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John Miedema

Writes contemplative essays and fiction 🐌

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John Miedema

Writes contemplative essays and fiction 🐌

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    • Peer-Led Meditation
      On facilitation, letting go, and sitting together When I started a meditation group at my workplace […]
    • Could some future technology take a deposit of these thoughts?
      A wave, the Buddhists say. Not a soul, just movement.Parfit calls it a bundle: thoughts, memories, […]
    • Climate Collapse, Fascism, and a Chance to Evolve with AI
      The race between destruction and renewal, and the power still left in our hands I worry about how […]
    • There is AI slop and there is AI art, two very different things. To put it simply, even chefs use a …
      There is AI slop and there is AI art, two very different things. To put it simply, even chefs use a […]
    • Energy Consumption is not the Problem
      Energy consumption is not the problem. The Sun provides more renewable energy than humanity could […]

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