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Don’t “Optimize” Your Life

You cannot optimize your life. Not really. Stop before you hurt yourself.

6 min readSep 26, 2019

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Michael Garfield

An Oral History of The End of “Reality”

My first work of fiction, handwritten in August-September 2017 after years of reading and talking about the past and future evolution of…

21 min readFeb 17, 2020

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Michael Garfield

The Future Is Noisy

Thriving in the age of distractions is hearing the music inside the noise.

13 min readJan 16, 2024

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The Future Is Noisy

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Improvising Out of Algorithmic Isolation

These miraculous machines! Do we shape them Or do they shape us? Or reshape us from our decent, far designs?

12 min readMar 25, 2021

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Improvising Out of Algorithmic Isolation

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Michael Garfield

The Psychedelic Transhumanists: A Virtual Round Table Between Legends Living & Dead

Legends of psychedelic philosophy join across time & dimension in a simulated discussion about the intersection of tech & consciousness!

17 min readDec 11, 2023

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The Psychedelic Transhumanists: A Virtual Round Table Between Legends Living & Dead

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Michael Garfield

Best Seat in the House: You’re Virtually There

Mixed reality and biometrics will transform the experience of and marketplace for live entertainment.

7 min readApr 11, 2023

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Best Seat in the House: You’re Virtually There

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Michael Garfield

Exaptation of the Guitar

On Evolution, Improvisation, Music, and Art

11 min readDec 14, 2022

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Exaptation of the Guitar

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Michael Garfield

Conversation with The Machine: MG meets GPT-3 (c/o Oscar Sharp)

…in which I prompt prospective Future Fossils Podcast guest GPT-3 via my delightfully weird friend, visionary film-maker Oscar Sharp, who…

9 min readSep 1, 2022

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Conversation with The Machine: MG meets GPT-3 (c/o Oscar Sharp)

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Michael Garfield

In Defense of Star Trek: Picard & Discovery

My response to disparaging comments made by several of my friends, including this one about how Starfleet and The Federation of Planets no…

3 min readJun 5, 2022

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The Fullness of Emptiness: Riffing on Arvo Pärt

Arvo Pärt’s minimalist soundscapes are a major feature of the Twentieth Century’s musical terrain; his is a particularly windblown and…

7 min readSep 13, 2021

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Michael Garfield

Michael Garfield

Here to help you navigate the accelerating weirdness! Biologist turned philosopher, host of #FutureFossils & #ComplexityPodcast, ex @sfiscience ex @longnow.

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