Journal – Trance Blackman

Here you’ll find my philosophical meanderings in the form of articles, essays, and occasional poetry. My interests and curiosities are broad, but the central focus remains the pursuit of what is authentic, real, and true.

Lux et veritas

Journal Entries / artificial intelligence (10 Posts)

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The Machinery of Stolen Time

02 August 2026 ~ 7 minute read

We were promised that technology would return something to us. Time, freedom, ease, perhaps even a greater capacity to live. Yet somewhere between the promise and the implementation, the tools became obligations, convenience became compliance, and the hours they were meant to save disappeared into the machinery required to keep them functioning.

Living Systems, Extractive Systems: Beyond the Next Promise

01 August 2026 ~ 24 minute read

There comes a point, after enough observation and enough inward wrestling, when the appetite for grand explanations begins to soften. Not because the questions no longer matter, but because life has a way of revealing that many of our most pressing troubles do not yield to scale, speed, or certainty. They ask something quieter of us. They ask us to look more closely at the conditions we are creating, the assumptions we’ve inherited, and the kinds of systems — inwardly and outwardly — to which we’ve given our allegiance.

Signals in the Noise: Stagecraft and the Space Narrative

03 April 2026 ~ 5 minute read

A familiar pattern is taking shape again — not loudly at first, but consistently enough to notice. Across film, television, and headlines, the same themes surface: space, contact, crisis, and revelation. The question is not whether these stories are being told, but why they are being told now, and what they are preparing us to accept.

The Next 50

23 February 2026 ~ 7 minute read

A Monday morning. Decaf steam rising. The calendar turns without asking, and I turn with it. At fifty, the body feels familiar, the questions less so. Between machine whispers and unfinished songs, I keep walking the quiet line between what is made and what is true.

Soft Force: The Air of the Artificial

02 July 2025 ~ 3 minute read

The artificial does not arrive by accident. It is invited, sold, normalized — until what once felt foreign begins to feel inevitable. But underneath the noise, something in us still knows what is real.

EMFs, Technology, Wellness and Disease

13 November 2024 (rev. 19 November 2024) ~ 33 minute read

I came across an article by Arthur Firstenberg, titled “Please Get Rid of Your Cell Phones Now,” which got me thinking about aspects of this topic that I wanted to explore further. After watching a few YouTube videos on EMFs, particularly in EVs like Teslas, I found myself wanting more specific information – and, of course, I wanted to share my findings. So, I thought, why not query ChatGPT and see what comes up?