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Your hidden operating system

How does the architecture of language shape our experience of the world?

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The tinted lens

The more deeply we investigate our individual self-consciousness, the more we may glimpse the universal consciousness it conceals.

Zaheer Merali · 15 min

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My coffee with David: A conversation about AI and control

The looming specter of AI apocalypse can feel almost inevitable due to the staggering momentum of technological development, but there are always new horizons available to those willing to change course.

Zaheer Merali · 14 min