Further Reading & References

Research and Blogs of Interest

AI Ethics: Montreal AI Ethics Institute: State of AI Ethics - Vol 7

Pink Noise & Complexity Science

• Bak, P. (1996). How Nature Works

• Kello et al. (2010). Scaling laws in cognitive science

Embodied Cognition & Enactive Mind

• Varela, Thompson & Rosch (1991). The Embodied Mind

• Antonio Damasio - The Feeling of What Happens (Book Overview)

• Thompson, E. (2007). Mind in Life

• Thomas Parr, Giovanni Pezzulo, & Karl Friston ( 2022) Active Inference

• Qualia Towards Computational Simulations of Cessation: https://qri.org/blog/cessation-simulations

• Symmetry Theory of Valence

• Wireheading Done Right: https://qualiacomputing.com/2016/08/20/wireheading_done_right/

• Healing Trauma with Neural Annealing

Trauma-Informed Systems

• Van der Kolk, B. (2014). The Body Keeps the Score

• Maté, G. (2022). The Myth of Normal

• Payne, P., Levine, P. A., & Crane‑Godreau, M. A. (2015). Somatic experiencing: Using interoception and proprioception as core elements of trauma therapy. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, 93. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00093

• Porges, S, W (2011) The Polyvagal Theory

Self-Organized Criticality & Systems Thinking

• Turcotte, D. L. (1999). Self-organized criticality

• https://substack.com/home/post/p-177292609

Artificial Intelligence

• Truemper, K. (2023). Artificial Intelligence: Why AI Projects Succeed or Fail. Leibniz Company. ISBN 978‑0999140253

• Crawford, K. (2021). Atlas of AI

• Russell, S. (2019). Human Compatible

Complexity and Systems

Performance Systems Blog

Children and Media Sweden - Reversing Media Exposure Patterns for Children

Smartphone-free Childhood Safer.IO: Tools to detect CSAM by Thorn: https://safer.io/solutions/

Opinion Articles:

Transhumanist Ideas and Technology

Investors’ ‘dumb transhumanist ideas’ setting back neurotech progress, say expertsthe Guardian

Climate Crisis, Humanity, and Global Finance https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/08/bill-gates-climate-crisis-billionaire-essay-cop30 Technology Platform Business Models: Algorithmic Profiteering https://www.platformer.news/meta-scams-prevalence/?ref=platformer-newsletter

https://www.reuters.com/investigations/meta-is-earning-fortune-deluge-fraudulent-ads-documents-show-2025-11-06/?ref=platformer.newswww.reuters.com

Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show. And the social media giant internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day.

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