God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning

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A strikingly original exploration of what it might mean to be authentically human in the age of artificial intelligence, from the author of the critically-acclaimed Interior States. &#8226  &quot At times personal, at times philosophical, with a bracing mixture of openness and skepticism, it speaks thoughtfully and articulately to the most crucial issues awaiting our future.&quot  &#8212 Phillip  Lopate   &#8220 [A] truly fantastic book.&#8221 &#8212 Ezra Klein    For most of human history the world was a magical and enchanted place ruled by forces beyond our understanding. The rise of science and Descartes's division of mind from world made materialism our ruling paradigm, in the process asking whether our own consciousness&#8212 i.e., souls&#8212 might be illusions. Now the inexorable rise of technology, with artificial intelligences that surp

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Lyrics

I’m a river running dry,
Once so full, now asking why.
The current’s slow, the flow is thin,
What once was clear, now lost within.

Drifting farther every day,
Pieces of me wash away.
Like a song I used to know,
Now fading echoes, soft and slow.

The sky above, it turns to gray,
The colors of my world decay.
I reach for thoughts, but they slip through,
Like shadows I once thought I knew.

Drifting farther every day,
Pieces of me wash away.
Like a song I used to know,
Now fading echoes, soft and slow.

I’m an empty page where words once lay,
Lost in the silence of yesterday.
The lines blur out, the meaning’s gone,
A fading memory, moving on.

Drifting farther every day,
Pieces of me wash away.
Like a song I used to know,
Now fading echoes, soft and slow.

The river stills, the song grows faint,
Words once bright, now shadowed paint.
In silence now, I start to see,
What’s left of who I used to be.

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What's Left of Who I Used to Be

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Humminbird

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Graffiti on the Edge of Time

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I create original, genre-blending music that fuses rock, classical, easy listening, and experimental styles. Each song is crafted with deep emotional honesty, often inspired by my own poetry, journal reflections, or personal stories. Whether instrumental or vocal, my focus is to uplift, inspire, and resonate with listeners on a real, human level.
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