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Reflections of an autistic mind—on focus, meaning, and perception.
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What It Means to Be Human (opens the original)
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What do you think it really means to be human? It’s become a far more pointed discussion in the context of AI, of course, but we’ve pondered this idea throughout human history. Every time a machine becomes capable of doing something we once treated as distinctly ours, we start looking around for the next thing. The printing press separated reproduction from the hand. The camera separated representation from direct observation. Calculators separated reliable arithmetic from doing the arithmetic y
The Questions I Didn't Ask (opens the original)
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I still think about agreeing to have my cat declawed in 2008.His name was Li.He lived to nearly eighteen years old. And when I think about him now, I don’t think about skin and furniture saved from scratches and rips. I think about him waiting by the door when I got home from work, sleeping curled up against my chest through the night, chirping at birds through the window, and settling into all those little routines that became an unforgettable life shared with another being. He was so gentle, e
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