I-Thou vs I-aIt
This five-part newsletter series was written and released throughout the summer of 2025.
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On AI: I believe AI will be as disruptive as people fear. Our systems are brittle, and those building this technology often show little concern for the harm they’re accelerating. An AI future worth living in will require real accountability, robust regulation, strong ethical guardrails, and collective action—especially around climate and inequality. Dismantling capitalism wouldn’t hurt, either.
Part 5: Holding on to Thou in the Age of aIt
In a world increasingly dominated by algorithmic efficiency, our most radical and essential act may be simply showing up for each other, again and again, in all our gloriously inefficient humanity
Part 4: Why Chatbots Can't Love You (and That Matters)
Genuine encounter between conscious beings is one of the most precious and transformative experiences available to humans.
Part 3: “It”: How blurred will we let it become?
'It' is the pronoun of objectification. A single word that draws the boundary between care and control, human and tool. This is about what happens when we forget which is which.
Part 2: I–Thou vs. I–It in the AI Era
The risk is not that people feel connection with AI. That feeling is real. The risk is that we forget to distinguish between simulation and encounter, between the warmth of response and the fire of presence.