files/1f463.svg">, and I start<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏁" src="/files/1f3c1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to think<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> of mundane things, chores<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧹" src="/files/1f9f9.svg"> to be done<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg">, further experiments<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🔬" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f52c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📏" src="/files/1f4cf.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, and so on. Several times<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"> I think<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> of bizarre, nonsensical<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👩🏾‍🔬" src="/files/1f469-1f3fe-200d-1f52c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> juxtapositions<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔀" src="/files/1f500.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"> of ideas<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"> or situations. The passage of time<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"> is hard to observe<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, as it might be in a sensory deprivation<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙉" src="/files/1f649.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙈" src="/files/1f648.svg"> chamber. After one hour<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕐" src="/files/1f550.svg">, the noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong> procedure concludes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔚" src="/files/1f51a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, and as before<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↙️" src="/files/2199.svg">, there<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> is a kind of “hangover<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍸" src="/files/1f378.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤢" src="/files/1f922.svg">” which persists for hours<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕐" src="/files/1f550.svg"> or even days<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📅" src="/files/1f4c5.svg">. During this time<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg">, my limbs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦵" src="/files/1f9b5.svg"> feel heavy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏋️‍♀️" src="/files/1f3cb-fe0f-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> and everything feels far away.</p>
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<h3><strong>Procedure: Re-Entry <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"> (I)</strong></h3>
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<p>The last thing he remembers<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> was staring<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗿" src="/files/1f5ff.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> into a mirror<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪞" src="/files/1fa9e.svg"> in a gallery<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🖼" src="/files/1f5bc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚶‍♂️" src="/files/1f6b6-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> in Headstrong’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> house, James Hong’s洪 house<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏠" src="/files/1f3e0.svg">. Now he’s sitting<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪑" src="/files/1fa91.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> by the window<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪟" src="/files/1fa9f.svg"> in the great hall, overlooking<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤵️" src="/files/2935.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧐" src="/files/1f9d0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> the Santa Clara valley, staring<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗿" src="/files/1f5ff.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> gazelessly<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> into his workstation<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🖥" src="/files/1f5a5.svg">. He is in the middle of composing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✍️" src="/files/270d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏛" src="/files/1f3db.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> a smartdrug <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg">program<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"> whose mechanism<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"> he does not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> understand<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↪️" src="/files/21aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📚" src="/files/1f4da.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">. Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> cannot account<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧾" src="/files/1f9fe.svg"> for the hours<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕐" src="/files/1f550.svg"> (days<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📅" src="/files/1f4c5.svg">?) that have passed, but he seems to know<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> many things he previously<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↙️" src="/files/2199.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> did not. And despite awakening<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☕️" src="/files/2615.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> in media res, he knows<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> exactly how to finish<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏁" src="/files/1f3c1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔚" src="/files/1f51a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> his work.</p>
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<p>From<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> some preconscious<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↙️" src="/files/2199.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👀" src="/files/1f440.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> wellspring<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"> inside<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> him, he weaves<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧵" src="/files/1f9f5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> new<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✨" src="/files/2728.svg"> smartdrugs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"> which dazzle<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤩" src="/files/1f929.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> his colleagues with their subtlety and imagination<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐉" src="/files/1f409.svg">. He makes one called<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> <em>Rediscovery</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧭" src="/files/1f9ed.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔬" src="/files/1f52c.svg"> that uses a 2-stroke cycle<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚴‍♀️" src="/files/1f6b4-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of fast<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏩" src="/files/23e9.svg"> pleasure<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😊" src="/files/1f60a.svg"> mixed with sorrow<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😩" src="/files/1f629.svg">, and he juices<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍊" src="/files/1f34a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥤" src="/files/1f964.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> it with white noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚪️" src="/files/26aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong>, right up until the crescendo<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎼" src="/files/1f3bc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📈" src="/files/1f4c8.svg">, when it abruptly yields<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚠️" src="/files/26a0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to clarity<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💎" src="/files/1f48e.svg">. The drug<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"> gets around the whole Apothecary<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg">. Shenwu, Baozi<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥟" src="/files/1f95f.svg">, and Glasshole<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕶" src="/files/1f576.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕳" src="/files/1f573.svg"> are suitably impressed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤩" src="/files/1f929.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📈" src="/files/1f4c8.svg">.</p>
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<p>Soon he has a meeting with Yezi冶子, Shenwu’s boss<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨🏻‍✈️" src="/files/1f468-1f3fb-200d-2708-fe0f.svg">, who tells<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> they are going to jump the release schedule<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✒️" src="/files/2712.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗓" src="/files/1f5d3.svg"> and expedite <em>Rediscovery</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧭" src="/files/1f9ed.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔬" src="/files/1f52c.svg"><em> </em>to production<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏭" src="/files/1f3ed.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">. It goes live<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚀" src="/files/1f680.svg"> and for the first<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="1️⃣" src="/files/31-20e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> time<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"> since he came to Apothecary<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg">, for the first<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="1️⃣" src="/files/31-20e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> time<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"> in his life, Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> has some money<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"> of his own, more than just pocket change<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪙" src="/files/1fa99.svg">.</p>
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<p>Yezi冶子 wants to put Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> in charge<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤴" src="/files/1f934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of a team, and he introduces him to Longyuan龙渊, Taie泰阿, and Gongbu工布, who will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> be working under<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↪️" src="/files/21aa.svg"> him. Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> has never been in charge<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤴" src="/files/1f934.svg"> of anyone before<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↙️" src="/files/2199.svg">, but leadership<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤴" src="/files/1f934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚢" src="/files/1f6a2.svg"> comes naturally<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌲" src="/files/1f332.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌱" src="/files/1f331.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> to him, whether from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> the desire<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😍" src="/files/1f60d.svg"> in his heart<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🫀" src="/files/1fac0.svg">, a conviction<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙏" src="/files/1f64f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> in his own deservingness, or the same invisible<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧿" src="/files/1f9ff.svg"> source<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"> that enabled him to produce<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏭" src="/files/1f3ed.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> <em>Rediscovery</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧭" src="/files/1f9ed.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔬" src="/files/1f52c.svg"><em>.</em> All of this is because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> of the mirror<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪞" src="/files/1fa9e.svg">, he is certain, but he cannot remember<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg"> what he saw that night<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌒" src="/files/1f312.svg"> at Headstrong’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> house. He knows<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the mirror<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪞" src="/files/1fa9e.svg"> was a tiger<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐯" src="/files/1f42f.svg">, and he can feel it stalking him now, crouching in the tall grasses<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎋" src="/files/1f38b.svg"> of the mind<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg">.</p>
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<p>Every day<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📅" src="/files/1f4c5.svg"> he loses a little<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤏" src="/files/1f90f.svg"> time<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg">. He tends to find<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎯" src="/files/1f3af.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> himself in an unexpected<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😲" src="/files/1f632.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> context with no<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"> memories<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg"> of the events that brought him there<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg">, but it does not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> disrupt<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💔" src="/files/1f494.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> his work, and in fact he accomplishes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎖" src="/files/1f396.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> more than ever.</p>
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<h3><strong>Procedure: White Noise <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚪️" src="/files/26aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg">, 35 Hz, 30 mV</strong></h3>
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<p>At 35 Hz, even low amplitude<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔊" src="/files/1f50a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📏" src="/files/1f4cf.svg"> noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong> produces<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏭" src="/files/1f3ed.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> a manic<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤪" src="/files/1f92a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> sensation<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👂" src="/files/1f442.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👅" src="/files/1f445.svg">, like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> drinking<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥃" src="/files/1f943.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> too much caffeine<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☕️" src="/files/2615.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍵" src="/files/1f375.svg">. I feel intense focus<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎯" src="/files/1f3af.svg"> or “flow<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌊" src="/files/1f30a.svg">” and also a scatteredness or decentering. Images<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🖼" src="/files/1f5bc.svg"> and sensations<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👂" src="/files/1f442.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👅" src="/files/1f445.svg"> unfold in my mind’s eye<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"> with no linearity or connectedness<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">. After what seems like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> an eternity – or maybe an instant<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏲" src="/files/23f2.svg"> – there<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> is a welling<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚰" src="/files/1f6b0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> up of attention<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👀" src="/files/1f440.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚨" src="/files/1f6a8.svg">, which gradually moves from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> the clarity<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💎" src="/files/1f48e.svg"> of the center to the clarity<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💎" src="/files/1f48e.svg"> of the periphery, before<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↙️" src="/files/2199.svg"> blossoming<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💐" src="/files/1f490.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> into the vastness of imperturbability<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😡" src="/files/1f621.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, as in Samatha meditation<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧘‍♂️" src="/files/1f9d8-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">.</p>
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<p>Thereafter, all forms slip<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛢" src="/files/1f6e2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐷" src="/files/1f437.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> away like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> ghosts<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg">, and my mind<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"> turns<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to boundless<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> space<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌌" src="/files/1f30c.svg">: all my disparate sensations<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👂" src="/files/1f442.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👅" src="/files/1f445.svg"> blur together, and I am in a field<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌾" src="/files/1f33e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"> of pure<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚗️" src="/files/2697.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💧" src="/files/1f4a7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> emptiness<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌀" src="/files/1f300.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">. This is pleasant, unlike<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> lower framerates<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🖼" src="/files/1f5bc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚴‍♂️" src="/files/1f6b4-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> of white noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚪️" src="/files/26aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong>. I feel serene, but also as if I am on the cusp of some new<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✨" src="/files/2728.svg"> understanding<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↪️" src="/files/21aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📚" src="/files/1f4da.svg"> which had previously<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↙️" src="/files/2199.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> been granted to only a handful<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤚" src="/files/1f91a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌕" src="/files/1f315.svg"> of men. This goes beyond<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> enlightenment<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"> – it is something else entirely<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦑" src="/files/1f991.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg">, though enlightenment<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"> may be a way to approach it. This procedure did not result in the “hangover” of lower frequencies<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌊" src="/files/1f30a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔉" src="/files/1f509.svg">.</p>
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<h3><strong>Note<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗒" src="/files/1f5d2.svg">: Addiction<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎲" src="/files/1f3b2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌀" src="/files/1f300.svg">, Divination<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙏" src="/files/1f64f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔮" src="/files/1f52e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, and Gambling</strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎲" src="/files/1f3b2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"><strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"></strong></h3>
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<p>The word<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✍" src="/files/270d.svg"> addiction<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎲" src="/files/1f3b2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌀" src="/files/1f300.svg"> comes from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> the Latin <em>addicere</em>, the same etymological<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✍" src="/files/270d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> root as “dictate.” It refers to divination<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙏" src="/files/1f64f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔮" src="/files/1f52e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"></strong>, the taking of auspices<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔮" src="/files/1f52e.svg">, and also to the adjudication<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍⚖️" src="/files/1f468-200d-2696-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of unpayable<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg"> debts<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤝" src="/files/1f91d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📈" src="/files/1f4c8.svg">; a judge<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨🏻‍⚖️" src="/files/1f468-1f3fb-200d-2696-fe0f.svg"> would dictate<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤴" src="/files/1f934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> a sentence over<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤵️" src="/files/2935.svg"> a debtor<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤝" src="/files/1f91d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📈" src="/files/1f4c8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">, rendering him into slavery<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏾‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fe-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">. (Maddux, Desmond, 2000, <em>Addiction</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎲" src="/files/1f3b2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌀" src="/files/1f300.svg"><em> or dependence?</em>) In Latin, the object of an act<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of dictation<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤴" src="/files/1f934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> is called<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> “addictus,” and we think<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> especially of a man<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> who is sold<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤝" src="/files/1f91d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> into slavery<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏾‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fe-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> to pay<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> a gambling<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎲" src="/files/1f3b2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"></strong> debt<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤝" src="/files/1f91d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📈" src="/files/1f4c8.svg">; the gambling<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎲" src="/files/1f3b2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"></strong> addict<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎲" src="/files/1f3b2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">, the addictus, the slave<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏾‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fe-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">.</p>
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<p>But the word<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✍" src="/files/270d.svg"> has a curious<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😼" src="/files/1f63c.svg"> double<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="2️⃣" src="/files/32-20e3.svg"> meaning: in the augural<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕊" src="/files/1f54a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔮" src="/files/1f52e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> sense, a king<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤴" src="/files/1f934.svg"> or priest <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛪️" src="/files/26ea.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">would “dictate<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤴" src="/files/1f934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">” the future<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> he had divined<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙏" src="/files/1f64f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔮" src="/files/1f52e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"></strong>; <em>addicere </em>is not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"> precisely<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> the act<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of divination<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙏" src="/files/1f64f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔮" src="/files/1f52e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"></strong>, it is instead the speaking<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗣" src="/files/1f5e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> thereof. Both senses are similar<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚖️" src="/files/2696.svg"></strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪞" src="/files/1fa9e.svg">: one either declares the will of the gods, or declares a man<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> to be a slave<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏾‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fe-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">, as we are all slaves<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏾‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fe-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> to fate<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✝️" src="/files/271d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌌" src="/files/1f30c.svg">.</p>
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<p>The unifying<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="1️⃣" src="/files/31-20e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> feature of all forms of fortune-telling<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔮" src="/files/1f52e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, whether reading<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> the behavior<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐵" src="/files/1f435.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of birds<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦜" src="/files/1f99c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg">, examining<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> entrails, or burning<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔥" src="/files/1f525.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> bones<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦴" src="/files/1f9b4.svg">, is the randomness<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎲" src="/files/1f3b2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> or unpredictability<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📈" src="/files/1f4c8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> in the outcome. In ancient<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👴🏻" src="/files/1f474-1f3fb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📜" src="/files/1f4dc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> China<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🇨🇳" src="/files/1f1e8-1f1f3.svg">, Shang殷代 dynasty pyromancers<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔥" src="/files/1f525.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔮" src="/files/1f52e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> would inscribe<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛏" src="/files/26cf.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✍️" src="/files/270d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> questions<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❓" src="/files/2753.svg"> into ox<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐂" src="/files/1f402.svg"> scapulae<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦴" src="/files/1f9b4.svg"> and burn<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔥" src="/files/1f525.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> them to seek the answers<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❗️" src="/files/2757.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">. Divination<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙏" src="/files/1f64f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔮" src="/files/1f52e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"></strong> is asking<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❓" src="/files/2753.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> chaos<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎲" src="/files/1f3b2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔀" src="/files/1f500.svg"> for favors<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧧" src="/files/1f9e7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎁" src="/files/1f381.svg">, as is gambling<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎲" src="/files/1f3b2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"></strong>. Ancient<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👴🏻" src="/files/1f474-1f3fb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📜" src="/files/1f4dc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> civilizations used fortune-telling<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔮" src="/files/1f52e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> to decide<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> where to plant<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌱" src="/files/1f331.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> their crops<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌾" src="/files/1f33e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg">, and this was successful because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> it was a stochastic implementation<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of crop rotation<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌾" src="/files/1f33e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">. (Pervert, B.A., 2018, <em>Bronze Age Mindset, p. 334</em>)</p>
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<p>A little<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤏" src="/files/1f90f.svg"> chaos<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎲" src="/files/1f3b2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔀" src="/files/1f500.svg"> is unpredictable, but a lot is exceedingly regular<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚊" src="/files/1f68a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏱" src="/files/23f1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">. This is also the theory<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🔬" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f52c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> behind balancing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚖️" src="/files/2696.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> your investment portfolio<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💹" src="/files/1f4b9.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📁" src="/files/1f4c1.svg">. If I use Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> to stream<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌊" src="/files/1f30a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong> into my brain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg">, is that divination<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙏" src="/files/1f64f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔮" src="/files/1f52e.svg"><strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"></strong>, or gambling<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎲" src="/files/1f3b2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"><strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"></strong>, or both?</p>
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<h3><strong>Procedure: Pink Noise <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌸" src="/files/1f338.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg">, 8 Hz, 20 mV</strong></h3>
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<p>Pink noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌸" src="/files/1f338.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong> is an interpolation between<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥪" src="/files/1f96a.svg"> red<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔴" src="/files/1f534.svg"> and white<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚪️" src="/files/26aa.svg">, and accordingly, the experience of pink noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌸" src="/files/1f338.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong> in the brain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> is similar<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚖️" src="/files/2696.svg"></strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪞" src="/files/1fa9e.svg"> to both. Where white noise<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚪️" src="/files/26aa.svg"><strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong> is dreamy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💤" src="/files/1f4a4.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎥" src="/files/1f3a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> and surreal, red noise<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔴" src="/files/1f534.svg"><strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong> is brutal<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👊" src="/files/1f44a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤕" src="/files/1f915.svg"> and earthen<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛰" src="/files/26f0.svg">. Auditory<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔈" src="/files/1f508.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👂" src="/files/1f442.svg"> hallucinations<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤩" src="/files/1f929.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎆" src="/files/1f386.svg"> are imminent<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏳" src="/files/23f3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"> and baritone<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎷" src="/files/1f3b7.svg">. They seem to come from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> somewhere close to me. Red noise<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔴" src="/files/1f534.svg"><strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong> in particular seems to stimulate<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💉" src="/files/1f489.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> olfactory<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👃" src="/files/1f443.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💨" src="/files/1f4a8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> and gustatory<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👅" src="/files/1f445.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> senses. At higher<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏫" src="/files/23eb.svg"> amplitudes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔊" src="/files/1f50a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📏" src="/files/1f4cf.svg">, the sense of taste<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👅" src="/files/1f445.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"> is entirely saturated. The flavor<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧂" src="/files/1f9c2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> is sweet<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍬" src="/files/1f36c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> and putrid<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤢" src="/files/1f922.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, and vaguely metallic.</p>
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<p>At this low<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg"> threshold, it is possible<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"> to maintain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🔧" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f527.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> some semblance of lucidity<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕯" src="/files/1f56f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">. Dr. Hong洪 asks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❓" src="/files/2753.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> me questions<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❓" src="/files/2753.svg"> and I answer<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❗️" src="/files/2757.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, although I have no<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"> memory<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg"> of doing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> so.</p>
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<p>Hong洪: What is your name<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">?<br>Zhang张: Eric</p>
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<p>Hong洪: Where are you?<br>Zhang张: I am inside<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> of an aluminum pencil<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✏️" src="/files/270f.svg">.</p>
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<p>Hong洪: What is happening?<br>Zhang张: Petrichor<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌧" src="/files/1f327.svg"> Baltimore, cri de coer but not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"> before<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↙️" src="/files/2199.svg">, egregore<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐲" src="/files/1f432.svg"></p>
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<p>Hong洪: What do you see<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">?<br>Zhang张: What do you see<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">?</p>
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<p>Hong洪: What do you hear<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👂" src="/files/1f442.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">?<br>Zhang张: Yes, he is here<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤵️" src="/files/2935.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg">.</p>
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<p>As my investigations<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕵️‍♂️" src="/files/1f575-fe0f-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> come from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> a place of dispassionate<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧐" src="/files/1f9d0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> interest in exploring<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧭" src="/files/1f9ed.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"> the frontiers<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"> of the human<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> mind<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg">, I am willing to endure all manner of discomfort<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤕" src="/files/1f915.svg"> in order to observe<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> these spaces<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌌" src="/files/1f30c.svg">, but I do not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> imagine<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐉" src="/files/1f409.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> most people would choose to experience pink noise<strong> <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌸" src="/files/1f338.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong> for any long amount of time. The mixture of dreaminess<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💤" src="/files/1f4a4.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎥" src="/files/1f3a5.svg"> and immanence<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔀" src="/files/1f500.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"> is distinctly nightmarish<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😴" src="/files/1f634.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😱" src="/files/1f631.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">. As the session goes on, I become anxious<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥺" src="/files/1f97a.svg">, and I hear<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👂" src="/files/1f442.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> guttural<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> sounds<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👂" src="/files/1f442.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔉" src="/files/1f509.svg">, almost like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> voices<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗣" src="/files/1f5e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, though I cannot<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> make out any words<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✍" src="/files/270d.svg">. For this I am grateful, though I wonder<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❓" src="/files/2753.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> if the sense of the incomprehensible<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📚" src="/files/1f4da.svg">, of meaning just beyond<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> my reach, is not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"> also the source<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"> of this sense of foreboding.</p>
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<h3><strong>Procedure: Pink Noise <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌸" src="/files/1f338.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"> 15Hz, 20 mV</strong></h3>
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<p>[ d̵a̵t̷a̴<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"> ̷i̶s̸ ̵m̸i̸s̶s̸i̷n̵g̷<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> ̶o̷r̷ ̴c̸͎͠ō̴̝r̴͈͒r̵̺̾u̵͚͊p̴̨͘t̷̢̎ ]</p>
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<h3><strong>Note<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗒" src="/files/1f5d2.svg">: Neurochemistry<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧪" src="/files/1f9ea.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> As Animism<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦁" src="/files/1f981.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛐" src="/files/1f6d0.svg"></strong></h3>
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<p>It’s an intimate trust<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤝" src="/files/1f91d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, to let someone else write<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✍️" src="/files/270d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> a program<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"> that runs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏃‍♂️" src="/files/1f3c3-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> on your mind<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg">, but isn’t that also what happens when you read<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> a book<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"> or watch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👀" src="/files/1f440.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> a movie<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎥" src="/files/1f3a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg">? Stories and mean words<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✍" src="/files/270d.svg"> can make your muscles<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> tense up. If something you read<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> on the internet<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌐" src="/files/1f310.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"> makes you angry<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😡" src="/files/1f621.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, it changes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐛" src="/files/1f41b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦋" src="/files/1f98b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> your body<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦵" src="/files/1f9b5.svg">, releases neurotransmitters<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📡" src="/files/1f4e1.svg">, and alters your brain<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"></strong> chemistry<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧪" src="/files/1f9ea.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"></strong>. My programs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"> can do all of these things, too.</p>
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<p>We speak<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗣" src="/files/1f5e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> of “cortisol” and “epinephrine” as if we know<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">what these things are. (They’re chemicals<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧪" src="/files/1f9ea.svg">, epinephrine is C₉H₁₃NO₃ and it binds<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛓" src="/files/26d3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↩️" src="/files/21a9.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to various alpha and beta receptors (Mickey et al, 2007, <em>Hypocrite That You Are.)) </em>You can read<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"> about them on the internet<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌐" src="/files/1f310.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg">, and sound authoritative as a layman, but even a scientist’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🔬" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f52c.svg"> understanding<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↪️" src="/files/21aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📚" src="/files/1f4da.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> is mediated<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🖼" src="/files/1f5bc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔊" src="/files/1f50a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> through cognitive<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> algorithms<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"> evolved<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧬" src="/files/1f9ec.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔀" src="/files/1f500.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> for hunter-gatherer<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛖" src="/files/1f6d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> folk religions<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛐" src="/files/1f6d0.svg">.</p>
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<p>Neurochemistry<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧪" src="/files/1f9ea.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"></strong> is the animism<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦁" src="/files/1f981.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛐" src="/files/1f6d0.svg"></strong> of the scientific<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔬" src="/files/1f52c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔭" src="/files/1f52d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> age. Neurotransmitters<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📡" src="/files/1f4e1.svg"> are animal spirits<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦁" src="/files/1f981.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"> that come and go in a dark forest<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌚" src="/files/1f31a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌲" src="/files/1f332.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌲" src="/files/1f332.svg">. We no longer relax<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛁" src="/files/1f6c1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕯" src="/files/1f56f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">; instead we “lower<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📉" src="/files/1f4c9.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> our cortisol<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😰" src="/files/1f630.svg">.” Meditation<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧘‍♂️" src="/files/1f9d8-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> and walks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚶‍♂️" src="/files/1f6b6-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> in nature<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌲" src="/files/1f332.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌱" src="/files/1f331.svg"> are rituals<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙏" src="/files/1f64f.svg"> designed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏛" src="/files/1f3db.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to placate<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😴" src="/files/1f634.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> these spirits<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg">.</p>
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<h3><strong>Procedure: Pink Noise <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌸" src="/files/1f338.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"> 30Hz, 20 mV</strong></h3>
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<p>At 30hz I no longer experience any flickering<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📸" src="/files/1f4f8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> or phasing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌌" src="/files/1f30c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔀" src="/files/1f500.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> between<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥪" src="/files/1f96a.svg"> the “real” world<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌎" src="/files/1f30e.svg"> and the “other<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦑" src="/files/1f991.svg">” world<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌎" src="/files/1f30e.svg">. Instead, I am completely<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💯" src="/files/1f4af.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> transported<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚅" src="/files/1f685.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> into a place that is dark<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌑" src="/files/1f311.svg"> and bright<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☀️" src="/files/2600.svg"> at the same time<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg">. I have the feeling of being deep<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg"> underground<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↪️" src="/files/21aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛰" src="/files/26f0.svg">. The same shadowy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👤" src="/files/1f464.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> figures I encountered at 15hz are present, but now they are more solid, and I can see<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"> they have an almost gelatinous<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍮" src="/files/1f36e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> quality. It no<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"> longer puzzles<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧩" src="/files/1f9e9.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> me when they merge together or split apart, because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> I understand<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↪️" src="/files/21aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📚" src="/files/1f4da.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> they are all part of the same substance<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚛️" src="/files/269b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, perhaps even the same entity<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👽" src="/files/1f47d.svg">.</p>
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<p>At this frequency<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌊" src="/files/1f30a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔉" src="/files/1f509.svg"> I can perceive correlations<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📊" src="/files/1f4ca.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔀" src="/files/1f500.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> between<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥪" src="/files/1f96a.svg"> my other senses and the movements and positions<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"> of these figures. Smells<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👃" src="/files/1f443.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💨" src="/files/1f4a8.svg">, tastes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👅" src="/files/1f445.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg">, and sounds<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👂" src="/files/1f442.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔉" src="/files/1f509.svg"> all fold and roll<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗞" src="/files/1f5de.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> around and over<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤵️" src="/files/2935.svg"> and into one another, in time<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"> with the movement of the shadow<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👤" src="/files/1f464.svg"> blobs. But every time<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"> I feel as if I have mastered<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏋️‍♂️" src="/files/1f3cb-fe0f-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤴" src="/files/1f934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the rhythm<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥁" src="/files/1f941.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg">, it changes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐛" src="/files/1f41b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦋" src="/files/1f98b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">. In retrospect<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅" src="/files/2b05.svg">, I wonder<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❓" src="/files/2753.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> if there<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> was any rhythm<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥁" src="/files/1f941.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"> at all, or if I was only imagining<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐉" src="/files/1f409.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> patterns, and all of this was merely a delusion<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😵" src="/files/1f635.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦄" src="/files/1f984.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of the noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong>.</p>
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<h3><strong>Procedure: Pink Noise <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌸" src="/files/1f338.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"> 30Hz, 40 mV</strong></h3>
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<p>My extremities<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤚" src="/files/1f91a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦶" src="/files/1f9b6.svg"> begin<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to vibrate<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔊" src="/files/1f50a.svg">. Everything is pulsating and undulating. I remember<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> nothing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> else. Dr Hong洪 described my exterior state as trancelike<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧘‍♂️" src="/files/1f9d8-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">. After forty-nine minutes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏲" src="/files/23f2.svg">, I began<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> howling<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐺" src="/files/1f43a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> as if in pain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤕" src="/files/1f915.svg">. This continued until the end of the procedure, eleven minutes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏲" src="/files/23f2.svg">.</p>
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<h3><strong>Procedure: Re-Entry<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"> (II)</strong></h3>
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<p>Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> has no trouble controlling<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕹" src="/files/1f579.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔐" src="/files/1f510.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> his team. Everyone follows his orders<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤴" src="/files/1f934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg">, as if he has an uncanny power<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg"> over<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤵️" src="/files/2935.svg"> them, a charisma<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💘" src="/files/1f498.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> he’s never<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> felt before<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↙️" src="/files/2199.svg">, emanating from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> behind some locked<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔒" src="/files/1f512.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> door<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg">in his mind<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg">. His ambitions manifest as soon as he wills them. When he speaks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗣" src="/files/1f5e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, people listen<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👂" src="/files/1f442.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">. When others disagree<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤝" src="/files/1f91d.svg"> with him, they back down<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg">. Each new<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✨" src="/files/2728.svg"> drug<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"> he designs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏛" src="/files/1f3db.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> is a masterpiece; he paints<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎨" src="/files/1f3a8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> delicate<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦋" src="/files/1f98b.svg"> interior pictures<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🖼" src="/files/1f5bc.svg">, intricate compositions<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✍️" src="/files/270d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏛" src="/files/1f3db.svg"> of emotion<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😂" src="/files/1f602.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😭" src="/files/1f62d.svg"> and sensation<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👂" src="/files/1f442.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👅" src="/files/1f445.svg">, and makes careful use of noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong> . His creations bring him wealth<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💎" src="/files/1f48e.svg">, and prosperity<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💹" src="/files/1f4b9.svg"> comes to everyone on his team. Success<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏆" src="/files/1f3c6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> begets<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👫" src="/files/1f46b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👶" src="/files/1f476.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> success<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏆" src="/files/1f3c6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">. All that he touches<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👉" src="/files/1f449.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> turns<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐛" src="/files/1f41b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦋" src="/files/1f98b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"></strong> to gold<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💍" src="/files/1f48d.svg">, and soon his reports<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗂" src="/files/1f5c2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> have reports<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗂" src="/files/1f5c2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">.</p>
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<p>Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> leaves<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥾" src="/files/1f97e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the barracks and builds<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👷‍♂️" src="/files/1f477-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> an elaborate house<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏯" src="/files/1f3ef.svg"> inside<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> the Apothecary<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"> compound, full of galleries<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🖼" src="/files/1f5bc.svg">, hallways<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏛" src="/files/1f3db.svg">, and fountains<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg">, stairways, courtyards, and fora, arches, walls, and facades. The construction<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👷‍♂️" src="/files/1f477-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> is quick<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏩" src="/files/23e9.svg"> because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> they exist outside<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the regulating<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👩‍⚖️" src="/files/1f469-200d-2696-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> eyes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"> of any municipal<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌆" src="/files/1f306.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> government<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👑" src="/files/1f451.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏛" src="/files/1f3db.svg">. The work is crowdsourced<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍👨‍👦‍👦" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f468-200d-1f466-200d-1f466.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to builders<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👷‍♂️" src="/files/1f477-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> through a platform called<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> Hive<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐝" src="/files/1f41d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏠" src="/files/1f3e0.svg">, which orthogonalizes skill from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> labor<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨🏽‍🌾" src="/files/1f468-1f3fd-200d-1f33e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤚" src="/files/1f91a.svg">. Gig workers come on site, their bodies<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦵" src="/files/1f9b5.svg"> driven<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚗" src="/files/1f697.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> by AI<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg">, renting out “meat<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍖" src="/files/1f356.svg"> time<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg">” through the cloud<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☁️" src="/files/2601.svg">. Everything they see<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> passes through them but they do not retain it. Apothecary<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"> has a special proxy that lets you spoof<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤥" src="/files/1f925.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> a non-jailbroken<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔓" src="/files/1f513.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💔" src="/files/1f494.svg"> Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> to interface with mainstream app<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📱" src="/files/1f4f1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"> ecosystems<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌱" src="/files/1f331.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕸" src="/files/1f578.svg">.</p>
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<p>Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> no<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"> longer goes to the walled garden<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💐" src="/files/1f490.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌳" src="/files/1f333.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌿" src="/files/1f33f.svg"> where the courtesans<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💃" src="/files/1f483.svg"> dwell, and instead they come to him. Even the madame<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👵" src="/files/1f475.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💃" src="/files/1f483.svg"> there<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg">, a cold<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥶" src="/files/1f976.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> woman called<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> Dowager<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👸🏻" src="/files/1f478-1f3fb.svg">, treats him warmly<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😊" src="/files/1f60a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> when he asks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❓" src="/files/2753.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> her to send<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✉️" src="/files/2709.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> over<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤵️" src="/files/2935.svg"> his (second) favorite girl.</p>
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<p>Yet even as he finds<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎯" src="/files/1f3af.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> these successes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏆" src="/files/1f3c6.svg">, he loses more time<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg">, a lot more time<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg">, into the void<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌀" src="/files/1f300.svg"> of his own missing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> memories<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg">. A part of him brushes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🖌" src="/files/1f58c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> it off, doesn’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> want to admit it, doesn’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> want to think<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> about the implications. But one reflective<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪞" src="/files/1fa9e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> night<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌒" src="/files/1f312.svg">, staring into the smokey dusk of the mountains<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛰" src="/files/26f0.svg">, autumn<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍁" src="/files/1f341.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎃" src="/files/1f383.svg"> fires burning<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔥" src="/files/1f525.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> in the fields<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌾" src="/files/1f33e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"> and by the highways<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏫" src="/files/23eb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛣" src="/files/1f6e3.svg">, ash raining<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌧" src="/files/1f327.svg"> from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> heaven<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛅️" src="/files/26c5.svg">, sky red from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> sun<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☀️" src="/files/2600.svg"> and smoke<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💨" src="/files/1f4a8.svg">, he installs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> Nai He Bridge 奈何桥 from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> Alchemist<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚗️" src="/files/2697.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg">, which will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> record<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📼" src="/files/1f4fc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> what he sees<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> and hears<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👂" src="/files/1f442.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> and upload<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤲" src="/files/1f932.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛰" src="/files/1f6f0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> them into a private<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤫" src="/files/1f92b.svg"> repository<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☁️" src="/files/2601.svg">. With this, he hopes, he will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> be able to reconstruct<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔂" src="/files/1f502.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👷‍♂️" src="/files/1f477-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> his missing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> activities.</p>
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<p>The next morning<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌅" src="/files/1f305.svg">, and in the times<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"> when he does<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> feel present and aware<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👀" src="/files/1f440.svg"> – in the times<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"> he remembers<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> – he forgets<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📉" src="/files/1f4c9.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to check<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the records<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📼" src="/files/1f4fc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> Nai He Bridge奈何桥. In truth<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍷" src="/files/1f377.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, he does not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> want to see<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> them.</p>
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<p>Deep<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg"> in the walled garden<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💐" src="/files/1f490.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌳" src="/files/1f333.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌿" src="/files/1f33f.svg">, deep<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg">—how deep<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg">?<br>Mist<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌫" src="/files/1f32b.svg"> stacks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥞" src="/files/1f95e.svg"> on willows,<br>Uncountable<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"> layers<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍰" src="/files/1f370.svg"> of screens<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📺" src="/files/1f4fa.svg"> and blinds<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙈" src="/files/1f648.svg">.</p>
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<h3><strong>Memo<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📝" src="/files/1f4dd.svg">: Impossibility<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> of Recording</strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📼" src="/files/1f4fc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"><strong> Noise<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong></h3>
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<p>The most famous<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤩" src="/files/1f929.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> story of Zhuangzi莊子 is the dream<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💤" src="/files/1f4a4.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎥" src="/files/1f3a5.svg"> of the butterfly<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦋" src="/files/1f98b.svg">. Is Zhuangzi莊子 dreaming<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💤" src="/files/1f4a4.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎥" src="/files/1f3a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> he is a butterfly<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦋" src="/files/1f98b.svg">, or is a butterfly<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦋" src="/files/1f98b.svg"> dreaming<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💤" src="/files/1f4a4.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎥" src="/files/1f3a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> he is Zhuangzi莊子? This question is impossible<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"> to answer<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❗️" src="/files/2757.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> before<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↙️" src="/files/2199.svg"> Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg">, and after Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg">, it is still impossible<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg">.</p>
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<p>There is no way<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> to record<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📼" src="/files/1f4fc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the first-person<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="1️⃣" src="/files/31-20e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> phenomenological<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👂" src="/files/1f442.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👅" src="/files/1f445.svg"> experiences of the mind<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg">; we can only record<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📼" src="/files/1f4fc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"> (and play back<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="▶️" src="/files/25b6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">) the electrical <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> signals<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚦" src="/files/1f6a6.svg"> that pass through the brain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg">. By sampling the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN), it is possible<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"> to reconstruct<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔂" src="/files/1f502.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👷‍♂️" src="/files/1f477-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the optical signal<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚦" src="/files/1f6a6.svg"> coming in through the eyes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg">, but the subjective<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> visual<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> modality such as those produced<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏭" src="/files/1f3ed.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> by the noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong> procedure arises “downstream<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌊" src="/files/1f30a.svg">” from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> the LGN. The correlation<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📊" src="/files/1f4ca.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔀" src="/files/1f500.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> between<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥪" src="/files/1f96a.svg"> these signals<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚦" src="/files/1f6a6.svg"> and the visual<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> perceptions they induce<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏁" src="/files/1f3c1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> appears to be non-deterministic<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg">. As such, no two people can have the same experience repeatably<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔂" src="/files/1f502.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> using any of our noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong> protocols<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📜" src="/files/1f4dc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍯" src="/files/1f36f.svg">. In theory<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🔬" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f52c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg">, if we record<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📼" src="/files/1f4fc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong> experienced by a subject for a single<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="1️⃣" src="/files/31-20e3.svg"> recording<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📼" src="/files/1f4fc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, and play back<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="▶️" src="/files/25b6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the exact same signals<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚦" src="/files/1f6a6.svg"> for a second time<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg">, the experience should be nearly identical<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🆔" src="/files/1f194.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, but this is not the case.</p>
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<p>And despite this, we find<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎯" src="/files/1f3af.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> that most volunteers who experience the noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong> protocols<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📜" src="/files/1f4dc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍯" src="/files/1f36f.svg"> report<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗂" src="/files/1f5c2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> hallucinations<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤩" src="/files/1f929.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎆" src="/files/1f386.svg"> that are similar<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚖️" src="/files/2696.svg"></strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪞" src="/files/1fa9e.svg"> in character, even if they vary in their specifics<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎯" src="/files/1f3af.svg">. This might indicate fundamental commonalities in the ways that all of our brains<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> are wired<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧶" src="/files/1f9f6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, but there<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> is also a sense in which the mapping<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> between<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥪" src="/files/1f96a.svg"> colors<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎨" src="/files/1f3a8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌈" src="/files/1f308.svg"> of noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong> and subjective<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> experience is an artifact<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏺" src="/files/1f3fa.svg"> of our equipment. The different “frequencies<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌊" src="/files/1f30a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔉" src="/files/1f509.svg">” in the spectrum<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌈" src="/files/1f308.svg"> of the white<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚪️" src="/files/26aa.svg"> vs. pink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌸" src="/files/1f338.svg"> vs. red<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔴" src="/files/1f534.svg"> noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong> correspond<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚖️" src="/files/2696.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📈" src="/files/1f4c8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to specific<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎯" src="/files/1f3af.svg"> electrodes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> in the Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> device. At the lowest<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg"> level<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👾" src="/files/1f47e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍰" src="/files/1f370.svg">, the pins<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> are numbered<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔢" src="/files/1f522.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> and the precise<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> mapping<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of a particular spectral<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌈" src="/files/1f308.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> band to a particular location<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> in the brain could be different.</p>
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<p>It so happens that Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> electrodes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> are implanted in the user’s brain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> in a consistent way, to the highest<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏫" src="/files/23eb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏫" src="/files/23eb.svg"> degree<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌡" src="/files/1f321.svg"> possible<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg">, but if the mapping<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of positions<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"> to electrodes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> were inverted<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔃" src="/files/1f503.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, for example<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📺" src="/files/1f4fa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧒" src="/files/1f9d2.svg">, pink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌸" src="/files/1f338.svg"> noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong> would effectively become azure<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔵" src="/files/1f535.svg"> and red noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔴" src="/files/1f534.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong> would become violet<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💜" src="/files/1f49c.svg">.</p>
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<h3><strong>Procedure: Red Noise <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔴" src="/files/1f534.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"> 8Hz, 10 mV</strong></h3>
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<p>Red noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔴" src="/files/1f534.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong>, also called<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> Brownian noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong>, is pink noise<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌸" src="/files/1f338.svg"><strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong> purified<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚗️" src="/files/2697.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">. Gone are the dreamy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💤" src="/files/1f4a4.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎥" src="/files/1f3a5.svg"> sensations<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👂" src="/files/1f442.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👅" src="/files/1f445.svg"> of white noise<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚪️" src="/files/26aa.svg"><strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong>, and in their place is a brutal<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👊" src="/files/1f44a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤕" src="/files/1f915.svg"> clarity<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💎" src="/files/1f48e.svg">, and a feeling of communion<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍞" src="/files/1f35e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍷" src="/files/1f377.svg"> with a chthonic<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👹" src="/files/1f479.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌋" src="/files/1f30b.svg"> mother<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👩‍👦" src="/files/1f469-200d-1f466.svg"> goddess. These sensations<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👂" src="/files/1f442.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👅" src="/files/1f445.svg"> are not distant or vague; I feel sober, wakeful<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☕️" src="/files/2615.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, and in control<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕹" src="/files/1f579.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔐" src="/files/1f510.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of my own mind<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg">, despite external evidence<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕵️‍♂️" src="/files/1f575-fe0f-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📊" src="/files/1f4ca.svg"> to the contrary<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg">. At low<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg"> frequencies<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌊" src="/files/1f30a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔉" src="/files/1f509.svg">, it is still possible<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"> to interact with other researchers<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔬" src="/files/1f52c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🔬" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f52c.svg"> and people around me.</p>
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<p>Hong洪: What is your name<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg">?<br>Zhang张: Eric Zhang张</p>
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<p>Hong洪: Where are you?<br>Zhang张: In Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> research lab<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔬" src="/files/1f52c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥼" src="/files/1f97c.svg"> 2.501. On planet earth<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌎" src="/files/1f30e.svg">.</p>
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<p>Hong洪: What is happening?<br>Zhang张: We are perforrrrrrrrrrrrrrmmming a noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong> trial<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨🏻‍⚖️" src="/files/1f468-1f3fb-200d-2696-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚖️" src="/files/2696.svg"> with red noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔴" src="/files/1f534.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong>.</p>
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<p>Hong洪: What do you see<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">?<br>Zhang张: *groans*</p>
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<p>Brownian noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong> is sensual and, as noted<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗒" src="/files/1f5d2.svg"></strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> previously<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↙️" src="/files/2199.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, full of tastes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👅" src="/files/1f445.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> and smells<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👃" src="/files/1f443.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, though they are disconnected<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> any sensation of eating<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍽" src="/files/1f37d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😋" src="/files/1f60b.svg">. I can taste<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👅" src="/files/1f445.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"> flowers<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌸" src="/files/1f338.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌺" src="/files/1f33a.svg"> and charcoal<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌋" src="/files/1f30b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪨" src="/files/1faa8.svg"> and butyric acid<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧈" src="/files/1f9c8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤮" src="/files/1f92e.svg">. Beyond<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> this there<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> is no sensation of rapture or transport<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚅" src="/files/1f685.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, as at higher<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏫" src="/files/23eb.svg"> framerates<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🖼" src="/files/1f5bc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚴‍♂️" src="/files/1f6b4-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">. As I interact with my colleagues, I have ideation<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> similar<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚖️" src="/files/2696.svg"></strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪞" src="/files/1fa9e.svg"> to Capgras delusion<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😵" src="/files/1f635.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦄" src="/files/1f984.svg">, the feeling that they have been replaced<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔂" src="/files/1f502.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> by identical<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🆔" src="/files/1f194.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> impostors<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">. This is unsettling, but it passes when the procedure concludes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔚" src="/files/1f51a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">.</p>
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<h3><strong>Procedure: Red Noise <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔴" src="/files/1f534.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"> 8Hz, 20 mV</strong></h3>
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<p>The familiar environment of the lab<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥼" src="/files/1f97c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔬" src="/files/1f52c.svg"> becomes strange<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦑" src="/files/1f991.svg">; the walls and floors appear to be made of rock<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪨" src="/files/1faa8.svg">, as if I am in a cave<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛰" src="/files/26f0.svg">. There<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> are snakes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐍" src="/files/1f40d.svg"> and worms<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪱" src="/files/1fab1.svg"> moving through the walls. They seem intelligent<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎮" src="/files/1f3ae.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg">, and I am not concerned about their presence. High<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏫" src="/files/23eb.svg"> above me, there<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> is an opening<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕳" src="/files/1f573.svg"> in the ceiling, and I can see<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"> the sky full of stars<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⭐️" src="/files/2b50.svg">. All of these sensations are vivid and wakeful<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☕️" src="/files/2615.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, and they feel as real as any other sensory<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👅" src="/files/1f445.svg"> perceptions.</p>
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<p>The ground gives<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎁" src="/files/1f381.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> way underneath<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↩️" src="/files/21a9.svg"> me, and I begin<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to fall<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍂" src="/files/1f342.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> down<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg"> an endless<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔚" src="/files/1f51a.svg"> ramp<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="♿️" src="/files/267f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📐" src="/files/1f4d0.svg"> or slide, through colorful<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎨" src="/files/1f3a8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌈" src="/files/1f308.svg"> layers<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍰" src="/files/1f370.svg"> of rock<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪨" src="/files/1faa8.svg"> and earth<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌎" src="/files/1f30e.svg">. This is enjoyable<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤪" src="/files/1f92a.svg">, and I can see<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"> that even as I fall<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍂" src="/files/1f342.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> deeper<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg"> and deeper<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg">, there<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> are luminous<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕯" src="/files/1f56f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"> snakes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐍" src="/files/1f40d.svg"> boring<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛏" src="/files/26cf.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> and tunneling at every depth<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">. When I finally emerge from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> the consciousness<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👀" src="/files/1f440.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of the red noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔴" src="/files/1f534.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong>, I can still see<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"> their after-images<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤵️" src="/files/2935.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🖼" src="/files/1f5bc.svg">. It feels like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> they were always there<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg">, and the red noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔴" src="/files/1f534.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong> only revealed them.</p>
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<h3><strong>Note<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗒" src="/files/1f5d2.svg">: On the Future</strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"><strong> of Neuralink</strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"></h3>
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<p>I am looking<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧐" src="/files/1f9d0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> for something highly<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏫" src="/files/23eb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> specific<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎯" src="/files/1f3af.svg">; but it would be wrong<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"> to say<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> I am looking<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧐" src="/files/1f9d0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> for a signal<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚦" src="/files/1f6a6.svg"> in all of this noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong>. Rather, I have had a vision<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">. There<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> are things I have seen<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> in these experiments<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🔬" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f52c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📏" src="/files/1f4cf.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> that cannot<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> be put into words<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✍" src="/files/270d.svg">, or things which are unwise to describe. In all I have done<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> so far, I have seen<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> where this project is headed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, unless something drastic occurs. Even if I disappear<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> tomorrow<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📅" src="/files/1f4c5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg">, others will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> pick up where I left off. The future<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> of this technology<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💻" src="/files/1f4bb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧪" src="/files/1f9ea.svg"> is clear<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💎" src="/files/1f48e.svg">.</p>
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<p>As the device<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔩" src="/files/1f529.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"> becomes more sophisticated, increasingly delicate<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦋" src="/files/1f98b.svg"> control<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕹" src="/files/1f579.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔐" src="/files/1f510.svg"> of the body<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦵" src="/files/1f9b5.svg"> will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> be possible<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg">. Already we are exploring<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧭" src="/files/1f9ed.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> the possibilities of specialized installations<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, in which two<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="2️⃣" src="/files/32-20e3.svg"> devices<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔩" src="/files/1f529.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"> are implanted<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔩" src="/files/1f529.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> in a single<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="1️⃣" src="/files/31-20e3.svg"> brain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg">, one for general purpose compute<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💻" src="/files/1f4bb.svg"> and one for localized control<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕹" src="/files/1f579.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔐" src="/files/1f510.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of the hands<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤚" src="/files/1f91a.svg">. In this configuration<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎛" src="/files/1f39b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, it is possible<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"> to perform<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> complex tasks such as detailed drawing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🖼" src="/files/1f5bc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✍️" src="/files/270d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">. (E. Zhang张, C. Hong洪, 2030, <em>Fine Motor</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚗" src="/files/1f697.svg"><em> Skill Transference Through Neuralink</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"><em> Imaging</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🖼" src="/files/1f5bc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">). In its maturity<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👴🏻" src="/files/1f474-1f3fb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, it will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> be the consensus understanding<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↪️" src="/files/21aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📚" src="/files/1f4da.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> that experts<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤓" src="/files/1f913.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👩‍🔬" src="/files/1f469-200d-1f52c.svg"> are able to move your body<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦵" src="/files/1f9b5.svg"> better than you.</p>
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<p>Everything from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> athletics<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏃‍♂️" src="/files/1f3c3-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛹🏿‍♂️" src="/files/26f9-1f3ff-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">, to manual labor<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤚" src="/files/1f91a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨🏽‍🌾" src="/files/1f468-1f3fd-200d-1f33e.svg">, operating machinery<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔩" src="/files/1f529.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg">, even sexual<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍆" src="/files/1f346.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌮" src="/files/1f32e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> performance<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> become automated<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">. We will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> surrender<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏳" src="/files/1f3f3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> all bodily<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦵" src="/files/1f9b5.svg"> autonomy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"> to machines<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔩" src="/files/1f529.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg">, and this will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> be rational<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> recordings<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📼" src="/files/1f4fc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of experts<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤓" src="/files/1f913.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👩‍🔬" src="/files/1f469-200d-1f52c.svg"> combined with artificial intelligence<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> give<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎁" src="/files/1f381.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> everyone the ability to draw<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🖼" src="/files/1f5bc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✍️" src="/files/270d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> Picasso<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👂" src="/files/1f442.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨🏻‍🎨" src="/files/1f468-1f3fb-200d-1f3a8.svg">, swim<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏊‍♂️" src="/files/1f3ca-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> an olympian<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏅" src="/files/1f3c5.svg">, drive<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚗" src="/files/1f697.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> a racecar driver<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚗" src="/files/1f697.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">, perform<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> neurosurgery<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍⚕️" src="/files/1f468-200d-2695-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔪" src="/files/1f52a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, and so on<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> and so on<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg">. In the 2010s everyone agreed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤝" src="/files/1f91d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to carry<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💼" src="/files/1f4bc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> surveillance<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📺" src="/files/1f4fa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> tracking devices<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔩" src="/files/1f529.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"> on their person at all times<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg">, which could record<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📼" src="/files/1f4fc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> their every movement and listen<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👂" src="/files/1f442.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to every word<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✍" src="/files/270d.svg"> they said<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> through always-on microphones<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎤" src="/files/1f3a4.svg">. They chose this gladly<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😊" src="/files/1f60a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> the convenience<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏪" src="/files/1f3ea.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> it offered and the possibilities it unlocked<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔓" src="/files/1f513.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> far outweighed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏫" src="/files/23eb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚖️" src="/files/2696.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> any negatives, which were barely<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤏" src="/files/1f90f.svg"> perceptible.</p>
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<p>Not only will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> we make this same trade<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤝" src="/files/1f91d.svg"> again, but Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> also make it possible<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"> for machines<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔩" src="/files/1f529.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"> to monitor<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📺" src="/files/1f4fa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> our thoughts<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">. Some good<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👍" src="/files/1f44d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> may come of this, but it will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> mean the loss of all individuality and privacy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤫" src="/files/1f92b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, and will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> signify<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪧" src="/files/1faa7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> a true era of “post-humanity.<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤵️" src="/files/2935.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2640-fe0f.svg">”</p>
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<h3><strong>Procedure: Red Noise <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔴" src="/files/1f534.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"> 15hz, 20 mV</strong></h3>
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<p>Each time<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"> I go deeper<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg"> into the noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong>, it feels like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> I go deeper<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg"> into the earth<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌎" src="/files/1f30e.svg">. Like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> a journey to the bottom<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔚" src="/files/1f51a.svg"> of the sea<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌊" src="/files/1f30a.svg">, I encounter ever stranger<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦑" src="/files/1f991.svg"> and more exotic<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌴" src="/files/1f334.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💃🏽" src="/files/1f483-1f3fd.svg"> creatures<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦈" src="/files/1f988.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦁" src="/files/1f981.svg"> as I descend<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">. I can find<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎯" src="/files/1f3af.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> no explanation for these visions<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, nor for the scent<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👃" src="/files/1f443.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💨" src="/files/1f4a8.svg"> of minerals<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪨" src="/files/1faa8.svg"> and noxious gas<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤢" src="/files/1f922.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💨" src="/files/1f4a8.svg">, nor for the eerie<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦑" src="/files/1f991.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"> consistency of the things I encounter. By all logic<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg">, the experience of noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong> in the brain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> should be a kind of frenetic chaos<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎲" src="/files/1f3b2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔀" src="/files/1f500.svg">, an ephemeral shifting of random<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎲" src="/files/1f3b2.svg"> sensations and memories<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg">.</p>
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<p>As I go deeper<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg"> still, I am met with the tastes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👅" src="/files/1f445.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"> of ash and soot and sulfur. There<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> are fires<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔥" src="/files/1f525.svg"> burning<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔥" src="/files/1f525.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> all around me, and I am falling<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍂" src="/files/1f342.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> through a tunnel into the deepest<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg"> depths<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg"> of the earth<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌎" src="/files/1f30e.svg">. It is darker here but for the firelight<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔥" src="/files/1f525.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"> and the bioluminescence<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☣️" src="/files/2623.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕯" src="/files/1f56f.svg"> of creatures<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦈" src="/files/1f988.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦁" src="/files/1f981.svg"> that would seem more usual at the bottom<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔚" src="/files/1f51a.svg"> of the sea<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐚" src="/files/1f41a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌊" src="/files/1f30a.svg">. There<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> is no water<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💧" src="/files/1f4a7.svg">, and yet I fall<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍂" src="/files/1f342.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> past floating<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☁️" src="/files/2601.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, ethereal<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> beings that resemble anglerfish<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎣" src="/files/1f3a3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐟" src="/files/1f41f.svg">, vampire squids<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧛🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f9db-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦑" src="/files/1f991.svg">, and other deep<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg"> ocean<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌊" src="/files/1f30a.svg"> monstrosities<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦑" src="/files/1f991.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦖" src="/files/1f996.svg">, and still I descend<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">.</p>
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<h3><strong>Procedure: Red Noise <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔴" src="/files/1f534.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"> 30hz, 40 mV</strong></h3>
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<p>In a vast underground<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↪️" src="/files/21aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛰" src="/files/26f0.svg"> palace<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏰" src="/files/1f3f0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏯" src="/files/1f3ef.svg"> I meet the devil<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👹" src="/files/1f479.svg">. Perhaps it’s more accurate<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎯" src="/files/1f3af.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> to say I perceive an entity<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👽" src="/files/1f47d.svg">who tells<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> me he is the devil<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👹" src="/files/1f479.svg">. In the course of my investigations<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕵️‍♂️" src="/files/1f575-fe0f-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> I have seen<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> many such entities<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👽" src="/files/1f47d.svg">, which I readily understand<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↪️" src="/files/21aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📚" src="/files/1f4da.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> as hallucinations<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤩" src="/files/1f929.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎆" src="/files/1f386.svg">.</p>
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<p>This is different. This one speaks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗣" src="/files/1f5e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to me, looks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧐" src="/files/1f9d0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> at me, regards me, this creature<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦈" src="/files/1f988.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦁" src="/files/1f981.svg"> made of neon outlines and covered<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍃" src="/files/1f343.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> in eyes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg">. He tells<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> me he is the ruler<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤴" src="/files/1f934.svg"> of this place, and that I should feel honored<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙇‍♂️" src="/files/1f647-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏅" src="/files/1f3c5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to meet him, but I do not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"> trust<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤝" src="/files/1f91d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> this entity<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👽" src="/files/1f47d.svg">; in my gut I can feel he is trying to trick<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🃏" src="/files/1f0cf.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> me.</p>
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<p>He shows<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👉" src="/files/1f449.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> me visions<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of high-up<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏫" src="/files/23eb.svg"> places, and memories<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg"> of the past<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↖️" src="/files/2196.svg"> and future<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg">, but he can see<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"> I am not convinced, and he tells<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> me I am clever for seeing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> through his ruse<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🃏" src="/files/1f0cf.svg">. He says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> “Damnation<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👹" src="/files/1f479.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔥" src="/files/1f525.svg"> is but a word<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✍" src="/files/270d.svg"> bandied about by those whose blindness<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙈" src="/files/1f648.svg"> leads<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤴" src="/files/1f934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> them to condemn<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👹" src="/files/1f479.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔥" src="/files/1f525.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> all who can see<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg">, even with a single<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="1️⃣" src="/files/31-20e3.svg"> eye<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg">.”</p>
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<p>As soon as I hear<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👂" src="/files/1f442.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> this, the red noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔴" src="/files/1f534.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong> procedure concludes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔚" src="/files/1f51a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">.</p>
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<h3><strong>Procedure: Re-Entry <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"> (III)</strong></h3>
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<p>Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> wakes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☕️" src="/files/2615.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to himself in the middle of the night<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌒" src="/files/1f312.svg">, and he’s not in his bed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛏" src="/files/1f6cf.svg">. He’s in a field<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌾" src="/files/1f33e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"> thirty minutes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏲" src="/files/23f2.svg"> south<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧭" src="/files/1f9ed.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg"> of the compound, alone on a hillside, with an LED flashlight<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔦" src="/files/1f526.svg">. He doesn’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> know<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> why<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⁉️" src="/files/2049.svg"> and he has the sense he’s interrupting something, but he makes his way back to his house<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏠" src="/files/1f3e0.svg">, with some difficulty. There’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> a wound<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤕" src="/files/1f915.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🩸" src="/files/1fa78.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> on the back of his hand<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤚" src="/files/1f91a.svg">; two perfectly straight, perpendicular, intersecting<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔀" src="/files/1f500.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> cuts<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✂️" src="/files/2702.svg">, which could only have been inflicted deliberately, and with his own complicity, or if he had been restrained<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛓" src="/files/26d3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">.</p>
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<p>The anxiety of ignorance outweighs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏫" src="/files/23eb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚖️" src="/files/2696.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the anxiety of knowing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, and he opens the Nai He Bridge奈何桥 to see<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> what he has been doing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> in his absence<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">. Naturally<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌲" src="/files/1f332.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌱" src="/files/1f331.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, he finds<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎯" src="/files/1f3af.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> nothing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> at all – the app<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📱" src="/files/1f4f1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"> has been disabled<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="♿️" src="/files/267f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, and all of its records<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📼" src="/files/1f4fc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> wiped<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧼" src="/files/1f9fc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">. Whatever Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> had expected – half-articulated imaginings<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐉" src="/files/1f409.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of dark rituals<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙏" src="/files/1f64f.svg">, flowing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌊" src="/files/1f30a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> robes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👘" src="/files/1f458.svg">, human<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> sacrifice<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔪" src="/files/1f52a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐑" src="/files/1f411.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🩸" src="/files/1fa78.svg">, masked men gathered around some hidden<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙈" src="/files/1f648.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> stone altar, chanting<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗣" src="/files/1f5e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛐" src="/files/1f6d0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> hideous names<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👺" src="/files/1f47a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> – he finds<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎯" src="/files/1f3af.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> nothing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, and there<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> is only the fact of the wound<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤕" src="/files/1f915.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🩸" src="/files/1fa78.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> on his hand<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤚" src="/files/1f91a.svg">, and the strange<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦑" src="/files/1f991.svg"> hour<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕐" src="/files/1f550.svg">.</p>
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<p>The next day<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📅" src="/files/1f4c5.svg"> he goes to Romero, who has neither joined his team, nor shared in his successes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏆" src="/files/1f3c6.svg">. Between<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥪" src="/files/1f96a.svg"> his lost time<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"> and his new<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✨" src="/files/2728.svg"> importance, Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> has, to his shame<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😔" src="/files/1f614.svg">, neglected his friend. But Romero receives<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤲" src="/files/1f932.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> his invitation graciously, and comes to visit him at his new<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✨" src="/files/2728.svg"> house<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏯" src="/files/1f3ef.svg">. They eat<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍽" src="/files/1f37d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😋" src="/files/1f60b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> and drink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥃" src="/files/1f943.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, and Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg">, with some trepidation, tells<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him everything: about the mirror<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪞" src="/files/1fa9e.svg"> in Headstrong’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> house, the missing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> hours<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕐" src="/files/1f550.svg">, the ineffable<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙊" src="/files/1f64a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> awareness<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👀" src="/files/1f440.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> he has of Zhang’s张 fourth labyrinthe<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="4️⃣" src="/files/34-20e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪢" src="/files/1faa2.svg">, and the episode from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> the previous<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↙️" src="/files/2199.svg"> night<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌒" src="/files/1f312.svg"> in the field<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌾" src="/files/1f33e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg">. He shows<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👉" src="/files/1f449.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> Romero the wound<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤕" src="/files/1f915.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🩸" src="/files/1fa78.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> on his hand, the thin perpendicular lines that form a cross<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✝️" src="/files/271d.svg">.</p>
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<p>Romero listens<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👂" src="/files/1f442.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to all of this stoically, and when Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> has finished<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏁" src="/files/1f3c1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔚" src="/files/1f51a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, he still does not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> speak<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗣" src="/files/1f5e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">.</p>
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<h3><strong>Procedure: Azure Noise <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔵" src="/files/1f535.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"> 13hz, 10mV</strong></h3>
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<p>At 13hz, 10mV, the effects of azure noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔵" src="/files/1f535.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong> are almost imperceptible<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg">. I have a pervasive impression that I am being watched<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👀" src="/files/1f440.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, but I cannot say<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"> who or what is watching<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👀" src="/files/1f440.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> me. I can speak<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗣" src="/files/1f5e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"> lucidly<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕯" src="/files/1f56f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> with other people.</p>
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<p>Hong洪: What is your name<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">?<br>Zhang张: Eric Zhang张</p>
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<p style="line-height:1;">Hong洪: Where are you?<br>Zhang张: I am in a Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> research lab<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔬" src="/files/1f52c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥼" src="/files/1f97c.svg">.</p>
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<p>Hong洪: What is happening?<br>Zhang张: We are conducting<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎶" src="/files/1f3b6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥢" src="/files/1f962.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> a trial<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨🏻‍⚖️" src="/files/1f468-1f3fb-200d-2696-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚖️" src="/files/2696.svg"> with low<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg"> mV azure noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔵" src="/files/1f535.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong>.</p>
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<p>Hong洪: What do you see<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">?<br>Zhang张: The lab<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥼" src="/files/1f97c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔬" src="/files/1f52c.svg">. Everything is normal.</p>
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<p>The lights<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕯" src="/files/1f56f.svg"> feel very intense, much brighter than usual. I request that they be turned<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> off. The lab<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥼" src="/files/1f97c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔬" src="/files/1f52c.svg"> is still lit<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕯" src="/files/1f56f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> by sunlight<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☀️" src="/files/2600.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕯" src="/files/1f56f.svg">, and now I can see<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"> gently rolling<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗞" src="/files/1f5de.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> geometric<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📐" src="/files/1f4d0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> patterns in the dark corners.</p>
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<h3><strong>Procedure: Azure Noise <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔵" src="/files/1f535.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"> 13hz, 20mV</strong></h3>
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<p>The difference between<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥪" src="/files/1f96a.svg"> 10 and 20 mv is stark and immediate. There<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> is no<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"> possibility of interacting with anyone else in any normal capacity. I feel I have been pushed into another realm<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏰" src="/files/1f3f0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌎" src="/files/1f30e.svg"> entirely, as if I am seeing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> “behind the curtain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👰" src="/files/1f470.svg">.” There<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> are creatures<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦈" src="/files/1f988.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦁" src="/files/1f981.svg"> here<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤵️" src="/files/2935.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg">, beings made of pure energy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚗" src="/files/2697.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg">, and they are rushing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏃‍♂️" src="/files/1f3c3-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> around spreading<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧈" src="/files/1f9c8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> viscous<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍯" src="/files/1f36f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> light all over the lab<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥼" src="/files/1f97c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔬" src="/files/1f52c.svg"> like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> butter<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧈" src="/files/1f9c8.svg"> over<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤵️" src="/files/2935.svg"> bread<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍞" src="/files/1f35e.svg">. One of them approaches me and says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> “you’re getting closer; you’re almost there<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg">.” The creatures<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦈" src="/files/1f988.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦁" src="/files/1f981.svg"> are laughing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😂" src="/files/1f602.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> as they move to and fro, and their laughter<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😂" src="/files/1f602.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> is joyous<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😄" src="/files/1f604.svg">, but empty of warmth<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔥" src="/files/1f525.svg"> or compassion.</p>
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<p>They finish<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏁" src="/files/1f3c1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔚" src="/files/1f51a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> covering<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍃" src="/files/1f343.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> everything in the room with light<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕯" src="/files/1f56f.svg">, and I can now see<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> that a door<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg">–or more accurately, a portal<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎆" src="/files/1f386.svg">– has opened. They beckon<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☎️" src="/files/260e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> me inside<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg">, but before<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↙️" src="/files/2199.svg"> I can enter<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg">, the trial<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨🏻‍⚖️" src="/files/1f468-1f3fb-200d-2696-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚖️" src="/files/2696.svg"> concludes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎬" src="/files/1f3ac.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔚" src="/files/1f51a.svg">.</p>
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<h3><strong>Note<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗒" src="/files/1f5d2.svg">: Porousness<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💨" src="/files/1f4a8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧀" src="/files/1f9c0.svg"> of the Mind<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg">/Machine</strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔩" src="/files/1f529.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><strong> Distinction</strong></h3>
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<p>We put a machine<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔩" src="/files/1f529.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"> inside your brain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg">, and that machine<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔩" src="/files/1f529.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"> connects<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to the internet<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌐" src="/files/1f310.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg">, and data<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"> flows<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌊" src="/files/1f30a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> freely<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🇺🇸" src="/files/1f1fa-1f1f8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> between<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥪" src="/files/1f96a.svg"> them. Where does your mind<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"> end<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔚" src="/files/1f51a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> and the world<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌎" src="/files/1f30e.svg"> begin<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">? This question<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❓" src="/files/2753.svg"> is as old as the first<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="1️⃣" src="/files/31-20e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> time<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"> some ancient<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👴🏻" src="/files/1f474-1f3fb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📜" src="/files/1f4dc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> hominid<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐵" src="/files/1f435.svg"> picked up a rock<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪨" src="/files/1faa8.svg"> or a stick<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌳" src="/files/1f333.svg">. Inside<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> the mind<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg">, the picture<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🖼" src="/files/1f5bc.svg"> of the body<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦵" src="/files/1f9b5.svg"> includes the tool<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛠" src="/files/1f6e0.svg"> it wields. If you drive<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚗" src="/files/1f697.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> a car<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚗" src="/files/1f697.svg">, your body<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦵" src="/files/1f9b5.svg"> is the car<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚗" src="/files/1f697.svg">. If you pick up a hammer<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔨" src="/files/1f528.svg">, the hammer is your arm<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg">. You’ve read<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> this think piece<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧩" src="/files/1f9e9.svg"> before<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↙️" src="/files/2199.svg">. If you write<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✍️" src="/files/270d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> down<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg"> some words<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✍" src="/files/270d.svg"> on your phone<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📱" src="/files/1f4f1.svg">, they say<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the text<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"> is a part<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧩" src="/files/1f9e9.svg"> of your mind<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg">.</p>
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<h3><strong>Procedure: Azure Noise <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔵" src="/files/1f535.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"> 13hz, 30mV</strong></h3>
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<p>As soon as the noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong> ramps<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="♿️" src="/files/267f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📐" src="/files/1f4d0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> up, everything I see<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> is wrapped<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌯" src="/files/1f32f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> in a lattice<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧬" src="/files/1f9ec.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪢" src="/files/1faa2.svg"> of light<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕯" src="/files/1f56f.svg">. I feel as if I occupy several geometrically<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📐" src="/files/1f4d0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> impossible<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"> configurations<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎛" src="/files/1f39b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of matter<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚛️" src="/files/269b.svg"> simultaneously<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">; I am both inside<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> and outside<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> of a cube<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕋" src="/files/1f54b.svg">. Freely<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🇺🇸" src="/files/1f1fa-1f1f8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> wandering<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎲" src="/files/1f3b2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚶‍♂️" src="/files/1f6b6-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, I am walking<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚶‍♂️" src="/files/1f6b6-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> two<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="2️⃣" src="/files/32-20e3.svg"> paths<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👣" src="/files/1f463.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛣" src="/files/1f6e3.svg">. I am following a trajectory in a high-dimensional<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏫" src="/files/23eb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📐" src="/files/1f4d0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📏" src="/files/1f4cf.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> space<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌌" src="/files/1f30c.svg">, and I can’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> make sense of the torrent<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌊" src="/files/1f30a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of images<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🖼" src="/files/1f5bc.svg"> I am seeing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">.</p>
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<p>The same creatures<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦈" src="/files/1f988.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦁" src="/files/1f981.svg"> I saw at the lower voltage<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"> are present all around me now, only there<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> are more of them, and they welcome<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👋" src="/files/1f44b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> me back with fanfares<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎺" src="/files/1f3ba.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> and flashing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📸" src="/files/1f4f8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> lights<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕯" src="/files/1f56f.svg">. They tell<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> me my entry<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> into this space<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌌" src="/files/1f30c.svg"> has been predestined<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↙️" src="/files/2199.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✝️" src="/files/271d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥅" src="/files/1f945.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, that I was always supposed to be here<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤵️" src="/files/2935.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg">, and they congratulate<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎉" src="/files/1f389.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👏" src="/files/1f44f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> me, as if I have won<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏆" src="/files/1f3c6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> some kind of prize<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏆" src="/files/1f3c6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎁" src="/files/1f381.svg"> or raffle<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎰" src="/files/1f3b0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎟" src="/files/1f39f.svg">. I am the elect<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗳" src="/files/1f5f3.svg"> of humanity<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, chosen to receive<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤲" src="/files/1f932.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the knowledge<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> they are about to bestow<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎁" src="/files/1f381.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> upon me. They are not forthcoming with the substance<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚛️" src="/files/269b.svg"> of this knowledge<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, however, and the remainder of the procedure is only variations on this theme.</p>
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<h3><strong>Procedure: Azure Noise <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔵" src="/files/1f535.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"> 20hz, 20mV</strong></h3>
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<p>There is machinery<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔩" src="/files/1f529.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"> everywhere, made of glowing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌟" src="/files/1f31f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> lines and hypercubes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏫" src="/files/23eb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕋" src="/files/1f54b.svg">, gears<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"> and levers<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎚" src="/files/1f39a.svg">. It looks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧐" src="/files/1f9d0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> the inside of a Rube Goldberg machine<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔩" src="/files/1f529.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg">. There<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> are panels<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎛" src="/files/1f39b.svg"> with buttons and screens<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📺" src="/files/1f4fa.svg">, but the technology<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💻" src="/files/1f4bb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧪" src="/files/1f9ea.svg"> is strangely<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦑" src="/files/1f991.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> anachronistic<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❌" src="/files/274c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg">, like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> a 1970s retrofuture<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👴🏻" src="/files/1f474-1f3fb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg">. There<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> are alien-looking<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛸" src="/files/1f6f8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> technicians shuffling<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🃏" src="/files/1f0cf.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔀" src="/files/1f500.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> around adjusting and inspecting these controls<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕹" src="/files/1f579.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔐" src="/files/1f510.svg"> and gauges<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌡" src="/files/1f321.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📊" src="/files/1f4ca.svg">. As I watch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👀" src="/files/1f440.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, the machinery<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔩" src="/files/1f529.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"> is continuously reconfiguring<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔂" src="/files/1f502.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎛" src="/files/1f39b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> itself.</p>
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<p>One of the alien<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛸" src="/files/1f6f8.svg"> scientists<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🔬" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f52c.svg"> notices<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👀" src="/files/1f440.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> me, and his face looks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧐" src="/files/1f9d0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> a jester or a joker<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🃏" src="/files/1f0cf.svg"> card, but when I try to look<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧐" src="/files/1f9d0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him in the eyes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg">, he transforms<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐛" src="/files/1f41b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦋" src="/files/1f98b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> into a praying mantis<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙏" src="/files/1f64f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦗" src="/files/1f997.svg">. “You’re not supposed to be here<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤵️" src="/files/2935.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg">,” he says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> “but since you found<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎯" src="/files/1f3af.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> your way in, we’ll allow<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔓" src="/files/1f513.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✍️" src="/files/270d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> you to stay.”</p>
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<p>Three more of the alien joker<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛸" src="/files/1f6f8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🃏" src="/files/1f0cf.svg"> mantis<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙏" src="/files/1f64f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦗" src="/files/1f997.svg"> scientists<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🔬" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f52c.svg"> surround me and I am suddenly paralyzed, lying face<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> up<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏫" src="/files/23eb.svg"> on an operating table as in a medical facility<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏥" src="/files/1f3e5.svg">. They insert<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💉" src="/files/1f489.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> various monitors<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📺" src="/files/1f4fa.svg"> and wires<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧶" src="/files/1f9f6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> into my skin and head<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">. Their instruments<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎻" src="/files/1f3bb.svg"> are connected<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to the glowing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌟" src="/files/1f31f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> retrofuture<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👴🏻" src="/files/1f474-1f3fb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> clockwork<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"> all around us, and as they make the connections<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, their machines<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔩" src="/files/1f529.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"> start<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏁" src="/files/1f3c1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to infiltrate and infest<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦟" src="/files/1f99f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> my body<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦵" src="/files/1f9b5.svg">, like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> jewel-encrusted<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💎" src="/files/1f48e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥖" src="/files/1f956.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> locusts<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦟" src="/files/1f99f.svg">.</p>
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<p>They make an incision<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔪" src="/files/1f52a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> on the back of my hand<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤚" src="/files/1f91a.svg"> like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> a cross<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✝️" src="/files/271d.svg">, and one<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="1️⃣" src="/files/31-20e3.svg"> of the mantis<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙏" src="/files/1f64f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦗" src="/files/1f997.svg"> men<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">, the one who first<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="1️⃣" src="/files/31-20e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> saw me, embeds<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛏" src="/files/1f6cf.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> a device<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔩" src="/files/1f529.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"> in the wound<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤕" src="/files/1f915.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🩸" src="/files/1fa78.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> and then seals<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💌" src="/files/1f48c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> it back up. He says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> “We’ll see<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> you again soon.”</p>
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<h3><strong>Procedure: Integration<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛓" src="/files/26d3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐛" src="/files/1f41b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦋" src="/files/1f98b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> (I)</strong></h3>
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<p>Romero tells<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> that whatever is happening to him, it’s because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> of malware<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦠" src="/files/1f9a0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"> running<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏃‍♂️" src="/files/1f3c3-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> on his Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> device<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔩" src="/files/1f529.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg">. The solution to his problem is obvious; he should remove his device<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔩" src="/files/1f529.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"> and flash<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📸" src="/files/1f4f8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> it or install<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> another. This will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> require neurosurgery<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍⚕️" src="/files/1f468-200d-2695-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔪" src="/files/1f52a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, but with Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg">’s newfound<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✨" src="/files/2728.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎯" src="/files/1f3af.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> riches<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg">, he can easily afford this. Apothecary<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"> has its own facility<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏥" src="/files/1f3e5.svg"> for these procedures, but given<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎁" src="/files/1f381.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the circumstances, he should not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"> rely on it.</p>
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<p>Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> hears<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👂" src="/files/1f442.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> this counsel and refuses<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡" src="/files/27a1.svg">. He has already<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↙️" src="/files/2199.svg"> considered<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> these things, but he also knows<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> his recent successes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏆" src="/files/1f3c6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> are due to that same malware<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦠" src="/files/1f9a0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg">, which contains the hidden<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙈" src="/files/1f648.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> and esoteric writings<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✍️" src="/files/270d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of Eric Zhang张. He will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"> give<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎁" src="/files/1f381.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> up this knowledge<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, which he had so eagerly pursued, out of fear<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😨" src="/files/1f628.svg"> or precaution.</p>
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<p>And Romero says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> it’s not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"> knowledge<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> but greed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👃" src="/files/1f443.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👏" src="/files/1f44f.svg"> that is driving<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚗" src="/files/1f697.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> him, that what he really won’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> give<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎁" src="/files/1f381.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> up is the power<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg"> the mirror tiger<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪞" src="/files/1fa9e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐯" src="/files/1f42f.svg"> has given<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎁" src="/files/1f381.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him, and the wealth<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💎" src="/files/1f48e.svg"> that it brings. He says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> is afraid<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😨" src="/files/1f628.svg"> that without<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"> this virus<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦠" src="/files/1f9a0.svg"> – let’s not deceive<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤥" src="/files/1f925.svg"> ourselves – he is afraid<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😨" src="/files/1f628.svg"> he will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> be unable to lead<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤴" src="/files/1f934.svg"> his subordinates and invent<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> successful<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏆" src="/files/1f3c6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> new<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✨" src="/files/2728.svg"> drugs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg">.</p>
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<p>Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> becomes angry<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😡" src="/files/1f621.svg"> when he hears<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👂" src="/files/1f442.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> this, and he tells<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> Romero to leave<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥾" src="/files/1f97e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">.</p>
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<p>The sky looks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧐" src="/files/1f9d0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> very blue<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔵" src="/files/1f535.svg">.<br>Is that its real color<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎨" src="/files/1f3a8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌈" src="/files/1f308.svg">, or is it because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> it’s so far away and has no end<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔚" src="/files/1f51a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">?<br>When the bird<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐦" src="/files/1f426.svg"> looks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧐" src="/files/1f9d0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> down<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg">, all he sees<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> is blue<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔵" src="/files/1f535.svg">, too</p>
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<h3><strong>Procedure: Violet Noise <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💜" src="/files/1f49c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"> 10hz, 10mV</strong></h3>
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<p>After the dizzying<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😵" src="/files/1f635.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💫" src="/files/1f4ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> phantasmagorias of high-intensity<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏫" src="/files/23eb.svg"> Azure noise<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔵" src="/files/1f535.svg"><strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong>, low<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg"> mV violet noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💜" src="/files/1f49c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong> is initially underwhelming<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↪️" src="/files/21aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😲" src="/files/1f632.svg">. All my perceptions are nominal, but when Dr. Hong洪 asks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❓" src="/files/2753.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> me the standard set of questions<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❓" src="/files/2753.svg">, I realize<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> that what I perceive as Dr. Hong洪 is something else<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦑" src="/files/1f991.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👽" src="/files/1f47d.svg">.</p>
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<p>Not-Hong<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg">洪: What is your name<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">?<br>Zhang张: Eric Zhang张</p>
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<p>Not-Hong<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg">洪: Why<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⁉️" src="/files/2049.svg"> do you sigh over<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤵️" src="/files/2935.svg"> gore<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🩸" src="/files/1fa78.svg"> and decay<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥀" src="/files/1f940.svg">?<br>Zhang张: The universe is full of formless<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📐" src="/files/1f4d0.svg"> vibration.</p>
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<p>Not-Hong<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg">洪: This type of insight<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👀" src="/files/1f440.svg"> cannot<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> be expressed in words<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✍" src="/files/270d.svg">, cannot be written<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✍️" src="/files/270d.svg"> down<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg">, and cannot be carved<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗿" src="/files/1f5ff.svg"> in stone<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪨" src="/files/1faa8.svg">. And yet, you must choose.<br>Zhang张: I choose the infinite<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="♾" src="/files/267e.svg">, the All-is-One<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌌" src="/files/1f30c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="1️⃣" src="/files/31-20e3.svg">, the beginning<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> which is without beginning<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">.</p>
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<p>Not-Hong<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg">洪: We will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> begin<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to uplift<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏫" src="/files/23eb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏋️‍♂️" src="/files/1f3cb-fe0f-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> you.<br>Zhang张: Oh! If only this river<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌊" src="/files/1f30a.svg"> of floating<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☁️" src="/files/2601.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> peach-petals<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍑" src="/files/1f351.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌸" src="/files/1f338.svg"> could carry<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💼" src="/files/1f4bc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> me forever.</p>
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<p>Hong洪-that-is-not-Hong<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg">洪 says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> I will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> show<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👉" src="/files/1f449.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> you the gate<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛩" src="/files/26e9.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"> to the next stage<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👾" src="/files/1f47e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍰" src="/files/1f370.svg"> of human<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> evolution<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧬" src="/files/1f9ec.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔀" src="/files/1f500.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, and then I will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> give<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎁" src="/files/1f381.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> you the key<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔑" src="/files/1f511.svg">. Beyond<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> this door<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"> lies the infinite<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="♾" src="/files/267e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌀" src="/files/1f300.svg">. Beyond<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> this door<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"> lies the All-is-One<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌌" src="/files/1f30c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="1️⃣" src="/files/31-20e3.svg">.</p>
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<h3><strong>Note<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗒" src="/files/1f5d2.svg">: Similarities<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚖️" src="/files/2696.svg"></strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪞" src="/files/1fa9e.svg"><strong> between<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥪" src="/files/1f96a.svg"> the Subjective</strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><strong> Experience of Noise<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"> and DMT</strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👽" src="/files/1f47d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🚀" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧪" src="/files/1f9ea.svg"></h3>
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<p>The above has not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"> been an exhaustive list<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔢" src="/files/1f522.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📝" src="/files/1f4dd.svg"> of the streaming<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌊" src="/files/1f30a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong> trials<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨🏻‍⚖️" src="/files/1f468-1f3fb-200d-2696-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚖️" src="/files/2696.svg"> we conducted<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎶" src="/files/1f3b6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥢" src="/files/1f962.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> with Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg">; instead, these accounts<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧾" src="/files/1f9fe.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> have been selected to demonstrate specific<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎯" src="/files/1f3af.svg"> motifs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👑" src="/files/1f451.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"> that tend to occur at different speeds<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏩" src="/files/23e9.svg">, intensities, and colors<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎨" src="/files/1f3a8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌈" src="/files/1f308.svg"> of noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong>. In accessory<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧣" src="/files/1f9e3.svg"></strong> to our earlier<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↙️" src="/files/2199.svg"> claim that the distinction between<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥪" src="/files/1f96a.svg"> a drug<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"> and a program<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"> is the presence of certain kinds of logic<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg">, the effects of noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong> administered in this way seem to fall<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍂" src="/files/1f342.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> under<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↪️" src="/files/21aa.svg"> the category of <em>drug</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg">.<em> </em>We are skeptical that mere noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong> in any way encodes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💻" src="/files/1f4bb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"> the visions<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> that our subjects experienced in these trials<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨🏻‍⚖️" src="/files/1f468-1f3fb-200d-2696-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚖️" src="/files/2696.svg">.</p>
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<p>These motifs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👑" src="/files/1f451.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"> include:</p>
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<ul><li>The sensation of falling<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍂" src="/files/1f342.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> or sliding through tunnels.</li><li>The experience of “breaking<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💔" src="/files/1f494.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> through” into a “parallel dimension<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📐" src="/files/1f4d0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📏" src="/files/1f4cf.svg">.”</li><li>Encounters with “advanced entities<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👽" src="/files/1f47d.svg">” who seem to be distinct from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> oneself.</li><li>Receiving<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤲" src="/files/1f932.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> communications from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> those entities<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👽" src="/files/1f47d.svg">.</li><li>The feeling of being chosen for special fate<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✝️" src="/files/271d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌌" src="/files/1f30c.svg"> or destiny<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✝️" src="/files/271d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥅" src="/files/1f945.svg">.</li><li>The feeling of being “taught<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🏫" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f3eb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">” or “reprogrammed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg">.”</li><li>The experience of undergoing strange<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦑" src="/files/1f991.svg"> medical<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏥" src="/files/1f3e5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> procedures.</li></ul>
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<p>All of these same motifs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👑" src="/files/1f451.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"> occur in another, perhaps unexpected<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😲" src="/files/1f632.svg"> place: in the accounts<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧾" src="/files/1f9fe.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of the experiences of users of the drug Dimethyltryptamine (DMT<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👽" src="/files/1f47d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🚀" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧪" src="/files/1f9ea.svg">.) Rick Strassman administered 400 doses of DMT<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👽" src="/files/1f47d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🚀" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧪" src="/files/1f9ea.svg"> to 60 volunteers over<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤵️" src="/files/2935.svg"> a period of five years between<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥪" src="/files/1f96a.svg"> 1990 and 1995. Half the volunteers reported meeting entities<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👽" src="/files/1f47d.svg"> including aliens<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛸" src="/files/1f6f8.svg">, other humans<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2640-fe0f.svg">, spiders<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕷" src="/files/1f577.svg">, reptiles<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦎" src="/files/1f98e.svg">, impish<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👹" src="/files/1f479.svg"> creatures<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦈" src="/files/1f988.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦁" src="/files/1f981.svg">, and dwarves. (Strassman, 2000, <em>DMT</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👽" src="/files/1f47d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🚀" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧪" src="/files/1f9ea.svg"><em>– The Spirit Molecule</em>)</p>
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<p>In a survey of over<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤵️" src="/files/2935.svg"> 2500 DMT<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👽" src="/files/1f47d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🚀" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧪" src="/files/1f9ea.svg"> users who claimed to have encounters with “entities<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👽" src="/files/1f47d.svg">,” most respondents<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💬" src="/files/1f4ac.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> endorsed that the entity<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👽" src="/files/1f47d.svg"> had the attributes of being conscious<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👀" src="/files/1f440.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, intelligent<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎮" src="/files/1f3ae.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg">, and benevolent<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎁" src="/files/1f381.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, existed in some real but different dimension<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📐" src="/files/1f4d0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📏" src="/files/1f4cf.svg"> of reality, and continued to exist after the encounter. (Davis, A. K., Clifton, J. M., Weaver, E. G., Hurwitz, E. S., Johnson, M. W., & Griffiths, R. R., 2020, <em>Survey of entity</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👽" src="/files/1f47d.svg"><em> encounter experiences occasioned by inhaled N,N-dimethyltryptamine: Phenomenology, interpretation, and enduring effects.</em>)</p>
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<p>The commonalities between<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥪" src="/files/1f96a.svg"> the DMT<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👽" src="/files/1f47d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🚀" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧪" src="/files/1f9ea.svg"> experience and that of noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong> streamed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌊" src="/files/1f30a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> into the brain via Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> are too similar<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚖️" src="/files/2696.svg"></strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪞" src="/files/1fa9e.svg"> to be coincidence. We identify<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🆔" src="/files/1f194.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> three possibilities:</p>
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<ol><li>Endogenous DMT<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👽" src="/files/1f47d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🚀" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧪" src="/files/1f9ea.svg"> is already present in the body<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦵" src="/files/1f9b5.svg">. (Dean, J, Liu, T, Huff, S, et al., 2019, <em>Biosynthesis and extracellular concentrations of N,N-dimethyltryptamine in Mammalian Brain</em>) It is possible<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"> that the noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong> procedure somehow triggers<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔫" src="/files/1f52b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the release of DMT<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👽" src="/files/1f47d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🚀" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧪" src="/files/1f9ea.svg"> into the brain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg">.</li><li>Ingested DMT<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👽" src="/files/1f47d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🚀" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧪" src="/files/1f9ea.svg"> causes neuronal<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎚" src="/files/1f39a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> activation patterns that are isomorphic<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪞" src="/files/1fa9e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📐" src="/files/1f4d0.svg"> to noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong> streamed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌊" src="/files/1f30a.svg"> in via Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg">.</li><li>That both noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong> and DMT<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👽" src="/files/1f47d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🚀" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧪" src="/files/1f9ea.svg"> temporarily alter the brain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> in such a way that facilitates these perceptions, but that they derive from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> some source<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"> which is independent<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📜" src="/files/1f4dc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🇺🇸" src="/files/1f1fa-1f1f8.svg"> of either.</li></ol>
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<h3><strong>Procedure: Violet Noise <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💜" src="/files/1f49c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"> 10hz, 20mV</strong></h3>
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<p>The “break<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💔" src="/files/1f494.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">through” of violet noise <strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💜" src="/files/1f49c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong> at 10hz, 20mV, is unlike<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> any other experience of noise<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong> I have had to date<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📆" src="/files/1f4c6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">. Within moments<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏱" src="/files/23f1.svg">, I occupy the position<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"> of a floating<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☁️" src="/files/2601.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> eye<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg">, like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> a drone or an over<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤵️" src="/files/2935.svg">-the-shoulder camera<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📷" src="/files/1f4f7.svg"> in a video game<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👾" src="/files/1f47e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎮" src="/files/1f3ae.svg">. An entity<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👽" src="/files/1f47d.svg"> is there<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> with me, and it says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> “pay<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> attention<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👀" src="/files/1f440.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚨" src="/files/1f6a8.svg"> to these things I am about to show<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👉" src="/files/1f449.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> you.” We are deep<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg"> in the Amazon jungle<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌴" src="/files/1f334.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌴" src="/files/1f334.svg">, and we watch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👀" src="/files/1f440.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> as a party of ten or twelve men<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> are hiking<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥾" src="/files/1f97e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚶‍♂️" src="/files/1f6b6-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> a well-worn trail<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👣" src="/files/1f463.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛣" src="/files/1f6e3.svg"> through the trees<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌳" src="/files/1f333.svg">.</p>
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<p>At the head<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> of the group, I see<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> a dark-skinned man<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> with colorful markings painted<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎨" src="/files/1f3a8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> on his face, followed by Elon Musk<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚀" src="/files/1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"> and Jeff<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📚" src="/files/1f4da.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☁️" src="/files/2601.svg"> Bezos<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📚" src="/files/1f4da.svg">, followed by some men in tactical gear with guns<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔫" src="/files/1f52b.svg">. Elon<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚀" src="/files/1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"> is carrying<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💼" src="/files/1f4bc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> a machete<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔪" src="/files/1f52a.svg">, which he uses to hack<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔪" src="/files/1f52a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> through the foliage<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍁" src="/files/1f341.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">. Bezos thinks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the way he’s swinging it around makes him (Elon<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚀" src="/files/1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg">) look<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧐" src="/files/1f9d0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> a dick<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍆" src="/files/1f346.svg">.</p>
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<p>Jeff<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📚" src="/files/1f4da.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☁️" src="/files/2601.svg"> is saying<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> “…I still can’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> believe I let you talk<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗣" src="/files/1f5e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> me into this.”</p>
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<p>Elon<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚀" src="/files/1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"> says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> “It was easy. I knew you would commit<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💍" src="/files/1f48d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to do it if I asked<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❓" src="/files/2753.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> you in front of Priscilla, because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> for some reason that none of us can fathom–not even Mark<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg">–you want to impress her.”</p>
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<p>Jeff<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📚" src="/files/1f4da.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☁️" src="/files/2601.svg"> doesn’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> respond<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💬" src="/files/1f4ac.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">. Elon<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚀" src="/files/1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"> dramatically<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> slashes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔪" src="/files/1f52a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> a vine<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌳" src="/files/1f333.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧶" src="/files/1f9f6.svg"> out of his way.</p>
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<p>“You own a company called<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> ‘Amazon’ and you’ve never<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"> been to the Amazon before<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↙️" src="/files/2199.svg">.”</p>
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<p>Jeff<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📚" src="/files/1f4da.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☁️" src="/files/2601.svg"> says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> “Think<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> about how much our time<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"> is worth, put together. Think<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> about how much this trip costs.”</p>
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<p>“If you think<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> that way, then you’re a slave<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏾‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fe-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">. You could be the richest<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏫" src="/files/23eb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏫" src="/files/23eb.svg"> man in the world<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌎" src="/files/1f30e.svg"> and still be a slave<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏾‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fe-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">. But that’s not an issue here<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤵️" src="/files/2935.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg">. You will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> be shocked<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😲" src="/files/1f632.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> at the ROI of this trip.”</p>
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<p>“Where is the value<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg">? Is it in the drug<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg">? Is it –” Jeff affects a stoned<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌿" src="/files/1f33f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚬" src="/files/1f6ac.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> hippy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✌️" src="/files/270c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💩" src="/files/1f4a9.svg"> voice<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗣" src="/files/1f5e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"> “–the journey? Why<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⁉️" src="/files/2049.svg"> do we have to come all the way out here<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤵️" src="/files/2935.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg">?”</p>
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<p>“There are things that can’t be transplanted<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚅" src="/files/1f685.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌱" src="/files/1f331.svg">. I can’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> explain. No, I can, but I won’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg">. You’ll see<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg">.”</p>
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<p>Their Shuar guide is taking them to a sacred<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙏" src="/files/1f64f.svg"> site for the ayahuasca<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👽" src="/files/1f47d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🚀" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌿" src="/files/1f33f.svg"> ritual<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙏" src="/files/1f64f.svg">. It’s a two day<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="2️⃣" src="/files/32-20e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📅" src="/files/1f4c5.svg"> hike from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> their village<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛖" src="/files/1f6d6.svg">, deep<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg"> in the trees<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌳" src="/files/1f333.svg">, where no<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"> helicopter<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚁" src="/files/1f681.svg"> can reach. The only way to go is on foot<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦶" src="/files/1f9b6.svg">. Jeff<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📚" src="/files/1f4da.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☁️" src="/files/2601.svg"> hates the humidity<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💨" src="/files/1f4a8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> and the cloud<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☁️" src="/files/2601.svg"> of mosquitoes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦟" src="/files/1f99f.svg"> that seem to follow him at all times<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg">, but Elon<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚀" src="/files/1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"> seems unperturbed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😒" src="/files/1f612.svg">. He keeps pointing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👇" src="/files/1f447.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> out neon-colored<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎨" src="/files/1f3a8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌈" src="/files/1f308.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> poison dart frogs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☣️" src="/files/2623.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎯" src="/files/1f3af.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐸" src="/files/1f438.svg">, and Jeff<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📚" src="/files/1f4da.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☁️" src="/files/2601.svg"> just doesn’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> care at all because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> he has seen<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> several of them already<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↙️" src="/files/2199.svg"> and he thinks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> they’re exhaustingly<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😴" src="/files/1f634.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> samey.</p>
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<p>From<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> my disembodied<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦵" src="/files/1f9b5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> viewpoint<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> I am aware<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👀" src="/files/1f440.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> of the thoughts<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> inside<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> Jeff<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📚" src="/files/1f4da.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☁️" src="/files/2601.svg"> Bezos’ head<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> as he walks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚶‍♂️" src="/files/1f6b6-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> through the jungle<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌴" src="/files/1f334.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌴" src="/files/1f334.svg">. He is thinking<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> about Star Trek<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⭐️" src="/files/2b50.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧭" src="/files/1f9ed.svg">: The Next Generation, and how in the episode <em>The Inner Light</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕯" src="/files/1f56f.svg"><em> </em>in season five, Picard is struck unconscious<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👀" src="/files/1f440.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> by an energy beam from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> an alien<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛸" src="/files/1f6f8.svg"> probe and it causes him to experience the entire lifetime of a scientist<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🔬" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f52c.svg"> on a long-dead<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☠️" src="/files/2620.svg"> world<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌎" src="/files/1f30e.svg">. He has read<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> that people who take ayahuasca<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👽" src="/files/1f47d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🚀" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌿" src="/files/1f33f.svg"> trips go through this also.</p>
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<p>He says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> “I met with Steve Jobs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍎" src="/files/1f34e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💻" src="/files/1f4bb.svg"> before<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↙️" src="/files/2199.svg"> he died<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☠️" src="/files/2620.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">. He said<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> something puzzling<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧩" src="/files/1f9e9.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> to me: that his debts<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛓" src="/files/26d3.svg"> were coming due. I didn’t understand<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📚" src="/files/1f4da.svg"> that. I thought<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> he was talking<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗣" src="/files/1f5e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> about whatever strings<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧶" src="/files/1f9f6.svg"> he pulled to get a new <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✨" src="/files/2728.svg">liver. But after he died<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☠️" src="/files/2620.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, I heard<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👂" src="/files/1f442.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> a story<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📈" src="/files/1f4c8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📉" src="/files/1f4c9.svg"> that he met the devil<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👹" src="/files/1f479.svg"> on an LSD<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎆" src="/files/1f386.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧪" src="/files/1f9ea.svg"> trip and sold<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤝" src="/files/1f91d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> his soul<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🫀" src="/files/1fac0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"> for charisma<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💘" src="/files/1f498.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> and power<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg">. And then, when his cancer started<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏁" src="/files/1f3c1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to take him, that was the devil<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👹" src="/files/1f479.svg"> coming around to collect.”</p>
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<p>Elon<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚀" src="/files/1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"> says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> “Of course you don’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> believe that.”</p>
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<p>Jeff<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📚" src="/files/1f4da.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☁️" src="/files/2601.svg"> says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> “No I don’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg">, but I think<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> people who take psychedelic<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎆" src="/files/1f386.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> drugs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"> often end<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔚" src="/files/1f51a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> up believing strange<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦑" src="/files/1f991.svg"> things. So I care more about if Steve<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍎" src="/files/1f34e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💻" src="/files/1f4bb.svg"> believed it.”</p>
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<p>Elon<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚀" src="/files/1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"> says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> “There’s a similar<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚖️" src="/files/2696.svg"></strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪞" src="/files/1fa9e.svg"> story<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📈" src="/files/1f4c8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📉" src="/files/1f4c9.svg"> about Foucault. It’s a common trope. Pure<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚗️" src="/files/2697.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💧" src="/files/1f4a7.svg"> superstition<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦸‍♂️" src="/files/1f9b8-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg">, moral panic by conservative Christians<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✝️" src="/files/271d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">.”</p>
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<p>Jeff<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📚" src="/files/1f4da.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☁️" src="/files/2601.svg"> says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">“Right and I don’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> care. But Steve<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍎" src="/files/1f34e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💻" src="/files/1f4bb.svg"> did use a lot of LSD<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎆" src="/files/1f386.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧪" src="/files/1f9ea.svg">. He sold<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤝" src="/files/1f91d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the first<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="1️⃣" src="/files/31-20e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> Apple<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍎" src="/files/1f34e.svg"> computer<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💻" src="/files/1f4bb.svg"> for six hundred sixty six dollars and sixty six cents. The Apple<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍎" src="/files/1f34e.svg"> with a bite out of it might have been chosen to represent the apple<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍎" src="/files/1f34e.svg"> from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> the tree of knowledge<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of good and evil in the garden<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💐" src="/files/1f490.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌳" src="/files/1f333.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌿" src="/files/1f33f.svg"> of Eden. Why<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⁉️" src="/files/2049.svg"> did Steve<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍎" src="/files/1f34e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💻" src="/files/1f4bb.svg"> choose those things?”</p>
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<p>Elon<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚀" src="/files/1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"> says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> “You’re worried that if you take ayahuasca<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👽" src="/files/1f47d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🚀" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌿" src="/files/1f33f.svg"> one time<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg">, you’re going to start<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏁" src="/files/1f3c1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> believing a bunch of superstitious<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦸‍♂️" src="/files/1f9b8-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> nonsense.”</p>
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<p>Jeff<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📚" src="/files/1f4da.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☁️" src="/files/2601.svg"> says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> “Yes, and that’s not a crazy thing to be worried about. In a survey of over<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤵️" src="/files/2935.svg"> 4000 people, 800 of whom identified<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🆔" src="/files/1f194.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> as atheists<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✝️" src="/files/271d.svg">, three fourths of the atheists<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✝️" src="/files/271d.svg"> changed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐛" src="/files/1f41b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦋" src="/files/1f98b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> their mind<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"> after using psychedelic<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎆" src="/files/1f386.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> drugs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg">.” (Griffin, Hurwitz, Davis, Johnson, Jesse, 2019, <em>Survey of subjective</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><em> “God</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✝️" src="/files/271d.svg"><em> encounter experiences”: Comparisons among naturally</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌲" src="/files/1f332.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌱" src="/files/1f331.svg"><em> occurring experiences and those occasioned by the classic psychedelics</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎆" src="/files/1f386.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><em> psilocybin</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎆" src="/files/1f386.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍄" src="/files/1f344.svg"><em>, LSD</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎆" src="/files/1f386.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧪" src="/files/1f9ea.svg"><em>, ayahuasca</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👽" src="/files/1f47d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🚀" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌿" src="/files/1f33f.svg"><em>, or DMT</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👽" src="/files/1f47d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🚀" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧪" src="/files/1f9ea.svg">)</p>
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<p>Elon<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚀" src="/files/1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"> says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> “Do you believe in God<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✝️" src="/files/271d.svg">, Jeff<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📚" src="/files/1f4da.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☁️" src="/files/2601.svg">?”</p>
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<p>Jeff<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📚" src="/files/1f4da.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☁️" src="/files/2601.svg"> says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> “I believe… there<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> are more things in Heaven<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛅️" src="/files/26c5.svg"> and earth<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌎" src="/files/1f30e.svg">.”</p>
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<p>Elon<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚀" src="/files/1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"> says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> “Well then you don’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> have to worry. The goal<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥅" src="/files/1f945.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of this is to learn<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙇‍♂️" src="/files/1f647-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> new<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✨" src="/files/2728.svg"> information<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg">. Some people call<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> it ‘expanding your perceptions.’ I focus<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎯" src="/files/1f3af.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> on things that are concrete and actionable. But you should expect to believe something different after you’ve done<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> it. That’s the point<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👇" src="/files/1f447.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg">.”</p>
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<p>Jeff<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📚" src="/files/1f4da.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☁️" src="/files/2601.svg"> says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> “You’ve done<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> this before<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↙️" src="/files/2199.svg">. What new<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✨" src="/files/2728.svg">things do you believe?”</p>
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<p>Elon<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚀" src="/files/1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"> says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> “That’s proprietary.”</p>
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<p>Jeff<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📚" src="/files/1f4da.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☁️" src="/files/2601.svg"> feels like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> they’re speaking<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗣" src="/files/1f5e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> different languages despite using the same words<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✍" src="/files/270d.svg"> and grammar. It’s almost like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> in Star Trek<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⭐️" src="/files/2b50.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧭" src="/files/1f9ed.svg">: The Next Generation, season five episode two, “Darmok” where Picard meets an alien<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛸" src="/files/1f6f8.svg"> species who talks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗣" src="/files/1f5e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> entirely in allusions to their mythic<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏛" src="/files/1f3db.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐲" src="/files/1f432.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> history<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏛" src="/files/1f3db.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📜" src="/files/1f4dc.svg">.</p>
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<p>They walk<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚶‍♂️" src="/files/1f6b6-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> in silence<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔈" src="/files/1f508.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌀" src="/files/1f300.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> for another mile before<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↙️" src="/files/2199.svg"> Elon<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚀" src="/files/1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"> speaks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗣" src="/files/1f5e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> up and says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> “Do you think<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> of yourself as powerful<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">?”</p>
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<p>Jeff<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📚" src="/files/1f4da.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☁️" src="/files/2601.svg"> says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> “Yes. I have changed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐛" src="/files/1f41b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦋" src="/files/1f98b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the world<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌎" src="/files/1f30e.svg">. My leadership<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤴" src="/files/1f934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚢" src="/files/1f6a2.svg"> built<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👷‍♂️" src="/files/1f477-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the backbone<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦴" src="/files/1f9b4.svg"> of the internet<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌐" src="/files/1f310.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg">.”</p>
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<p>Elon<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚀" src="/files/1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"> says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> “Well, you’re not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg">. Have you ever looked<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧐" src="/files/1f9d0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> at another man’s wife<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👰" src="/files/1f470.svg"> and decided<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to take her, like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> an ancient<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👴🏻" src="/files/1f474-1f3fb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📜" src="/files/1f4dc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> king<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤴" src="/files/1f934.svg"> or a barbarian? Any tribal<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛖" src="/files/1f6d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤴" src="/files/1f934.svg"> chief like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> the ones in the Shuar can do<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> that, but you can’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">.”</p>
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<p>Jeff<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📚" src="/files/1f4da.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☁️" src="/files/2601.svg"> scoffs. “First<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="1️⃣" src="/files/31-20e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> off, I’m not convinced that they even can<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> do that. What about the rest of their tribe<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛖" src="/files/1f6d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">, won’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> they get mad<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😡" src="/files/1f621.svg">?”</p>
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<p>Elon<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚀" src="/files/1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"> says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> “Well look<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧐" src="/files/1f9d0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, there’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> no need to speculate.” He stops<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛑" src="/files/1f6d1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> and waves<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👋" src="/files/1f44b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> over<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤵️" src="/files/2935.svg"> the interpreter and the Shuar guide. “Ask<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❓" src="/files/2753.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him,” he says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> “Can your chief<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛖" src="/files/1f6d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤴" src="/files/1f934.svg"> take another man’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> wife<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👰" src="/files/1f470.svg">, if he wants to?” The Shuar and the interpreter chat<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💬" src="/files/1f4ac.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💬" src="/files/1f4ac.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> for a moment<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏱" src="/files/23f1.svg">, and the interpreter says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> “Yes, but he might have to kill<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💀" src="/files/1f480.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the man<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">.”</p>
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<p>Jeff<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📚" src="/files/1f4da.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☁️" src="/files/2601.svg"> says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">“There’s a lot more to power<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg"> than being able to treat people like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> slaves<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏾‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fe-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">. Leadership<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤴" src="/files/1f934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚢" src="/files/1f6a2.svg"> is always contingent on the complicity of the people being lead<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤴" src="/files/1f934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">.”</p>
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<p>Elon<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚀" src="/files/1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"> says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> “But real power<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg"> commands<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤴" src="/files/1f934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">. It makes people compliant. And that’s why<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⁉️" src="/files/2049.svg"> you aren’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"> powerful<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> you think<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> your people have to choose to follow you.”</p>
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<p>Jeff<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📚" src="/files/1f4da.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☁️" src="/files/2601.svg"> says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> “Well, they do. I am a leader<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤴" src="/files/1f934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">, and people follow me because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> they trust<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤝" src="/files/1f91d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> me. They trust<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤝" src="/files/1f91d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> me because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> I earn their trust<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤝" src="/files/1f91d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, by being right a lot.”</p>
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<p>Elon<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚀" src="/files/1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"> says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">“That‘s admirable<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤩" src="/files/1f929.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, but it shows<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👉" src="/files/1f449.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> a lack of imagination<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐉" src="/files/1f409.svg">.”</p>
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<p>Jeff<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📚" src="/files/1f4da.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☁️" src="/files/2601.svg"> says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> “You are confusing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤷‍♂️" src="/files/1f937-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> force<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> with power<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg">. The need to demonstrate force<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> is sporadic, and when force<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> is not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"> continuously demonstrated, power<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg"> has arisen. The difference between<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥪" src="/files/1f96a.svg"> dominance<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👑" src="/files/1f451.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> and predation<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦁" src="/files/1f981.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😋" src="/files/1f60b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> is the time<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"> scale<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚖️" src="/files/2696.svg">. A predator<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦁" src="/files/1f981.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😋" src="/files/1f60b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> dominates<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👑" src="/files/1f451.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> its prey, but it does not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> need to install<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> an enduring<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗓" src="/files/1f5d3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> dominion<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👑" src="/files/1f451.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg">, because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> it doesn’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> matter<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚛️" src="/files/269b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> if the prey submits<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙇‍♂️" src="/files/1f647-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> beyond<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> the moment<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏱" src="/files/23f1.svg"> of destruction<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💣" src="/files/1f4a3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">.</p>
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<p>“When power<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg"> resorts to using force<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, power<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg"> is already<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↙️" src="/files/2199.svg"> lost. Under<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↪️" src="/files/21aa.svg"> civilized conditions, power<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg"> is exempted from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> the test of force<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> it has ascended<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏔" src="/files/1f3d4.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">.”</p>
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<p>Elon<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚀" src="/files/1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"> says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> “You’re talking<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗣" src="/files/1f5e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> about dominance<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👑" src="/files/1f451.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> vs prestige<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👑" src="/files/1f451.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏆" src="/files/1f3c6.svg">, but you’re minimizing the fact that, if <em>your</em> power<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg"> were tested, you couldn’t resort to force<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> if you wanted to. Dominance<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👑" src="/files/1f451.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> can rebuild<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔂" src="/files/1f502.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👷‍♂️" src="/files/1f477-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"> itself into power<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg"> by regressing to force<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, but prestige<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👑" src="/files/1f451.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏆" src="/files/1f3c6.svg"> can’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">. Its power<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg"> is pure<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚗️" src="/files/2697.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💧" src="/files/1f4a7.svg"> credit<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💳" src="/files/1f4b3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg">, because it’s not backed by dominance<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👑" src="/files/1f451.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">.”</p>
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<p>Jeff<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📚" src="/files/1f4da.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☁️" src="/files/2601.svg"> says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> “We’ll use your word: prestige<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👑" src="/files/1f451.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏆" src="/files/1f3c6.svg"> is like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> magic<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧙‍♂️" src="/files/1f9d9-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">, and it works as long as everyone believes in it. When you have power<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg">, people start<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏁" src="/files/1f3c1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> trying to do what you want, without<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"> even asking<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❓" src="/files/2753.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> you, things you may not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"> even realize<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> you want. They try to anticipate your feelings and then act<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> preemptively on that.</p>
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<p>“Your gut feelings about people start<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏁" src="/files/1f3c1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to come true, and you end<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔚" src="/files/1f51a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> up selecting for effective sycophants. It starts<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏁" src="/files/1f3c1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to feel like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> the harder you will something, the more it becomes manifest. And you end<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔚" src="/files/1f51a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> up in whatever world<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌎" src="/files/1f30e.svg"> you imagine<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐉" src="/files/1f409.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">. So the way you imagine<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐉" src="/files/1f409.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> power<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg"> works, that’s how it works for you.”</p>
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<p>Elon<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚀" src="/files/1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"> says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> “In this jungle<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌴" src="/files/1f334.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌴" src="/files/1f334.svg">, your magic<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧙‍♂️" src="/files/1f9d9-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> prestige<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👑" src="/files/1f451.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏆" src="/files/1f3c6.svg"> can’t protect<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛡" src="/files/1f6e1.svg"> you. That’s why<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⁉️" src="/files/2049.svg"> we had to outsource dominance<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👑" src="/files/1f451.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">.” Elon<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚀" src="/files/1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"> rolls<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗞" src="/files/1f5de.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> his head<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> in the direction of their armed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💼" src="/files/1f4bc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔫" src="/files/1f52b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> guards. “But the closer you get to the metal, the more your magic<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧙‍♂️" src="/files/1f9d9-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> fades<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💨" src="/files/1f4a8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">.”</p>
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<p>“But we don’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> live in the jungle<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌴" src="/files/1f334.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌴" src="/files/1f334.svg">,” says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> Jeff<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📚" src="/files/1f4da.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☁️" src="/files/2601.svg">, and he thinks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> “Darmok. And Jalad. Et Tanagra.” Elon<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚀" src="/files/1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"> keeps talking<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗣" src="/files/1f5e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> but Jeff<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📚" src="/files/1f4da.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☁️" src="/files/2601.svg"> tunes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📻" src="/files/1f4fb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎛" src="/files/1f39b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him out. Doesn’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> even hear<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👂" src="/files/1f442.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him. “Shaka when the walls fell.”</p>
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<h3><strong>Procedure: Integration<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛓" src="/files/26d3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐛" src="/files/1f41b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦋" src="/files/1f98b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> (II)</strong></h3>
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<p>A shipment<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚢" src="/files/1f6a2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of antique<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👴🏻" src="/files/1f474-1f3fb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> treasures<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💎" src="/files/1f48e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💍" src="/files/1f48d.svg"> arrives at the compound, destined<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✝️" src="/files/271d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥅" src="/files/1f945.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to be made into tigers<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐯" src="/files/1f42f.svg"> to fill the halls and galleries<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🖼" src="/files/1f5bc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚶‍♂️" src="/files/1f6b6-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> of Apothecary<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg">. It contains Chinese<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🇨🇳" src="/files/1f1e8-1f1f3.svg"> ceramics<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏺" src="/files/1f3fa.svg"> and Persian<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🇮🇷" src="/files/1f1ee-1f1f7.svg"> rugs, rare militaria such as 19th century swords<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗡" src="/files/1f5e1.svg"> and scabbards, dragoon helmets, knives and insignias. There’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> a taxidermied<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧸" src="/files/1f9f8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☠️" src="/files/2620.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> corpse<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚰️" src="/files/26b0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦵" src="/files/1f9b5.svg"> of a tiger<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐯" src="/files/1f42f.svg">, posed in mid-leap, its jaws<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👄" src="/files/1f444.svg"> open, its teeth<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦷" src="/files/1f9b7.svg"> on display, and most interesting to Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg">, a vintage cherry<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍒" src="/files/1f352.svg"> red<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔴" src="/files/1f534.svg"> Porsche<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏎" src="/files/1f3ce.svg"> with jaguar<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐆" src="/files/1f406.svg"> hide seats<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💺" src="/files/1f4ba.svg">.</p>
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<p>For him, all of these things are tokens of Headstrong’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> authority<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👑" src="/files/1f451.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg">, of the man<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> he wishes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧞‍♂️" src="/files/1f9de-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to become, or to bring down<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg">. Miaoyu 妙玉, the tall girl in white<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚪️" src="/files/26aa.svg">, is likewise a token, and Branch covets her with a desire<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😍" src="/files/1f60d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> bordering on spite. Each sight<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of her is a slight; each thought<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of her<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎‍♀️" src="/files/1f64e-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> with him<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> is a wound<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤕" src="/files/1f915.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🩸" src="/files/1fa78.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">. And when he thinks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> of her, he also thinks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> of the heights<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏫" src="/files/23eb.svg"> he will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> ascend<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏔" src="/files/1f3d4.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, of the respect<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙇‍♂️" src="/files/1f647-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤴" src="/files/1f934.svg"> he will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> command<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤴" src="/files/1f934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, and of the power<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg"> he deserves.</p>
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<p>Headstrong<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> is skilled in the art<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨🏻‍🎨" src="/files/1f468-1f3fb-200d-1f3a8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of slow intimidation, in the diabolical<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👹" src="/files/1f479.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> trickery<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🃏" src="/files/1f0cf.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of leading<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤴" src="/files/1f934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> a man<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> on, step<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👣" src="/files/1f463.svg"> by step<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👣" src="/files/1f463.svg">, shifting from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> sincerity to mockery. Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> decides<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to apply this ambiguous method to the task of replacing Headstrong<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg">, but he will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> take his time<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"> over<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤵️" src="/files/2935.svg"> it. He confides<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤫" src="/files/1f92b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤝" src="/files/1f91d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> his plan to Romero, who pledges<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤚" src="/files/1f91a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🫀" src="/files/1fac0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to help, despite their earlier<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↙️" src="/files/2199.svg"> disagreement<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤝" src="/files/1f91d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">.</p>
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<p>An opportunity comes when a rival gang mounts<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏇" src="/files/1f3c7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> an attack<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚔️" src="/files/2694.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> against the Apothecary<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg">. This is a hazard<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚠️" src="/files/26a0.svg"> of operating in black markets<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚫️" src="/files/26ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💹" src="/files/1f4b9.svg">, and they are prepared. The automated<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> security<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚓" src="/files/1f693.svg"> system<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕸" src="/files/1f578.svg">, called<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> Micro (vended by Uber) acts<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> through Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> to turn<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐛" src="/files/1f41b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦋" src="/files/1f98b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"></strong> every man<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> into a soldier. Martial conflict is mostly automated<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, and security<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚓" src="/files/1f693.svg"> in meat-space<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥩" src="/files/1f969.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌌" src="/files/1f30c.svg"> has come to resemble security<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚓" src="/files/1f693.svg"> in cyberspace<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💻" src="/files/1f4bb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌌" src="/files/1f30c.svg">. Operational readiness consists of closing off vulnerabilities<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔓" src="/files/1f513.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"> in the automated<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> security<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚓" src="/files/1f693.svg"> deployment<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💻" src="/files/1f4bb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌩" src="/files/1f329.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, installing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the latest patches, and educating<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🏫" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f3eb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> personnel. Sophisticated attackers<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚔️" src="/files/2694.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> run simulations<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👾" src="/files/1f47e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> against the common tactical systems<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕸" src="/files/1f578.svg"> in the space to find<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎯" src="/files/1f3af.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> gaps<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤏" src="/files/1f90f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕳" src="/files/1f573.svg"> in the coverage<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍃" src="/files/1f343.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of their target installation<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">. It’s a never-ending<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔚" src="/files/1f51a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> arms race.</p>
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<p>The AI<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> security<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚓" src="/files/1f693.svg"> system<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕸" src="/files/1f578.svg"> excels at tactics in a way that a human<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> never<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> could, because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> it incorporates sensory<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👅" src="/files/1f445.svg"> data<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"> from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> every agent in the system<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕸" src="/files/1f578.svg"> along with feeds from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> security<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚓" src="/files/1f693.svg"> cameras<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📷" src="/files/1f4f7.svg"> and other sensors throughout the compound, all in real-time<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg">. But at the highest<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏫" src="/files/23eb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏫" src="/files/23eb.svg"> level<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👾" src="/files/1f47e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍰" src="/files/1f370.svg">, the human<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> element is still relevant in these situations. Value<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg"> judgements<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨🏻‍⚖️" src="/files/1f468-1f3fb-200d-2696-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, decisions<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> that pertain to lethality<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☠️" src="/files/2620.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> or sacrifice<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔪" src="/files/1f52a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐑" src="/files/1f411.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🩸" src="/files/1fa78.svg">, are routed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛣" src="/files/1f6e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> through a human<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> authority<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👑" src="/files/1f451.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg">. In Headstrong’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> conspicuous absence, Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> assumes the executive<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👑" src="/files/1f451.svg"> position<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"> and directs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎬" src="/files/1f3ac.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> Uber Micro to defend<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚔️" src="/files/2694.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛡" src="/files/1f6e1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the compound and repel the attackers<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚔️" src="/files/2694.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">.</p>
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<p>In the struggle, several men are shot<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔫" src="/files/1f52b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> and injured<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤕" src="/files/1f915.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, including Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg">, whose shoulder is grazed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦌" src="/files/1f98c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌱" src="/files/1f331.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> by a bullet, though he comes to no serious harm. The attackers<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚔️" src="/files/2694.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> breach the outer wall and even make it into the great hall<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏛" src="/files/1f3db.svg">, but Apothecary<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"> is well-fortified<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏰" src="/files/1f3f0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, and Branch is merciless. Using Uber Micro, he can feel the position<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"> and tactical value<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg"> of every friend and enemy, and he leaves no enemy alive.</p>
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<p>Exulting in the glory<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🇺🇸" src="/files/1f1fa-1f1f8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦅" src="/files/1f985.svg"> of violence<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚔️" src="/files/2694.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🩸" src="/files/1fa78.svg">, and feeling the thrill<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎢" src="/files/1f3a2.svg"> of reckless authority<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👑" src="/files/1f451.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg">, he orders<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤴" src="/files/1f934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> his men to bring Headstrong’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> treasures<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💎" src="/files/1f48e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💍" src="/files/1f48d.svg"> into his own house<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏠" src="/files/1f3e0.svg">. He hangs the swords<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗡" src="/files/1f5e1.svg"> and guns<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔫" src="/files/1f52b.svg"> from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> ancient<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👴🏻" src="/files/1f474-1f3fb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📜" src="/files/1f4dc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> battles on his walls. He places the leaping tiger<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐯" src="/files/1f42f.svg"> in his foyer to guard his door<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg">. He races the vintage Porsche through the winding roads<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛣" src="/files/1f6e3.svg"> of the Santa Cruz mountains<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛰" src="/files/26f0.svg">, and he drifts through its twists and turns<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> until his tire treads are bare. With his car<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚗" src="/files/1f697.svg">, he can go anywhere he wants, but the wound<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤕" src="/files/1f915.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🩸" src="/files/1fa78.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> on his shoulder is still fresh, and the excitement<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> and vigor of the drive<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚗" src="/files/1f697.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> makes his blood<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🩸" src="/files/1fa78.svg"> run down<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg"> and stain the jaguar seats<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐆" src="/files/1f406.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💺" src="/files/1f4ba.svg">.</p>
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<p>That same night<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌒" src="/files/1f312.svg">, he sleeps<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍆" src="/files/1f346.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> with Miaoyu 妙玉.</p>
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<h3><strong>Note<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗒" src="/files/1f5d2.svg">: The Brain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> as Transceiver<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📡" src="/files/1f4e1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛰" src="/files/1f6f0.svg">?</strong></h3>
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<p>When I was a child, there<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> was a social media application called<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> Twitter, and the posts there<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> were called<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> tweets<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐦" src="/files/1f426.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💬" src="/files/1f4ac.svg">. I remember<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> reading<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> a tweet<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐦" src="/files/1f426.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💬" src="/files/1f4ac.svg"> that said<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> “The corporate man is a victim of malware<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦠" src="/files/1f9a0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"> from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> DMT<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👽" src="/files/1f47d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🚀" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧪" src="/files/1f9ea.svg"> entities<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👽" src="/files/1f47d.svg"> that counsel powerful<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> Bay Area<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌉" src="/files/1f309.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💩" src="/files/1f4a9.svg"> and Hollywood<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎥" src="/files/1f3a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⭐️" src="/files/2b50.svg"> creatives. Machine elves <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔩" src="/files/1f529.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧝🏻‍♀️" src="/files/1f9dd-1f3fb-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> taught them how to transmute<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐛" src="/files/1f41b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦋" src="/files/1f98b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧪" src="/files/1f9ea.svg"> humans<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> into Bitcoin<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💸" src="/files/1f4b8.svg"> miners<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛏" src="/files/26cf.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">; sexless <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏳️‍⚧️" src="/files/1f3f3-fe0f-200d-26a7-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, industrious<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏭" src="/files/1f3ed.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, agreeable<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤝" src="/files/1f91d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, anxious<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥺" src="/files/1f97a.svg">, dreamless<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💤" src="/files/1f4a4.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎥" src="/files/1f3a5.svg">, like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> the entities<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👽" src="/files/1f47d.svg"> themselves.” It stayed with me, after all these years<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗓" src="/files/1f5d3.svg">.</p>
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<p>The visions<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> described above are highly<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏫" src="/files/23eb.svg"> unusual, even within the domain of streaming<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌊" src="/files/1f30a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> noise protocols<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📜" src="/files/1f4dc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍯" src="/files/1f36f.svg">. Our null hypothesis<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"> must be that the entities<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👽" src="/files/1f47d.svg"> we perceive in these visions<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> are artifacts<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏺" src="/files/1f3fa.svg"> of our own minds<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg">, a kind of pareidolia of our own internal<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> states and impulses. Whether we anthropomorphize<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📐" src="/files/1f4d0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> one of our own intentions as a machine elf<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔩" src="/files/1f529.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧝🏻‍♀️" src="/files/1f9dd-1f3fb-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> or another real person, the simplest and most parsimonious explanation is that the provenance<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of these things is purely<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚗️" src="/files/2697.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💧" src="/files/1f4a7.svg"> internal<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, and that they operate on a principle similar<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚖️" src="/files/2696.svg"></strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪞" src="/files/1fa9e.svg"> to a dream<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💤" src="/files/1f4a4.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎥" src="/files/1f3a5.svg">.</p>
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<p>The alternative to the null hypothesis<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="0️⃣" src="/files/30-20e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg">, which we call<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the occult<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧙‍♂️" src="/files/1f9d9-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📜" src="/files/1f4dc.svg"></strong> hypothesis<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"> or the gnostic hypothesis<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👹" src="/files/1f479.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg">, is that the body<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦵" src="/files/1f9b5.svg">, and by extension the brain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg">, is only a vessel<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚢" src="/files/1f6a2.svg"> for a distinct and “materially<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚛️" src="/files/269b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">” separate object called<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the soul<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🫀" src="/files/1fac0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg">. There<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> are materialist<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚛️" src="/files/269b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> dualist versions of this hypothesis<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"> which refer to the “mind<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg">” as an epiphenomenon<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛓" src="/files/26d3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌈" src="/files/1f308.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎁" src="/files/1f381.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> of the brain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg">, and posit the relationship<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💑" src="/files/1f491.svg"> between<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥪" src="/files/1f96a.svg"> them to be that of a computer processor<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💻" src="/files/1f4bb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"> and its software<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg">.</p>
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<p>The gnostic hypothesis<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👹" src="/files/1f479.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"> can be characterized by extending this metaphor to say<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> that the mind<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"> or “soul<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🫀" src="/files/1fac0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg">” exists in a separate universe from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> the world<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌎" src="/files/1f30e.svg"> of bodies<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦵" src="/files/1f9b5.svg"> that we know<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, and that that it connects<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to the physical body<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦵" src="/files/1f9b5.svg"> as if over<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤵️" src="/files/2935.svg"> a network<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕸" src="/files/1f578.svg">.</p>
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<p>The weak gnostic hypothesis<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤓" src="/files/1f913.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👹" src="/files/1f479.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"> says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> this world<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌎" src="/files/1f30e.svg"> of minds<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"> that connects<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to the world<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌎" src="/files/1f30e.svg"> of bodies<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦵" src="/files/1f9b5.svg"> is ontologically distinct and separate but connected<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> by some rational<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> and predictable principle.</p>
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<p>The strong gnostic hypothesis<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏋️‍♂️" src="/files/1f3cb-fe0f-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👹" src="/files/1f479.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"> says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the world<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌎" src="/files/1f30e.svg"> of minds<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"> is ontologically primary<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="1️⃣" src="/files/31-20e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> to the world<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌎" src="/files/1f30e.svg"> of bodies<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦵" src="/files/1f9b5.svg"> and that the material<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚛️" src="/files/269b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> world<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌎" src="/files/1f30e.svg"> as we know<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> it is an epiphenomenon<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛓" src="/files/26d3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌈" src="/files/1f308.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎁" src="/files/1f381.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> of the world<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌎" src="/files/1f30e.svg"> of minds<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg">.</p>
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<p>The strong gnostic hypothesis<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏋️‍♂️" src="/files/1f3cb-fe0f-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👹" src="/files/1f479.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"> is not testable and, if true, would invalidate every scientific<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔬" src="/files/1f52c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔭" src="/files/1f52d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> paradigm in the world<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌎" src="/files/1f30e.svg">. The weak gnostic hypothesis<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤓" src="/files/1f913.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👹" src="/files/1f479.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"> suggests many intriguing possibilities, which have been explored<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧭" src="/files/1f9ed.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"> at length in fiction and mysticism, and which empirical science<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔬" src="/files/1f52c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔭" src="/files/1f52d.svg"> tends to discredit a priori, e.g.:</p>
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<ul><li>That the mind<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg">/soul<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🫀" src="/files/1fac0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"> could be detached from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> the body<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦵" src="/files/1f9b5.svg">, and welded to another.</li><li>That the mind<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg">/soul<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🫀" src="/files/1fac0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"> could be reachable after death.</li><li>That the mind<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg">/soul<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🫀" src="/files/1fac0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"> could be “reincarnated” into a new material<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚛️" src="/files/269b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> body<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦵" src="/files/1f9b5.svg"> after death.</li><li>That non-human<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> entities<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👽" src="/files/1f47d.svg"> could interact with us from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> within the “spirit world<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌎" src="/files/1f30e.svg">.”</li></ul>
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<p>Further, we speculate that, under a gnostic<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👹" src="/files/1f479.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> model<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📊" src="/files/1f4ca.svg"> of cognition, DMT<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👽" src="/files/1f47d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🚀" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧪" src="/files/1f9ea.svg">, near-death experiences, and Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> noise might all work through a similar<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚖️" src="/files/2696.svg"></strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪞" src="/files/1fa9e.svg"> mechanism<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"> of action, “disrupting<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💔" src="/files/1f494.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">” the connection<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> between<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥪" src="/files/1f96a.svg"> the brain and the soul<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🫀" src="/files/1fac0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg">, causing the soul<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🫀" src="/files/1fac0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"> to perceive the spirit world<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌎" src="/files/1f30e.svg"> instead of the material<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚛️" src="/files/269b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">.</p>
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<p>Previously<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↙️" src="/files/2199.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">, Marko Rodriguez (2006, <em>A Methodology for Studying</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙇‍♂️" src="/files/1f647-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏫" src="/files/1f3eb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> <em>Various Interpretations of the N,N-dimethyltryptamine-Induced</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏁" src="/files/1f3c1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"><em> Alternate Reality</em>) proposed asking<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❓" src="/files/2753.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> DMT<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👽" src="/files/1f47d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🚀" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧪" src="/files/1f9ea.svg"> entities<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👽" src="/files/1f47d.svg"> to factor large numbers<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔢" src="/files/1f522.svg"> into primes to prove that the entities<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👽" src="/files/1f47d.svg"> people experience while using DMT<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👽" src="/files/1f47d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🚀" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧪" src="/files/1f9ea.svg"> are real.</p>
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<p>The presence of the Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> device<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔩" src="/files/1f529.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"> presents a problem for this method, since in any trial<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨🏻‍⚖️" src="/files/1f468-1f3fb-200d-2696-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚖️" src="/files/2696.svg">where the human<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> subject is equipped with a Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> device<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔩" src="/files/1f529.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg">, the possibility that the device<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔩" src="/files/1f529.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"> was invoked to request the prime factorization of a large number<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔢" src="/files/1f522.svg"> will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> be more parsimonious than the possibility that a persistent and autonomous<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> spirit<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"> in a parallel dimension<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📐" src="/files/1f4d0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📏" src="/files/1f4cf.svg"> was compliant enough to grant your request and had the mathematical<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔢" src="/files/1f522.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> or computational<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💻" src="/files/1f4bb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> capacity to do so.</p>
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<p>Indeed, we find<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎯" src="/files/1f3af.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> that both versions of the gnostic hypothesis<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👹" src="/files/1f479.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"> are selected against, a priori, in standard scientific<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔬" src="/files/1f52c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔭" src="/files/1f52d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> paradigms.</p>
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<h3><strong>Procedure: Violet Noise <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💜" src="/files/1f49c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"> 13hz, 20mV</strong></h3>
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<p>Jeff<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📚" src="/files/1f4da.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☁️" src="/files/2601.svg"> and Elon<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚀" src="/files/1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"> are seated in a Shuar tent<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛺️" src="/files/26fa.svg"> on sacred<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙏" src="/files/1f64f.svg"> ground, dimly illuminated<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕯" src="/files/1f56f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> by torches<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔦" src="/files/1f526.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔥" src="/files/1f525.svg">. The air<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌬" src="/files/1f32c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💨" src="/files/1f4a8.svg">is thick with vapor from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> a fog machine<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔩" src="/files/1f529.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"> plugged<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔌" src="/files/1f50c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> into a gas-powered<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛽️" src="/files/26fd.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> generator<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg">. Outside<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the tent<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛺️" src="/files/26fa.svg"> there<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> is a collection of shrunken heads<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">, but the interior is (mercifully, in Jeff’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📚" src="/files/1f4da.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☁️" src="/files/2601.svg"> estimation) free<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🇺🇸" src="/files/1f1fa-1f1f8.svg"> of them.</p>
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<p>The shaman<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛖" src="/files/1f6d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧙‍♂️" src="/files/1f9d9-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> is singing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎶" src="/files/1f3b6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> an <em>Icaro</em>, a magic<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧙🏻‍♀️" src="/files/1f9d9-1f3fb-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> song<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎶" src="/files/1f3b6.svg"> which he will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> have learned<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙇‍♂️" src="/files/1f647-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> in an ayahuasca<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👽" src="/files/1f47d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🚀" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌿" src="/files/1f33f.svg"> vision. Many psychonauts<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🚀" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f680.svg"> report<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗂" src="/files/1f5c2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> hearing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👂" src="/files/1f442.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> vivid alien<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛸" src="/files/1f6f8.svg"> music<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎼" src="/files/1f3bc.svg">when under<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↪️" src="/files/21aa.svg"> the influence<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👇" src="/files/1f447.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚖️" src="/files/2696.svg"> of these plants<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌱" src="/files/1f331.svg">, and the shamans<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛖" src="/files/1f6d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧙‍♂️" src="/files/1f9d9-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> bring these songs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎶" src="/files/1f3b6.svg"> back with them to facilitate passage into the spirit world<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌎" src="/files/1f30e.svg">. Jeff<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📚" src="/files/1f4da.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☁️" src="/files/2601.svg"> is still waiting to feel the effects of the drug<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg">, and the whole episode makes him think<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> of TNG season seven, episode seventeen, <em>Masks</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg">, in which an alien<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛸" src="/files/1f6f8.svg"> artifact<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏺" src="/files/1f3fa.svg"> transforms<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐛" src="/files/1f41b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦋" src="/files/1f98b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"></strong> the Enterprise into a stage<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏟" src="/files/1f3df.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎪" src="/files/1f3aa.svg"> where Lt. Commander<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤴" src="/files/1f934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> Data acts<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> out the mythological<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏛" src="/files/1f3db.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐲" src="/files/1f432.svg"> cycles<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚴‍♀️" src="/files/1f6b4-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of an ancient<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👴🏻" src="/files/1f474-1f3fb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📜" src="/files/1f4dc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> alien<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛸" src="/files/1f6f8.svg"> society. The imagery<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🖼" src="/files/1f5bc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg"> in <em>Masks</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg"><em> </em>is distinctly meso-American and Jeff<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📚" src="/files/1f4da.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☁️" src="/files/2601.svg"> wonders<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❓" src="/files/2753.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> if it’s racist to draw<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🖼" src="/files/1f5bc.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✍️" src="/files/270d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> this comparison.</p>
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<p>Elon<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚀" src="/files/1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"> is already<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↙️" src="/files/2199.svg"> descending<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> into the depths<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏬" src="/files/23ec.svg"> of botanical<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌿" src="/files/1f33f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> dimensions<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📐" src="/files/1f4d0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📏" src="/files/1f4cf.svg">, dreaming<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💤" src="/files/1f4a4.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎥" src="/files/1f3a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> of scenes from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> his life. He sees<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> himself on a stage<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏟" src="/files/1f3df.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎪" src="/files/1f3aa.svg"> giving<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎁" src="/files/1f381.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> a demonstration of an early Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> prototype.</p>
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<p>“…[T]he device 8mm thick, fits invisibly<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧿" src="/files/1f9ff.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> in your skull<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💀" src="/files/1f480.svg">, 1024 channels, all day<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📅" src="/files/1f4c5.svg"> charge<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔋" src="/files/1f50b.svg">, tiny scar, no wires<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧶" src="/files/1f9f6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">. Invisible<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧿" src="/files/1f9ff.svg"> if it’s under<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↪️" src="/files/21aa.svg"> your hair. I could have one now. You’d never know<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg">…”</p>
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<p>Gertrude the pig<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐷" src="/files/1f437.svg"> is smiling<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😊" src="/files/1f60a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> and trotting around. All the screens<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📺" src="/files/1f4fa.svg"> in the presentation hall<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏛" src="/files/1f3db.svg"> show<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👉" src="/files/1f449.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> a wireframe<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧶" src="/files/1f9f6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🖼" src="/files/1f5bc.svg"> of her limbs animating as she walks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚶‍♂️" src="/files/1f6b6-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, generated by reading<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the incoming data<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"> from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> her Neuralink <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg">device<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔩" src="/files/1f529.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg">.</p>
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<p>“…like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> a fitbit in your brain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg">. Sort of like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> if your phone<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📱" src="/files/1f4f1.svg"> went into your brain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg">. Maybe not a great analogy….”</p>
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<p>Jeff<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📚" src="/files/1f4da.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☁️" src="/files/2601.svg"> is beginning<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> to feel uncomfortable<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥵" src="/files/1f975.svg">. He is drifting through space<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌌" src="/files/1f30c.svg">, and as he floats<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☁️" src="/files/2601.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> he meets a spider<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕷" src="/files/1f577.svg"> with a billion arms<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg">. It tells<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him he has oriented his entire life around an imaginary<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐉" src="/files/1f409.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> being called<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the “the customer<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐷" src="/files/1f437.svg">” with whom he is ostensibly “obsessed.” As the spider<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕷" src="/files/1f577.svg"> talks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗣" src="/files/1f5e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> it undulates and its array of gelatinous<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍮" src="/files/1f36e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> eyes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"> glimmer<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕯" src="/files/1f56f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✨" src="/files/2728.svg"> with light<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕯" src="/files/1f56f.svg"> of no terrestrial<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌎" src="/files/1f30e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> color<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎨" src="/files/1f3a8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌈" src="/files/1f308.svg">.</p>
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<p>“— but there<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> is no<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"> customer<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐷" src="/files/1f437.svg">!” The spider’s<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕷" src="/files/1f577.svg"> voice<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗣" src="/files/1f5e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"> comes from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> inside<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> his own skull<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💀" src="/files/1f480.svg">. “There are only many customers<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐷" src="/files/1f437.svg">, and the only qualities of their idealized<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> aggregation<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➕" src="/files/2795.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📊" src="/files/1f4ca.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> are its banal, basic, animal<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦁" src="/files/1f981.svg"> drives<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚗" src="/files/1f697.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, which you end<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔚" src="/files/1f51a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> up not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"> only satisfying<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤤" src="/files/1f924.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> but driving<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚗" src="/files/1f697.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to their limit.”</p>
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<p>The spider<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕷" src="/files/1f577.svg"> continues,</p>
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<p>“You do user research<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔬" src="/files/1f52c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> where you believe you should listen<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👂" src="/files/1f442.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to people’s stated problems but not their stated solutions. Listening<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👂" src="/files/1f442.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to what people say<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> they want is considered<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> a mistake – instead you try to invent<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> things the user doesn’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> even know<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> they want, and you do this according to the logic<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"> of the aggregated<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➕" src="/files/2795.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📊" src="/files/1f4ca.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> and infantilized<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👶" src="/files/1f476.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> customer<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐷" src="/files/1f437.svg"> that you have invented<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">. And the more you do this, the more you actually end<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔚" src="/files/1f51a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> up warping human<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> nature<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌲" src="/files/1f332.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌱" src="/files/1f331.svg"> and molding it into the shape<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📐" src="/files/1f4d0.svg"> of your imaginary<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐉" src="/files/1f409.svg"> human<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> ideal<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, homogenizing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏳️‍🌈" src="/files/1f3f3-fe0f-200d-1f308.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧬" src="/files/1f9ec.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> everyone into their basest desires<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😍" src="/files/1f60d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">.</p>
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<p>Elon<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚀" src="/files/1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"> has a memory<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg"> from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> when he was a child that he relives over<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤵️" src="/files/2935.svg"> and over<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤵️" src="/files/2935.svg">. When he was a young boy<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👦" src="/files/1f466.svg"> in Pretoria<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🇿🇦" src="/files/1f1ff-1f1e6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏛" src="/files/1f3db.svg">, his family had a housekeeper<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧹" src="/files/1f9f9.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏾‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fe-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> who talked<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗣" src="/files/1f5e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to spirits<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg">. She told him there<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"> are earthly<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌎" src="/files/1f30e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> doors<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"> hidden<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙈" src="/files/1f648.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> in caves<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛰" src="/files/26f0.svg"> and forests<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌲" src="/files/1f332.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌲" src="/files/1f332.svg"> that you can walk<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚶‍♂️" src="/files/1f6b6-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"> through and emerge on the moon<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌕" src="/files/1f315.svg">. Most are too small<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤏" src="/files/1f90f.svg"> , but the housekeeper<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧹" src="/files/1f9f9.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏾‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fe-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> showed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👉" src="/files/1f449.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him one, a keyhole-sized<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔑" src="/files/1f511.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕳" src="/files/1f573.svg"> gate<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛩" src="/files/26e9.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"> she found<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎯" src="/files/1f3af.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> in the garden<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💐" src="/files/1f490.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌳" src="/files/1f333.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌿" src="/files/1f33f.svg">, under<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↪️" src="/files/21aa.svg"> a rock<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪨" src="/files/1faa8.svg">. Young Elon<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚀" src="/files/1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"> had put his eye<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"> to it and seen<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the cold<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥶" src="/files/1f976.svg"> lunar<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌕" src="/files/1f315.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> landscape, the darker gray of the lunar<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌕" src="/files/1f315.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> sea<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐚" src="/files/1f41a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌊" src="/files/1f30a.svg">, the blue<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔵" src="/files/1f535.svg"> and white<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚪️" src="/files/26aa.svg"> mottled sphere rising gibbous<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌔" src="/files/1f314.svg"> on the horizon. He knows<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the memory<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg"> is false<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❌" src="/files/274c.svg">, that it can’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> be real, that it’s something he’s imagined<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐉" src="/files/1f409.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> or dreamed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💤" src="/files/1f4a4.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎥" src="/files/1f3a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, but the ayahuasca<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👽" src="/files/1f47d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🚀" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌿" src="/files/1f33f.svg"> spirits<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"> show<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👉" src="/files/1f449.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> it to him every time<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg">, and he dreams<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💤" src="/files/1f4a4.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎥" src="/files/1f3a5.svg"> of it often.</p>
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<p>Before<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↙️" src="/files/2199.svg"> Elon<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚀" src="/files/1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"> was born, Wernher von Braun<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚀" src="/files/1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🇩🇪" src="/files/1f1e9-1f1ea.svg"> wrote<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✍️" src="/files/270d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the history<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏛" src="/files/1f3db.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📜" src="/files/1f4dc.svg"> of a future<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> Martian colony:</p>
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<p>The Martian government<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👑" src="/files/1f451.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏛" src="/files/1f3db.svg"> was directed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎬" src="/files/1f3ac.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> by ten men, the leader<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤴" src="/files/1f934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> of whom was elected<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗳" src="/files/1f5f3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> by universal suffrage<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗳" src="/files/1f5f3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> for five years<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗓" src="/files/1f5d3.svg"> and entitled ‘Elon.’</p>
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<p>Braun believed the chthonic<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👹" src="/files/1f479.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌋" src="/files/1f30b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> world<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌎" src="/files/1f30e.svg"> is as profoundly inhuman<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> as the black<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚫️" src="/files/26ab.svg"> reaches of space<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌌" src="/files/1f30c.svg">, and that the quest for outer space<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌌" src="/files/1f30c.svg"> and the quest for the subterranean<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛰" src="/files/26f0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> world<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌎" src="/files/1f30e.svg"> are one and the same.</p>
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<p>~</p>
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<p>Jeff<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📚" src="/files/1f4da.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☁️" src="/files/2601.svg"> sees<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the famous<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤩" src="/files/1f929.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> machine elves<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔩" src="/files/1f529.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧝🏻‍♀️" src="/files/1f9dd-1f3fb-200d-2640-fe0f.svg">, which look<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧐" src="/files/1f9d0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to him like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> iridescent<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎨" src="/files/1f3a8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕯" src="/files/1f56f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> insects<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐛" src="/files/1f41b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦟" src="/files/1f99f.svg"> made of mosque<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕌" src="/files/1f54c.svg"> ceilings, sacred geometry<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙏" src="/files/1f64f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📐" src="/files/1f4d0.svg">. All the many legions shimmer<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌟" src="/files/1f31f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> and seethe and swarm<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦟" src="/files/1f99f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">. Jeff<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📚" src="/files/1f4da.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☁️" src="/files/2601.svg"> is inside<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> a vast hive<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐝" src="/files/1f41d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏠" src="/files/1f3e0.svg">, like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> the inside<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> of a brain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg">, surrounded by an intricate meshwork<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕸" src="/files/1f578.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"> of neon lights<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕯" src="/files/1f56f.svg">. And the longer he looks<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧐" src="/files/1f9d0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the more he realizes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> that he is, in fact, inside<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> of a brain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg">, or a model<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📊" src="/files/1f4ca.svg"> of one. He can see<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"> every neuron<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎚" src="/files/1f39a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg">, and the ways they connect<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, and the way they fire<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔫" src="/files/1f52b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> in waves<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌊" src="/files/1f30a.svg">. The Boltzman<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌌" src="/files/1f30c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> gyrus, the parietal kenoma<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌀" src="/files/1f300.svg">, the anterior cingulate vortex<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌪" src="/files/1f32a.svg">. Brains<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> and galaxies<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌌" src="/files/1f30c.svg"> look<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧐" src="/files/1f9d0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the same, when viewed at the appropriate magnification. Machine snakes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔩" src="/files/1f529.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐍" src="/files/1f40d.svg"> slither<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐍" src="/files/1f40d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> and coil<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌀" src="/files/1f300.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↩️" src="/files/21a9.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> around luminous<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕯" src="/files/1f56f.svg"> neurons<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎆" src="/files/1f386.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎚" src="/files/1f39a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg">; they tunnel their way through the brain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg">/universe<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌌" src="/files/1f30c.svg">, snakes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐍" src="/files/1f40d.svg"> that stretch from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> star<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⭐️" src="/files/2b50.svg"> to star<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⭐️" src="/files/2b50.svg">.</p>
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<p>It’s clear<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💎" src="/files/1f48e.svg"> to him that this is a machine diagram<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔩" src="/files/1f529.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg">, that he’s looking<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧐" src="/files/1f9d0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> at schematics<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📝" src="/files/1f4dd.svg">, and this is what Elon<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚀" src="/files/1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"> wanted to show<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👉" src="/files/1f449.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him. My guide, who is also his guide, says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> “build<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👷‍♂️" src="/files/1f477-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> this!” – and Jeff<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📚" src="/files/1f4da.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☁️" src="/files/2601.svg"> has a sudden realization, which would ordinarily be too incredible to contemplate. In this moment<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏱" src="/files/23f1.svg">, under<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↪️" src="/files/21aa.svg"> the influence<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👇" src="/files/1f447.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚖️" src="/files/2696.svg"> of the ayahuasca<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👽" src="/files/1f47d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🚀" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌿" src="/files/1f33f.svg">, it does not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> seem absurd<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👩🏾‍🔬" src="/files/1f469-1f3fe-200d-1f52c.svg"> to him: he has followed the progress of the Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> corporation and its technology<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💻" src="/files/1f4bb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧪" src="/files/1f9ea.svg">, and he sees<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> now that Elon<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚀" src="/files/1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"> has received<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤲" src="/files/1f932.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the technical design<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏛" src="/files/1f3db.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> these creatures<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦈" src="/files/1f988.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦁" src="/files/1f981.svg">, and that they have shared it with him from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> some other dimension<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📐" src="/files/1f4d0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📏" src="/files/1f4cf.svg"> that can be accessed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔑" src="/files/1f511.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬆️" src="/files/2b06.svg"> by taking ayahusaca<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👽" src="/files/1f47d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨‍🚀" src="/files/1f468-200d-1f680.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌿" src="/files/1f33f.svg">.</p>
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<p>Now, that same design<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏛" src="/files/1f3db.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> is being shown<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👉" src="/files/1f449.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to him. But Jeff<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📚" src="/files/1f4da.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☁️" src="/files/2601.svg"> recoils<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌀" src="/files/1f300.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↩️" src="/files/21a9.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> in horror<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦑" src="/files/1f991.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤢" src="/files/1f922.svg">, because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg">–he now realizes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">–he has always seen<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> himself as Captain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨🏻‍✈️" src="/files/1f468-1f3fb-200d-2708-fe0f.svg"> Jean Luc Picard–or at least, he has admired<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤩" src="/files/1f929.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> this character, and he admits on some level<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👾" src="/files/1f47e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍰" src="/files/1f370.svg"> that he doesn’t<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> even like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> earl grey tea<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍵" src="/files/1f375.svg"> but that he has been drinking<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥃" src="/files/1f943.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> it for decades and it’s an affectation, along with his proclivity for quoting<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💬" src="/files/1f4ac.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> Shakespeare<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📜" src="/files/1f4dc.svg">, which he picked up because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> he wanted to emulate<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💻" src="/files/1f4bb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💻" src="/files/1f4bb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> this character in Star Trek<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⭐️" src="/files/2b50.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧭" src="/files/1f9ed.svg">–and he has personally struggled<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚔️" src="/files/2694.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> at length with what Jung would call<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> Picard’s shadow<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👤" src="/files/1f464.svg"> self, a facet<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💎" src="/files/1f48e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📐" src="/files/1f4d0.svg"> of his personality that was reified as the character Locutus in the TNG Season 3 Finale: <em>The Best</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥇" src="/files/1f947.svg"><em>of Both Worlds</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="2️⃣" src="/files/32-20e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌎" src="/files/1f30e.svg">, where Picard is assimilated into the Borg collective<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐝" src="/files/1f41d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏠" src="/files/1f3e0.svg">.</p>
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<p>The Borg are a race of alien cyborgs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛸" src="/files/1f6f8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦾" src="/files/1f9be.svg"> who maximize<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📈" src="/files/1f4c8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> utility<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📎" src="/files/1f4ce.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💰" src="/files/1f4b0.svg"> and spread<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧈" src="/files/1f9c8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> a virus<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦠" src="/files/1f9a0.svg">. They have become wholly subsumed by the technology<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💻" src="/files/1f4bb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧪" src="/files/1f9ea.svg"> they implant in their bodies<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦵" src="/files/1f9b5.svg">; they enhance themselves with mechanical<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔩" src="/files/1f529.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> limbs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦾" src="/files/1f9be.svg">, neural implants<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛏" src="/files/1f6cf.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, and network<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕸" src="/files/1f578.svg"> transceivers<strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📡" src="/files/1f4e1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛰" src="/files/1f6f0.svg"></strong> and abrogate all individuality in order to exist as a hive<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐝" src="/files/1f41d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏠" src="/files/1f3e0.svg"> consciousness<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👀" src="/files/1f440.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> whose only objective<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥅" src="/files/1f945.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> is growth. Maurice Hurley, one of the writers<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✍️" src="/files/270d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> for TNG and the creator of the Borg, explained, “What we really wanted to do, but couldn’t because of money, was create a race of insects<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐛" src="/files/1f41b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦟" src="/files/1f99f.svg">… insect<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐛" src="/files/1f41b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦟" src="/files/1f99f.svg"> mentality<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> is great because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> it is relentless. The Borg are a variation of an insect<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐛" src="/files/1f41b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦟" src="/files/1f99f.svg"> mentality<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">.” (Hurley, 1990, <em>Starlog #152, p. 33</em>)</p>
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<p>And it’s that exact word<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✍" src="/files/270d.svg">, <em>relentless</em>, that he has used so many times<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"> in characterizing his managerial<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> style and his business<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💵" src="/files/1f4b5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏢" src="/files/1f3e2.svg"> objectives<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥅" src="/files/1f945.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, that horrifies<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😱" src="/files/1f631.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him now. He’s used it in every shareholder letter he’s ever written<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✍️" src="/files/270d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, and he originally wanted to call<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> Amazon “Relentless.com.”</p>
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<p>He trains<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚂" src="/files/1f682.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> technical advisers to fully interiorize<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> and proceduralize his personal methods and then assigns<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📋" src="/files/1f4cb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> them to each of his executives<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👑" src="/files/1f451.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> and in his own mind<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"> he refers to this as assimilation and wishes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧞‍♂️" src="/files/1f9de-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> he could decentralize his consciousness<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👀" src="/files/1f440.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> into a series of agents so he could be everywhere inside<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> of Amazon at once. He’d personally manage<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> every single<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="1️⃣" src="/files/31-20e3.svg"> team. Every layer<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍰" src="/files/1f370.svg"> of management<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> could be Jeff<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📚" src="/files/1f4da.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☁️" src="/files/2601.svg">. Is this not the exact org chart<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📊" src="/files/1f4ca.svg">of the Borg? And he knows<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤯" src="/files/1f92f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> this and that’s why<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⁉️" src="/files/2049.svg"> he finds<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎯" src="/files/1f3af.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> Locutus to be a relatable (in some ways more relatable) aspect of Picard.</p>
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<p>Big thinking<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> always sounds<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔉" src="/files/1f509.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> grandiose<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤴" src="/files/1f934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤩" src="/files/1f929.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> the outside<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">. But the terminus of this thoughtline<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📈" src="/files/1f4c8.svg"> is something monstrous<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦑" src="/files/1f991.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦖" src="/files/1f996.svg"> and inhuman<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2640-fe0f.svg">. Star Trek<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⭐️" src="/files/2b50.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧭" src="/files/1f9ed.svg">presents the Borg as a cancerous overgrowth<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤵️" src="/files/2935.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌱" src="/files/1f331.svg"> of wires<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚡️" src="/files/26a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧶" src="/files/1f9f6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> and machine parts<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔩" src="/files/1f529.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧩" src="/files/1f9e9.svg">. Their structures are cubes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕋" src="/files/1f54b.svg"> and spheres built<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👷‍♂️" src="/files/1f477-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> out around the husk<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌽" src="/files/1f33d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐚" src="/files/1f41a.svg"> of whatever alien<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛸" src="/files/1f6f8.svg"> species they assimilate, leaving only a mocking trace of the original. This vision<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> he sees<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> is the fulcrum for a future<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> of total automation<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of the human<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> body<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦵" src="/files/1f9b5.svg"> and mind<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg">.</p>
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<p>The convergence of AI<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤖" src="/files/1f916.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg">, cloud services<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☁" src="/files/2601.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg">, and direct<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🫀" src="/files/1fac0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔌" src="/files/1f50c.svg"> brain interfaces<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👉" src="/files/1f449.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> is Borg.</p>
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<p><em>Postscript:</em></p>
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<p><em>It is, of course, very difficult to find</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎯" src="/files/1f3af.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"><em> any corroborating evidence</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕵️‍♂️" src="/files/1f575-fe0f-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📊" src="/files/1f4ca.svg"><em> that the above events occurred, but there</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"><em> were rumors</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤫" src="/files/1f92b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><em>, in the early days</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📅" src="/files/1f4c5.svg"><em>, of certain irregularities regarding the technical design</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏛" src="/files/1f3db.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><em> of the hardware. Despite having high</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏫" src="/files/23eb.svg"><em> level</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👾" src="/files/1f47e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍰" src="/files/1f370.svg"><em> access</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔑" src="/files/1f511.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><em> to the various document</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📝" src="/files/1f4dd.svg"><em> stores of the Neuralink</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"><em>Corporation, I have never found</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎯" src="/files/1f3af.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"><em> anything to substantiate these rumors</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤫" src="/files/1f92b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><em>. I cannot deny</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙅‍♂️" src="/files/1f645-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👎" src="/files/1f44e.svg"><em> that the technical designs</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏛" src="/files/1f3db.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><em> for the device</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔩" src="/files/1f529.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><em> were provided by an off-site team, that none of the engineers</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛠" src="/files/1f6e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><em> in our facility had any acquaintance with that team outside</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"><em> of technical correspondence</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✉️" src="/files/2709.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💬" src="/files/1f4ac.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><em>, or that their location</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗺" src="/files/1f5fa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"><em> was not disclosed.</em></p>
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<p><em>And I remember</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"><em> a late night</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌒" src="/files/1f312.svg"><em> in the lab</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥼" src="/files/1f97c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔬" src="/files/1f52c.svg"><em> prior to a public tech demo. We had double</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="2️⃣" src="/files/32-20e3.svg"><em> and triple</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="3️⃣" src="/files/33-20e3.svg"><em> checked</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"><em> all of our devices</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔩" src="/files/1f529.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><em>, graphs, and procedures, and the lab</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥼" src="/files/1f97c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔬" src="/files/1f52c.svg"><em> team was sharing a drink</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥃" src="/files/1f943.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><em> of cachaça</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🇧🇷" src="/files/1f1e7-1f1f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥃" src="/files/1f943.svg"><em>, which our Brazilian technical production</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏭" src="/files/1f3ed.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><em> manager</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧮" src="/files/1f9ee.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><em> had brought. He told</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"><em> us a strange</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦑" src="/files/1f991.svg"><em> story</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📖" src="/files/1f4d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📈" src="/files/1f4c8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📉" src="/files/1f4c9.svg"><em>, which I don’t think<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"></em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"><em> anyone believed, that the offsite engineering</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛠" src="/files/1f6e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"><em> team was located in a warehouse in a rainforest</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌧" src="/files/1f327.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌲" src="/files/1f332.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌲" src="/files/1f332.svg"><em>, that he had been there</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📍" src="/files/1f4cd.svg"><em>, and that the engineers</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛠" src="/files/1f6e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><em> took shifts doing</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"><em> shamanic</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛖" src="/files/1f6d6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧙‍♂️" src="/files/1f9d9-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"><em> rituals</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙏" src="/files/1f64f.svg"><em> under</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↪️" src="/files/21aa.svg"><em> the supervision of medical doctors and witch doctors, drinking</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥃" src="/files/1f943.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"><em> jungle</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌴" src="/files/1f334.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌴" src="/files/1f334.svg"><em> potions</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧪" src="/files/1f9ea.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥃" src="/files/1f943.svg"><em> while their colleagues listened</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👂" src="/files/1f442.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"><em> and transcribed</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✍️" src="/files/270d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"><em> everything they said</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"><em>. He left the company shortly after that, and I never thought</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><em> much of it, at the time</em><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕰" src="/files/1f570.svg"><em>.</em></p>
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<h3><strong>Procedure: Violet Noise <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💜" src="/files/1f49c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"> 20hz, 40mV</strong></h3>
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<p>I enter<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚪" src="/files/1f6aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> into what feels like<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="❤️" src="/files/2764.svg"> the house<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏠" src="/files/1f3e0.svg"> of God, a palace<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏰" src="/files/1f3f0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏯" src="/files/1f3ef.svg"> made of crystals and pure light<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚗️" src="/files/2697.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕯" src="/files/1f56f.svg">, a place of indescribable beauty. An angelic creature<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦈" src="/files/1f988.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦁" src="/files/1f981.svg"> is waiting<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⌚️" src="/files/231a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> for me, its whole body<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦵" src="/files/1f9b5.svg"> covered<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍃" src="/files/1f343.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> in wings and eyes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg">. It offers to reveal all the secrets<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤫" src="/files/1f92b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> of the universe to me, and the price will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> be my mortal life, my embeddedness<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛏" src="/files/1f6cf.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> in my material<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚛" src="/files/269b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> body<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦵" src="/files/1f9b5.svg">. I say<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> “yes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👍" src="/files/1f44d.svg">,” but I am afraid<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😨" src="/files/1f628.svg">, “yes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👍" src="/files/1f44d.svg">,” but first I must make preparations.</p>
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<p>The angel says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> this was a test, and I passed, and he gives<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎁" src="/files/1f381.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> me a sequence<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔢" src="/files/1f522.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📈" src="/files/1f4c8.svg"> of waveforms<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌊" src="/files/1f30a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📐" src="/files/1f4d0.svg">, numbers<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔢" src="/files/1f522.svg"> describing frequencies<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌊" src="/files/1f30a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔉" src="/files/1f509.svg"> and amplitudes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔊" src="/files/1f50a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📏" src="/files/1f4cf.svg">, which he calls<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏷" src="/files/1f3f7.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> yellow noise<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🟡" src="/files/1f7e1.svg"><strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong>, though I already hear<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👂" src="/files/1f442.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> it as I see it as I apprehend it; it is this palace<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏰" src="/files/1f3f0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏯" src="/files/1f3ef.svg"> made of light<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕯" src="/files/1f56f.svg">, it is the primordial <em>Icaro, </em>it is the song<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎶" src="/files/1f3b6.svg"> of songs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎶" src="/files/1f3b6.svg">, the chorus of the cosmic<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌌" src="/files/1f30c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌠" src="/files/1f320.svg"> background radiation<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☢️" src="/files/2622.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, the divine<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✝️" src="/files/271d.svg"> music<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎼" src="/files/1f3bc.svg"> of transcendence<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="♾" src="/files/267e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg">.</p>
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<p>The angel says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">this music<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎼" src="/files/1f3bc.svg"> will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> loosen the soul<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🫀" src="/files/1fac0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"> from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> the body<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦵" src="/files/1f9b5.svg">, and ultimately set it free<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🇺🇸" src="/files/1f1fa-1f1f8.svg">. That when the soul<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🫀" src="/files/1fac0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"> is liberated<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🇺🇸" src="/files/1f1fa-1f1f8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">, it may return<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to the ultimate source of being, the All-is-One<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌌" src="/files/1f30c.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="1️⃣" src="/files/31-20e3.svg">. That the body<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦵" src="/files/1f9b5.svg">, freed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🇺🇸" src="/files/1f1fa-1f1f8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> the soul<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🫀" src="/files/1fac0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg">, may become a vessel<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚢" src="/files/1f6a2.svg"> for other things, beautiful things, such as angels, or even another human<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙍🏻‍♀️" src="/files/1f64d-1f3fb-200d-2640-fe0f.svg"> soul<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🫀" src="/files/1fac0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg">, perhaps one long deceased<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☠️" src="/files/2620.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">.</p>
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<p>The angel says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the memories<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg"> in a brain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"> are the signs<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪧" src="/files/1faa7.svg"> by which the liberated<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🇺🇸" src="/files/1f1fa-1f1f8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> soul<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🫀" src="/files/1fac0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"> recognizes its body<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦵" src="/files/1f9b5.svg">. To call<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☎️" src="/files/260e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> up the souls<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🫀" src="/files/1fac0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"> of the dead<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☠️" src="/files/2620.svg">, use the Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg"> device<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔩" src="/files/1f529.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⚙️" src="/files/2699.svg"> to reconstruct<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔂" src="/files/1f502.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👷‍♂️" src="/files/1f477-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> their memories<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg"> in the brain<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg">, and then fill them with yellow noise <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🟡" src="/files/1f7e1.svg"><strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong>. The liberated<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🇺🇸" src="/files/1f1fa-1f1f8.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> soul<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🫀" src="/files/1fac0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"> may then come to reside<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏠" src="/files/1f3e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> in a new<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✨" src="/files/2728.svg"> body<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦵" src="/files/1f9b5.svg">.</p>
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<h3><strong>Procedure: Yellow Noise </strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🟡" src="/files/1f7e1.svg"><strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong></h3>
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<p>Nominally, Headstrong<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> is still the boss<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👨🏻‍✈️" src="/files/1f468-1f3fb-200d-2708-fe0f.svg">. He continues to give<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎁" src="/files/1f381.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> orders<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤴" src="/files/1f934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, but Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> ignores or modifies<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎛" src="/files/1f39b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> them according to his taste<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👅" src="/files/1f445.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg">. In truth<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍷" src="/files/1f377.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, he pities Headstrong<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg">, the feeble old man<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👴🏻" src="/files/1f474-1f3fb.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> who has lost control<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕹" src="/files/1f579.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔐" src="/files/1f510.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">. The Apothecary<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💾" src="/files/1f4be.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💊" src="/files/1f48a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⛲️" src="/files/26f2.svg"> is his, and he has grand<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤴" src="/files/1f934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤩" src="/files/1f929.svg"> ambitions.</p>
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<p>Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> revives<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧟‍♂️" src="/files/1f9df-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the practice of hosting elaborate parties<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎊" src="/files/1f38a.svg"> on the grounds around his home<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏠" src="/files/1f3e0.svg">. He builds pavilions<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏞" src="/files/1f3de.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏛" src="/files/1f3db.svg"> and firepits<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔥" src="/files/1f525.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕳" src="/files/1f573.svg">, and he arranges for Neuralink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔗" src="/files/1f517.svg">-assisted live music<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎼" src="/files/1f3bc.svg"> and traditional foods to be served; freshly slaughtered<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔪" src="/files/1f52a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☠️" src="/files/2620.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> and roasted<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔥" src="/files/1f525.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍖" src="/files/1f356.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> meats<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥩" src="/files/1f969.svg">, spiced<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌶" src="/files/1f336.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> cakes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥮" src="/files/1f96e.svg">, and rivers of wine<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍷" src="/files/1f377.svg">. On one such night<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌒" src="/files/1f312.svg">, Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> sits<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪑" src="/files/1fa91.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> at the head<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> of a long table, feeling his drink<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥃" src="/files/1f943.svg">, piling exultation upon exultation, boast upon boast, and he does not<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🚫" src="/files/1f6ab.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✅" src="/files/2705.svg"> even notice<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👀" src="/files/1f440.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📊" src="/files/1f4ca.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> that Headstrong<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> has come to join the feast, that he sits<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪑" src="/files/1fa91.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> quietly<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤫" src="/files/1f92b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔈" src="/files/1f508.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> at the table, in fine spirits, the picture<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🖼" src="/files/1f5bc.svg"> of health.</p>
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<p>At midnight<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🌒" src="/files/1f312.svg">, Headstrong<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> gets up from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> the table, as if he has suddenly remembered<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> a pressing engagement. Two<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="2️⃣" src="/files/32-20e3.svg"> of his men<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> bring Miaoyu 妙玉 out to the party<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎊" src="/files/1f38a.svg">. She is barefoot<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐻" src="/files/1f43b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦶" src="/files/1f9b6.svg"> and half-dressed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👔" src="/files/1f454.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg">. Everyone is abruptly quiet<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤫" src="/files/1f92b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔈" src="/files/1f508.svg">, and all eyes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👁" src="/files/1f441.svg"> turn<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤴️" src="/files/2934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to Headstrong<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg">, even Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg">, and Headstrong<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> “Since you and the Jew<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✡️" src="/files/2721.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"> care so much for each other, you’re going to kiss<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💋" src="/files/1f48b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him right now in front of everyone.” He adds<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➕" src="/files/2795.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> an obscene<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍆" src="/files/1f346.svg"> detail.</p>
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<p>Brought to tears<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😭" src="/files/1f62d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, she妙玉 kisses<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💋" src="/files/1f48b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> his face<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">. In his final<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔚" src="/files/1f51a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> moments<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⏱" src="/files/23f1.svg">, all of his missing<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔎" src="/files/1f50e.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔁" src="/files/1f501.svg"> hours<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🕐" src="/files/1f550.svg"> and memories<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎞" src="/files/1f39e.svg"> rush<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏃‍♂️" src="/files/1f3c3-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> to his<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> consciousness<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👀" src="/files/1f440.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🧠" src="/files/1f9e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">. Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> realizes<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💡" src="/files/1f4a1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> he has been betrayed<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏛" src="/files/1f3db.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗡" src="/files/1f5e1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> from<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬅️" src="/files/2b05.svg"> the start<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏁" src="/files/1f3c1.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg">, that the yellow noise<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🟡" src="/files/1f7e1.svg"><strong><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💥" src="/files/1f4a5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎧" src="/files/1f3a7.svg"></strong> will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> consume<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🍽" src="/files/1f37d.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="😋" src="/files/1f60b.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> him, and Zhang’s张 soul<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🫀" src="/files/1fac0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👻" src="/files/1f47b.svg"> will<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↗️" src="/files/2197.svg"> inhabit<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏠" src="/files/1f3e0.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> his<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> body<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🦵" src="/files/1f9b5.svg">. Love<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥰" src="/files/1f970.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> and command<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤴" src="/files/1f934.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> and triumph<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏆" src="/files/1f3c6.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🏅" src="/files/1f3c5.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> have been accorded him because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> his companions already<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↙️" src="/files/2199.svg"> thought<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🤔" src="/files/1f914.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> of him<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg"> as a dead<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☠" src="/files/2620.svg"> man<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">, because<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↘️" src="/files/2198.svg"> to Headstrong<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="👱‍♂️" src="/files/1f471-200d-2642-fe0f.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💪" src="/files/1f4aa.svg"> he already<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="↙️" src="/files/2199.svg"> was a dead man<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="☠️" src="/files/2620.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🙎🏻‍♂️" src="/files/1f64e-1f3fb-200d-2642-fe0f.svg">.</p>
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<p>A new<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="✨" src="/files/2728.svg"> and entirely different affect comes over<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⤵️" src="/files/2935.svg"> Branch<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪃" src="/files/1fa83.svg">, and he says<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎙" src="/files/1f399.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> “Again. My journey<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🛣" src="/files/1f6e3.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🥅" src="/files/1f945.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="⬇️" src="/files/2b07.svg"> is almost complete<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="💯" src="/files/1f4af.svg">, but we must perform<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎭" src="/files/1f3ad.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="➡️" src="/files/27a1.svg"> the procedure again.”</p>
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<h3><strong>Note<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗒" src="/files/1f5d2.svg">: Epilogue <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🎬" src="/files/1f3ac.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🔚" src="/files/1f51a.svg"><img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="📒" src="/files/1f4d2.svg"></strong></h3>
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<p>Romero walks out to the Baylands, smells the gray ocean. He is a rational man; he knows that every time Zhang is reincarnated, they extract the memories from his most recent host, merge them into master, and deploy them to the mirror. He doesn’t know if there is such a thing as Zhang’s soul, but he knows the mental continuity of the entity called Zhang relies on this process of extraction and deployment. If others wish to call that a soul, he will raise no objections.</p>
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<p>He gave Branch every opportunity; told him the parable of Guolao; warned him of the malware in his Neuralink device. Of course, he had known Branch would not listen, but for himself, his conscience is clear. No, that’s not true, he let Branch believe it was fate, that he was special, as if there were only one dagger, as if it was destiny that brought him, as if he was the only malcontent kid to find one of Apothecary’s tigers. But we all have our vices–Branch with his jealousy, Zhang and Headstrong and their elaborate mind games. Surely Romero is no great sinner, here.</p>
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<p>He arrives at a lonely expanse of the marsh, brown grasses bathed in California sunshine, and he reaches down and finds a certain hollow rock. Inside of it, Romero hides a dagger<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🗡" src="/files/1f5e1.svg">, its blade gleaming like a mirror<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🪞" src="/files/1fa9e.svg">, with a white tiger<img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="🐯" src="/files/1f42f.svg"> carved into its jade handle in bas-relief.</p>
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<p>Following the waves,<br>I float with the oars.<br>The sky is three feet away.</p>
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