Jonathan Pay
When enough people use the same tools, prompted by the same anxiety, the overall soundscape changes. Individual voices don’t disappear exactly. They just get harder to find underneath a kind of uniform professionalism, posts that could have come from anywhere and feel like they came from nowhere.
Caught between the professional necessity and creative unease of using LLMs, I’ve been reflecting on what it means to think with a machine. This blog explores authorship, interpretation, and faith in an age where meaning is predicted, not felt.
Deus Ex treated its players differently. It assumed we could question authority, notice contradictions, and weigh ethical choices with more than a points system. It was, in hindsight, a game designed to teach critical thinking through play. That sense of consequence lingered long after I closed the game.
In 2014, I reflected on Facebook’s true cost: our data. From location to preferences, everything was monetized. Even quitting didn’t erase the digital trail. Over time, the platform’s terms changed, yet we stayed, driven by social connections.
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