How to see through the headset of identity while choosing to engage fully with life's rules. Practical tools for conscious participation without spiritual bypassing.
AuthorJohn Deacon
Independent AI research and systems practitioner focused on semantic models of cognition and strategic logic. He developed the Core Alignment Model (CAM) and XEMATIX, a cognitive software framework designed to translate strategic reasoning into executable logic and structure. His work explores the intersection of language, design, and decision systems to support scalable alignment between human intent and digital execution.
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Against Agentic AI: Why Cognitive Extension Is the Real Future
Agentic AI confuses simulation with sentience. Cognitive extension offers a better path: AI as an interface that expands human thought without replacing judgment.
Media Ecology Tetrad: When AI Writing Speed Breaks Voice
McLuhan's media ecology tetrad reveals what AI enhances in writing, what it sidelines, and where it breaks. Nine rules to keep speed without losing human voice.
Architecture of Alignment: Stop Treating AI as an Agent
Alignment lives in structure, not behavior. Learn how CAM and XEMATIX frameworks treat AI as a cognitive medium to preserve human control and intent.
The False Promise of Artificial Agency
Code that predicts and generates is not aware. Awareness requires embodiment-a lived stake in the world. Stop confusing simulation with sentience.
Break Fear Paralysis When Overwhelm Overloads Your Mind
When fear floods your system, you need a reset technique, not motivation. Learn how to interrupt fear paralysis in under a minute and turn overwhelm into clear action.
Stop Chasing AGI Build Cognitive Extension You Can Govern
Tired of brittle agents and vague AGI promises? Build cognitive extension systems that turn language into structured intent with human control and governance.
Media Ecology of AI: How LLMs Reshape Human Thought
Large language models create feedback loops that change how we think. Explore the media ecology of AI and practical frameworks for maintaining cognitive sovereignty.
Asymmetric Bets: Why We Overestimate Risk and Miss Reward
Learn why we misprice risk by overrating losses and underrating gains, plus a framework for making asymmetric bets that risk 1x to chase 100x returns.
KIN Parity Economy: End Crypto Speculation with Dollar Pricing
Price KIN at dollar parity inside the ecosystem to end speculation traps. When spending beats selling, utility creates stable value and real adoption follows.