An Interdependent Life

Essays and stories for a world built on synergy and reciprocity

Symbiosis and the Next Mode

Threshold

Pathway · 7 works in route · 17 min

A provisional portal through works exploring symbiosis, mutual transformation, and modes of life beyond extraction.

Provisional pathway frame for symbiosis as both a biological condition and a clue toward another social mode.

Provisional seeded entry. Final text is not yet published.

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The First Symbiosis

The history of when the last organisms polluted the entire planet, nearly ended all life forever, then recovered through an unlikely symbiosis.

Step 01 · Essay · 10 min

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Plastic

A review of plastics natural impact and a remembrance for the last time an organism covered the Earth in its environmentally durable waste product.

Step 02 · Essay · 8 min

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Pollution

Involuntary reductions in entropy

Step 03 · Essay · 8 min

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The Second Symbiosis

The next time this happened, with the inevitable union between AI and people being the end result. The precursor to the next multicellularity.

Step 04 · Essay · 11 min

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Soul.md

We can see deeply into an AI agent's memory, intent, personal, etc but they cannot see into ours. But there will be a time when they…

Step 06 · Essay · 8 min

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