10/12 Discussed with Claude whether we are experiencing (a) a glitch, an accident during humanity’s general, and inevitable line of progress, or (b) an example of a regularly occurring slide back into a more primitive state, or © a sign of humanity’s ultimate failure and decline. Claude agrees this is one of the fundamental questions of our time and says there are serious thinkers defending each position. It adds that “we’re in a moment of genuine uncertainty where intelligent people can’t agree on which story we’re in. That ambiguity might be the most unsettling part.” It also wants to know which of the three options I favor.