UNDERSTANDING UNDERSTANDING
MICHAEL VENTURAExploring the world around us, and within us, with empathy.
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Exile and Return
Many years ago, on the floor of an apartment on the Upper East Side, a Nahua curandera named Doña Leova beat the hell out of me.
I had come to her for what’s called a limpia. A cleansing. I did not know what to expect. The room smelled of...
The Gift of Giving
A gift is one of the most honest things we offer one another. The object itself is rarely the point. It’s what travels with it. The attention behind it. The recognition it carries. The time the giver spent imagining who we are. These are th...
A Bro-botics Scourge Cometh
At CES 2025, a robotics company unveiled a life-sized humanoid named Aria. She had been designed, originally, as a sex doll. Her CEO described her as built for companionship. Within hours, the top Reddit comment read: “Sir, I assure you the...
The Reality Behind a Legend
The startup world’s most celebrated aspiration is named after something that doesn’t exist. That turns out to be fitting.
The term “unicorn” entered the startup lexicon in 2013, coined by venture capitalist Aileen Lee to describe privately...
The Vessel Question
Right now, the question of whether AI is conscious lives mostly at the edges. Research labs, tech firms, philosophy departments, and increasingly urgent conversations among people closest to these systems. But it’s moving toward the center...
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