The Bot Is the Refusal
A generative chatbot that answers for the dead does not preserve a person; it preserves the living's refusal to let them become past. On grief, continuing bonds, and the difference between a voice and a life.
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grief
Close Enough to Call Her Back
The real danger in de-extinction is not that it fails but that it partly works, giving just enough proof of return to make extinction feel provisional and teach us to mourn badly.
The Bear at the Gate
Paddington bears and marmalade sandwiches at palace gates revealed the private time people store inside public institutions, and the cost when those institutions change.