The Milky Way above mountain ridges, a red glow in a volcanic crater, and water below

A PERSONAL JOURNALThe universe, and what comes next for us.VOL. 001 —

Toward a world where human sensibility
governs technology.

A view of the universe for a life with AI
Thinking about how we might live, through the universe, life, consciousness, and civilization.

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ESSAYS

Chapter I Solitude

Is there intelligence in the universe besides us?

A small Earth in a vast indigo universe, its blue ocean, thin atmosphere, and city lights edged with amber dawn.

ESSAY 01 / SPACE

There Are Absolutely No Aliens

It wasn't that there were stars in the sky. There were so many stars that the darkness was what lay in between. A change in how I see the universe, beginning on Yakushima when I was eleven.

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A traditional Japanese house surrounded by green trees and soft light

SANTIAGO / THE WRITER

Between the stars
and everyday life.

I divide my time between Shonan and places in the mountains and along the coast of Kyushu. Small ventures such as a café in an old Japanese house and small guesthouses are now my main livelihood. The distant universe and the evolution of electronic intelligence both feel, to me, like extensions of everyday life.

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Toward a world where human sensibilitygoverns technology.

Chapter I Solitude

There Are Absolutely No Aliens

Between the starsand everyday life.

Toward a world where human sensibility
governs technology.

Between the stars
and everyday life.