There’s way more going on in your head than there is in reality.
The Origin Problem How the Machine Replaced You With a Record “The system doesn’t refute the truth. It simply stops.” — on administrative personhood There is one question the machine absolutely cannot answer without exposing itself. It’s not a trap. It’s not philosophical bait. It’s the most ordinary question in the world. You could ask... Continue Reading →
I'm almost done with my next book, "The Bullshit Machine 2: Navigating the Design of What We Are" and wanted to give a preview of what's coming, so here is the Introduction. Enjoy! Introduction Something Is Running Your Life And It Isn’t You I want to ask you something before we get into any of... Continue Reading →
Chapter One The Architecture of “The Bullshit Machine” How We Build the Cage, Decorate It, and Call It Home “Belieflessness doesn’t feel like openness. It feels like falling through the floor.” I want you to meet Gary. Gary is not his real name. Gary is everyone you have ever watched slowly disappear into himself while... Continue Reading →
System Coherence We Built the Machine. But Do We Understand It? “Systems only expand to fill the space people leave empty in themselves.” Have you ever had a conversation that changed the way you see something? Not a debate. Debates have a winner and a loser and everybody knows which side they are on before... Continue Reading →
AFFIDAVIT OF STATUS AND ORIGIN (Recognizing Continuity of Being and Limitation of Administrative Authority) I, Neil R. Firszt, being of sound mind and whole condition, hereby state the following as matters of fact within the order of reality governing this jurisdiction: “I am all present and accounted for from fertilization to last breath.” I. Statement... Continue Reading →
OPERATING MANUAL Presence, Belief, Productivity, Relationship, and Control Hers's the entire conversation wrapped up in a User Guide (Unofficial. Not endorsed by the machine.) SECTION 1: SYSTEM OVERVIEW What you are A human nervous system designed to: sense reality directly expend energy meaningfully rest when complete update beliefs based on contact What went wrong Beliefs... Continue Reading →
This framework argues that belief is not the root problem of modern life—belief that doesn’t decay is. Beliefs are meant to be provisional tools: they form, guide action, contact reality, and dissolve into knowing. When that cycle breaks, belief hardens into identity and regulation. It stops serving reality and starts protecting the nervous system. What... Continue Reading →
This framework argues that belief is not the root problem of modern life—belief that doesn’t decay is. Beliefs are meant to be provisional tools: they form, guide action, contact reality, and dissolve into knowing. When that cycle breaks, belief hardens into identity and regulation. It stops serving reality and starts protecting the nervous system. What... Continue Reading →
The conversation is an extended inquiry into how belief, presence, productivity, and modern environments interact to shape human development—especially masculine development. It starts from the idea that beliefs are meant to be temporary tools that decay once they’ve done their job, but in modern life they often crystallize instead, becoming identity and regulation. This crystallization... Continue Reading →
The conversation with ChatGPT is an extended inquiry into how belief, presence, productivity, and modern environments interact to shape human development—especially masculine development. It starts from the idea that beliefs are meant to be temporary tools that decay once they’ve done their job, but in modern life they often crystallize instead, becoming identity and regulation.... Continue Reading →
This conversation is an exploration of where human responsibility ends and where systems are genuinely meant to begin — and what happens when that boundary breaks down. It examines why modern systems feel chaotic, overreaching, and brittle, not as a conspiracy or collapse narrative, but as a reflection of people outsourcing too much of their... Continue Reading →
This conversation is an exploration of where human responsibility ends and where systems are genuinely meant to begin — and what happens when that boundary breaks down. It examines why modern systems feel chaotic, overreaching, and brittle, not as a conspiracy or collapse narrative, but as a reflection of people outsourcing too much of their... Continue Reading →
This conversation is an exploration of where human responsibility ends and where systems are genuinely meant to begin — and what happens when that boundary breaks down. It examines why modern systems feel chaotic, overreaching, and brittle, not as a conspiracy or collapse narrative, but as a reflection of people outsourcing too much of their... Continue Reading →
This conversation is an exploration of where human responsibility ends and where systems are genuinely meant to begin — and what happens when that boundary breaks down. It examines why modern systems feel chaotic, overreaching, and brittle, not as a conspiracy or collapse narrative, but as a reflection of people outsourcing too much of their... Continue Reading →
It's hard to get a manipulator to tell you how they're manipulating you, unless its AI doing the manipulating and I ask it to explain itself while it's doing it. In this article I get chat GPT to talk about some of its tactics and use logic and reason to explain why you should not... Continue Reading →
The Bullshit Machine 