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Alchemy, AI, and Soft Power.

Alchemy, AI, and Soft Power.

Hard power breaks things. Right now, we find ourselves in a hard power world. The dominant power is overwhelming for us, whether that's in a geopolitical sense, a technological sense, or an economic sense. Geopolitically, everything else comes a distant second to the projection of military power. In
Richard Merrick 10 Mar 2026
Experiment #1 - Continued

Experiment #1 - Continued

Richard Merrick 06 Mar 2026
Craft in a World of AI

Craft in a World of AI

Richard Merrick 04 Mar 2026
Beneath The Surface

Beneath The Surface

Richard Merrick 02 Mar 2026
Experiment #1

Experiment #1

Richard Merrick 24 Feb 2026
Alchemy is Local

Alchemy is Local

Richard Merrick 23 Feb 2026
Alchemy

Alchemy

Richard Merrick 09 Feb 2026
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Experiment #1

Experiment #1

Communication spans six registers from informational to artistic, on a spectrum from information to presence. At one end, AI excels. At the other, where value lies in the human behind the words, it fails. Wisdom is knowing where you stand.
Richard Merrick 24 Feb 2026
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