Trey Herweck and I talk about what is real - based on a recent dispatch from The Embassy - here is an excerpt:

We live in a world where we, if we choose it, even if it is completely self-destructive, we can find some person or artificial companion to tell us what we want to hear, justify what we want to believe, live the way we want to live. But it isn’t real. We can’t escape reality without consequences. In attempting to do so, we embody the fool archetype in the biblical proverbs.

Death and Destruction are never satisfied,

and neither are human eyes.

Proverbs 27:20

There is no limiting principle once we exchange the truth for a lie and what is real for the artificial. What that implies for your choice of social media or news is up to you. And what that implies regarding AI companions or therapists I will also leave for you to decide. But try to find someone real.

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