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Aaron Z. Lewis

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A collection of stories about what it feels like when our minds merge with software.

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Metaphors We Believe By

In the past, gods and demons allowed us to talk about phenomena that we didn’t fully understand. During the Enlightenment, we tried to kill them and explain everything in reductionist scientific terms. But it feels to me like we’ve come full circle. We’re back to using oversimplified metaphors to wrap our minds around…