There are some people you should read if you're interested in the spiritual dangers emerging with AI and what some call “The Machine”—a self-perpetuating force, socially framed as technological progress, that has a “direction of travel” toward replacing nature with technology, eliminating tradition, and ushering in a post-human world.| lessfoolish.substack.com
You’re free. Congratulations. You made it to the other side. Something “popped.” No longer are you a slave to The Pull.| lessfoolish.substack.com
Michael Trembly of the Stoa Conversations podcast (no relation to The Stoa) invited me to his podcast because one of his listeners requested he speak with me about my interpretation of Stoicism.| lessfoolish.substack.com
Click to read Less Foolish, by Peter Limberger, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.| lessfoolish.substack.com
Its physical source is the screen, whether on a phone or computer. Its digital source comes from email, messaging apps, or social media. Its emotional source comes from various unspoken social expectations, FOMO, and an existential loneliness stemming from a lack of belonging and “feeling seen” outside the screen.| lessfoolish.substack.com
I noticed a difference immediately—a greater sense of peace from day one. It was a spontaneous decision to go on a digital fast: no social media, messengers, or email. My laptop sat on my desk, unopened for two weeks. Camille’s work provides her two weeks off during the holidays, and I wanted to join her, shifting my focus away from the screen.| lessfoolish.substack.com
IRL = In Real Life, sometimes contrasted to AFRL = Away From Real Life. The series that Katherine Dee and I are launching this Friday, titled Internet Real Life, is a play on the IRL acronym, echoing the premise that opened this entry.| lessfoolish.substack.com
A user's guide to my essay series| paulkingsnorth.substack.com
