From chatrooms at thirteen to running a world in Ultima Online to building communities for companies — a life spent tending rooms online. Now I’m turning that instinct on my own data: pulling twenty years of my life off the platforms and onto ground I own, and building the habit of micro-journaling in my own garden instead of Meta’s.
AI isn’t the threat — extraction is, and we’ve already run this playbook before.
Yoga and AI alike invite us to notice how we animate the forms we inhabit—and what parts of ourselves are reflected back.
Duan suggests its our presence that animates technologyjust as attention brings asana to life on the mat. From Is AI really consciousor are we bringing it to life? on scientificamerican.com
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Notice embodied intelligence: attention, breath, and openness reveal cognition beyond narrow neural explanations.
Surprising clinical cases invite yogas embodied curiosity: intelligence can reconfigure beyond expected neural limits. From Cases of Unconventional Information Flow Across the Mind-Body Interface on ingentaconnect.com
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Concepts: Chitta · Prana · Samskara · Viveka
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When we copy a brain neuron by neuron, will we copy consciousness—or discover it was never in the brain to begin with?
Scientists simulated a fly brain and gave it a virtual bodyand now we're asking the question yoga's been asking for millennia. From Researchers Upload Fly's Brain to Matrix, Let It Control Virtual Body on futurism.com
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Our memories aren’t meant to be erased—they’re meant to be transformed, held differently, integrated into who we’re becoming.
Scientists can now manipulate memories in mice, but the real question is whether we should erase our painful past. From Every time we think of the memory, we may boost, weaken or even change it on sciencefocus.com
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Neuroscientists are designing elaborate protocols to induce gamma oscillations in the human brain — flickering lights, transcranial currents, near-infrared light helmets. A 2024 review in Frontiers in Neuroscience catalogues four distinct stimulation methods to achieve what the brain needs to perceive clearly, move well, and regulate emotion. Reading it, I kept having the same thought: Ashtanga yoga already does all of this. Not metaphorically. Simultaneously, and without a single device
Introduction: When Effects Distort Our Understanding of Causes In 1946, statistician Joseph Berkson noticed something peculiar in hospital patient data: diseases that should have been independent appeared to be negatively correlated. Cancer patients seemed less likely to have diabetes, and vice versa. This observation seemed to contradict everything known about disease independence. The answer to this paradox would eventually reveal one of the most counterintuitive principles in causal reasoning—the collider effect. A collider is a variable that sits at the convergence point of two or more independent causal pathways. The structure looks deceptively simple:Variable X → Collider Z ← Variable Y Two independent causes (X and Y) flow into a common effect (Z). But here’s the paradox: when we condition on the collider—when we only…
Revisiting Rule 1: Independent Variables Are Not Correlated Restating the Argument In Ashtanga Yoga, not all elements of practice are causally connected. For example, focusing solely on aesthetic performance (e.g., how a posture looks) often leads to false assumptions about progress. Understanding this independence helps practitioners avoid wasting energy on irrelevant or misleading correlations. Detachment (vairagya) serves as a guiding principle for staying grounded in what truly matters. Counterpoints, Holes, and Second Opinions 1. Do Variables Ever Exist in True Independence in Yoga? Counterpoint: Yoga philosophy emphasizes the interconnectedness of all things. The idea that two variables (e.g., strength and flexibility) are completely independent may clash with this holistic worldview. Can independence ever truly exist in a system as integrated as the body-mind connection? Alternative View: Instead…
In systems thinking and yoga alike, progress requires recognizing hidden confounders and addressing them directly rather than being misled by surface-level correlations. When practitioners address the root cause, both seemingly related symptoms often resolve harmoniously. Rule 1: Independent Variables Are Not Correlated This rule states that if two variables are causally independent, there will be no observable association between them in the data. For instance, if Variable A does not influence Variable B, their correlation will be zero unless influenced by an external factor. Intersection with Ashtanga Yoga: In Ashtanga Yoga, this can be explored through the principle of detachment (vairagya). The yogic system acknowledges that not all elements in life are interconnected in meaningful ways, and discernment (viveka) is required to understand what truly impacts…