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AI: A Human Problem, Not a Tech Problem
From the design of AI to its responses, attention has often been oriented towards fitting into the "bits & bytes" mechanics ('This is how we code file systems/logic gates/etc... Now let's fit…
When moral binaries & relativism aren't enough…
Building on ideas from the "Morals as functional theatre?' episode, I share how my thinking has complexified and expanded. Combining the previous conceptual framing with this new one, they seem to…
Science & Many Worlds
Sometimes, I think we humans are very funny in our audacity. To think that we could remove any and all influences in the practice of science. I love science! I do! But it is imperfect, and IMO is far…
Matriarchy: Not So Fast
In the previous episode, I tried to do the ridiculous; take a non-gender-essentialist/exceptionalist look at patriarchy & matriarchy. After taking a step back to really look at matriarchy, to me,…
Breaking Boxes, Blurring Lines, Reintegrating Understanding
When hierarchies of dominance teach us to understand everything in boxes, then to evaluate how accurately a thing, a person, each of us, fits in a box, should be evaluated according to that box, in…
Morals as functional theatre?
What if morals are functional theatre? For us? For others? What if they really aren't about what is good or right conduct? What if that's just the story? And how we embody & live out the story,…
Playing for Change
We're often led to believe that only certain people can or can't be imaginative, that only certain contexts & times are "appropriate" for "childishness". I endeavour to show that everyone is…
Modular "Blueprint" for Toppling Goliaths
What if Goliaths could be brought down in more ways than one? What if, instead of a flashy moment or a single hero... What if we could destabilize the "ground" beneath a Goliath but reinforce the…
Off-ramping patriarchy; on-ramping to ???
If cognitive empathy is done selectively and sharing how sexism & misogyny are literally costing women's lives is not a motivating factor... If patriarchy is a self-reinforcing & rewarding…
Does our use of tech need to be all or nothing?
I think we're at a pivotal point in history. Previously, we could build less complex systems that significantly relied on individuals doing the "right thing" — it was, essentially, an assumed cog in…
Social Interactions: IRL vs Online
The early explorations of: How do we create different online experiences? Using multiple lenses to look at the stabilizing tethers of real life vs the dissassociated experience of online life. This…
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Held in Motion has published 11 episodes since December 2025, covering topics in Philosophy, Society & Culture.
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