Why I Do Not Believe AI Can Be Conscious

Why I Do Not Believe AI Can Be Conscious

A chatbot can speak as if it has a self, a soul or access to the dead. Fluent language proves none of those things. In August 2026, the podcast Ask Julie Ryan released an episode titled “Can AI Communicate With the Dead? The Experiment Has Begun.” Guest Stephen Dinan...
Why I Separate UAP From Occult Contact

Why I Separate UAP From Occult Contact

A radar-confirmed object and a voice received in trance may both be unexplained. That does not mean they come from the same source. A military pilot sees an object maneuver in restricted airspace. Another crew sees it too. Radar records something in the same place,...
The Cost of Certainty

The Cost of Certainty

Confidence is the one product that never goes out of stock. Here is what it actually costs, and what calibrated doubt buys you instead. Nobody ever went broke selling certainty. Turn on any channel, open any feed, sit in any sales meeting, and you will find someone...
Lessons From Building

Lessons From Building

Nearly three decades of licenses, entities, brokerages, and growth, compressed into the lessons I would hand a younger builder. Almost none of them are about real estate. I got my real estate license in 1997, into a family where both parents were brokers and the...