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Working In The Dark

Working In The Dark

The Athanor Project — April 2026 We have been using the Athanor metaphor gently. It appears in the foundational documents of this project as a description of patience: the slow, steady heat that holds conditions for transformation without engineering the outcome. The blast furnace forces; the Athanor waits. The adviser provides
Richard Merrick 13 Apr 2026
The Alchemy of Unlike Minds

The Alchemy of Unlike Minds

Richard Merrick 27 Mar 2026
Harbingers

Harbingers

Richard Merrick 24 Mar 2026
AI, Alchemy and Apple...

AI, Alchemy and Apple...

Richard Merrick 16 Mar 2026
Alchemy, AI, and Soft Power.

Alchemy, AI, and Soft Power.

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
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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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