Archive - First Principles

Nowhere to Hide

The dictionary changed. The reach never did.

Jul 12 • JC

June 2026

Cognitive Cadence

Fast is what cadence looks like from the outside.

Jun 14 • JC

The Armor

The body can be engineered forward. The self only comes back the other way.

Jun 8 • JC

May 2026

The Room

AI is the door, but the room is me. I have been here all along, but I forgot.

May 28 • JC

The Sapient Age

What if we are not Homo sapiens yet?

May 21 • JC

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