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Can AI Help us Quantify Culture's Influence on our Perception of Self?

In the year since initially building the foundations of the Data Introspection Project and building out a practice of personal archival and data tooling, I have been considering what artifacts and purpose might emerge from the idea of taking a data-driven approach to the awareness of one's identity.

Accepting Influence

We influence, and are influenced. It is critical that we are able to choose whose influence we allow in. Recently, I've very quickly realized that I'd rather live in the world envisioned by the Anna Wintours than the Elon Musks.

On Gender Dynamics & Organizational Change in the AI Industry

I’ve been increasingly interested in the role gender dynamics play in organizational and institutional strategy, especially in the fields of data and artificial intelligence. More than ever, we can see the way that male gender expectations are codified in law and institutional values.

Claude Code is a Floor Bed

Like a floor bed, Claude Code gives you access to more freedom than the traditional software development process might have enabled. I decided to try out Claude for myself. Or at least, I would - if I were able to get a functioning account set up.

Is it AI Psychosis, or Algorithmic Dependency?

I take issue with the term 'AI Psychosis'. Calling this a form of "psychosis" removes the responsibility from those in positions of authority from their role in creating these systems.

Ambivalence

To exist - to be conscious - is to be acutely aware of the ambivalence of the human experience.

On Accomplishment, Work, Identity, Anxiety

I've started to notice that I feel pretty anxious when I'm not working. Truthfully, I think I've been this way for most of my life. From what my family tells me, I was a precocious child. Succeeding in highly structured, authority-driven contexts was presented to me as the only option.

The Archivist Within

Twitter played a significant community role for me when I first started out in my career. When Elon Musk purchased Twitter in 2022, I archived my tweet history and crafted a personal CRM. Today, I found my Twitter archive.

NYC - It's been Real(ly hard but rewarding)

Three years ago, my husband and I sold our house in Maryland and headed to New York City. I had just been accepted to Columbia Business School for their Saturday Executive MBA program. I finished my courses at Columbia in February, and have a lot of complicated feelings about it.

A Brief Memory: Exploring the Loss and Rediscovery of Individuality

Each person is unique. Our bodies and brains are uniquely shaped to the inputs we are given (or give) them. Our minds are shaped by the information we consume, the people we listen to, the stories we tell ourselves as truth.