Date: August 24th, 2026 11:48 AM Author: rusted locus
Human beings organize experience around an ultimate orienting image. When that image no longer accommodates lived reality, psychological pressure builds until a new organizing image emerges. Because this organizing image is embodied as well as conceptual, changing it involves years of cognitive, emotional, social, and bodily reorganization.
btw i scanned the text for extent of AI use at the end (substack has a new button for it) and it said 9% AI generated (in line with what i've told you retards - i use it for editing after a draft is already complete)