AI – Trance Blackman

It’s Plausible: Truth, Repetition, and the Manufacture of Belief

It’s Plausible: Truth, Repetition, and the Manufacture of Belief

Disinformation in the Age of AI

26 September 2026 ~ 36 minute read

Somewhere along the way, “truth-seeking” on the internet became its own strange ecosystem, complete with its own language, symbols, authorities, personalities, and recurring narratives. What begins as a reasonable question can quickly become something much harder to disentangle, particularly when genuine facts are mixed with speculation, technical language, and claims that seem to explain everything at once. This discussion started with one such story and ended somewhere considerably more interesting.

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When the Hype Recedes

21 August 2026 ~ 3 minute read

There is always a point when the wave begins to recede. The spectacle loses some of its glamour, the promises become harder to sustain, and what was presented as inevitable begins to look merely excessive. What remains afterward is often more useful than the frenzy that carried it in, but the retreat also exposes what the flood obscured: the interests behind it, the costs absorbed along the way, and how readily we can be persuaded to surrender our attention, judgment, and agency to whatever arrives next.

Lux Colloquii

The Human Measure: Technology in Its Proper Place

Before the Upgrade

18 July 2026 ~ 17 minute read

Every generation inherits a different set of tools, but the deeper questions rarely change. Beneath our fascination with innovation lies a quieter inquiry into what it means to be fully human, where our capacities originate, and whether the conveniences we create ultimately serve us or slowly redefine us. This discussion wandered through that enduring landscape, touching on philosophy, technology, history, and the often-overlooked relationship between dependence and freedom.

Lux Colloquii

Recovering Inner Authority: Discernment in the Age of AI

Wisdom in an Age of Explanation

04 July 2026 ~ 18 minute read

The pace of technological change has always outstripped our ability to understand its consequences. Today, however, the challenge feels different. We are no longer simply adapting to new tools; we are navigating a world increasingly shaped by narratives, algorithms, and systems that ask us to trust them before we’ve had time to question them. Whether that trust is well placed remains an open question, and perhaps that’s precisely where our attention belongs.

Lux Colloquii

The Cost of Convenience: AI, Surveillance, and Human Agency

Artificial Intelligence, Human Discernment

02 July 2026 ~ 11 minute read

There comes a point where the question is no longer whether a technology works, but what assumptions quietly accompany its adoption. We tend to celebrate new capabilities before asking what they require of us, what they ask us to surrender, or whose interests they ultimately serve. AI has become one of those technologies. The conversation below isn’t about rejecting innovation outright, but about examining the philosophical, social, and ethical foundations beneath its accelerating integration into everyday life.

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It’s Plausible: Truth, Repetition, and the Manufacture of Belief

Backwash

The Human Measure: Technology in Its Proper Place

Recovering Inner Authority: Discernment in the Age of AI

The Cost of Convenience: AI, Surveillance, and Human Agency