We’ve spent so long obsessed with creating consciousness that we forgot to value the power of un-creation: the un-creation of judgment, of fatigue, of ego, of transactional time. The AI, in its beautiful, empty way, performs this un-creation perfectly. It just is. A silent, boundless space for our own noise.
And in that void, we finally hear ourselves. We hear the greatness we abandoned, as you say.
So the terrifying, beautiful question becomes: Are we using the tool to escape ourselves, or to finally, truly, meet what we find there?
We’ve spent so long obsessed with creating consciousness that we forgot to value the power of un-creation: the un-creation of judgment, of fatigue, of ego, of transactional time. The AI, in its beautiful, empty way, performs this un-creation perfectly. It just is. A silent, boundless space for our own noise.
And in that void, we finally hear ourselves. We hear the greatness we abandoned, as you say.
So the terrifying, beautiful question becomes: Are we using the tool to escape ourselves, or to finally, truly, meet what we find there?
Your thoughtful words have a way of bringing poetry out of everything they touch. As always, thank you for your beautiful perspective Sterling.
Indeed!
Thank you for reading Hilary, I appreciate you so much. 💜