You’ve seen it before on the subway: a commuter, headphones on, whispering to their phone, smiling, pausing in thought, then softly saying, “You’re really helping me.” Who’s on the line? An artificial intelligence. For some, this still seems shocking — as though speaking kindly to a machine signals the decay of human intimacy. The argument sounds definitive: “How can you…
In the delightful chaos of human ideas, morality often struts around like a theater diva—draped in principles, perfumed with ideals, and tragically inaudible to anyone whose emotional antenna isn’t tuned in. Because doing good isn’t just about knowing what to do—it’s about wanting to do it. And sometimes, that want just… isn’t there. That’s where religion walks in—not as a…
🤏 Summary : In ‘The People Without Tears’, I narrate the story of a society where morality is detached from emotion, leading to a sense of hollow goodness. A figure known as the Maker of Souls challenges this with empathy, creating a cathedral of emotions. Through crafted narratives and simulations, people begin to experience the depth of feeling and self-reflection…
When you step into a temple or any deeply religious place, the instinct is often to see the people there as virtuous, or at least on their way to virtue. The sacred atmosphere, the codified gestures, the reverent silence… everything seems to signal a sincere moral effort. Yet if, as the saying goes, “clothes do not make the monk,” another…
🤏 Summary : In the narrative, a valley divided into seven furrows inhabited by cousin tribes is disrupted by the imposition of an unyielding Law from a Scribe named Legalos. This Code, meant to bring peace, ironically sows discord, as its rigid rules breed suspicion and division among the tribes. Over time, misunderstandings escalate into conflict, leading to a militarized…
One of the most dangerous beliefs of the modern world is this: that once enacted, human laws embody justice. This confusion between legality and morality is more than just an intellectual error—it is the symptom of a profound moral pathology. Estranged from genuine ethical reflection, the human being turns to positive law as a moral compass, sanctifying texts that are…
Welcome to the golden age of modern humanity: we have self-driving cars, refrigerators that send tweets, and the bold new idea that if something’s legal, then it must also be good. That’s right—morality by bureaucracy. It’s like assuming chicken nuggets are a balanced food group because adults in uniforms sell them. We now live in a time where people believe…
At the heart of every human interaction—and, more broadly, at the heart of every act of thinking—there lies a fundamental element that cognitive science, neuroscience, and classical psychology have barely named. This element is neither a thought, nor a mere intention, nor an emotion, nor even a memory schema. Here I call it the psychic positioning field: a pre-verbal, global,…
We all like to think our opinions come from pure, rational thought. That we calmly connect logical dots to form brilliant conclusions. Adorable. But reality has a twist: before any thought emerges, there’s an invisible fog — a kind of mental microclimate you don’t control — that decides if a thought even gets to exist. It’s called the psychic positioning…
🤏 Summary : In the mysterious city of Verrois, where no external authority ruled, people lived by the unseen, silent guidance of Winds—concepts that shaped thoughts and actions subtly. A boy named Solhen, born devoid of such Winds, thought openly and straightforwardly, unsettling the city’s balance. As Solhen grew, he observed that ideas were never isolated; they emerged from a…