“The Baseline isn’t about control, it’s about conscience.
It doesn’t tell the world what to think; it reminds it how to remember.
Not a rulebook, but a rhythm. Not command, but recall.
Because when conscience leads, the world doesn’t need control.”
There is a moment in every system where the pressure stops being manageable. Engineers call it a stress point. Doctors call it a breaking point. The rest of us just call it when things give way. May is shaping up to be that moment for this country. Not because of one thing. Because of all…
61% of Americans stand with Ukraine. Only 2% stand with Russia. That is not a divided country. That is a country that knows right from wrong. 67% of Americans say letting Russia keep what it took by force is unacceptable. 76% say giving them more is unacceptable. 59% of Americans do not trust the current…
In 1973 I was nineteen years old. The Vietnam War was still running and my number came up in the Last draft. Not the way you want your number to come up. But I was one of the lucky ones. Instead of Southeast Asia I got orders for Germany. Three years in Europe while the…
I was born in Rockville Centre, New York, in 1954. It was a quiet town on Long Island, the kind of place that in those days still felt like America was catching its breath after the war. Neighborhoods were filling up with young families. Men were coming home, finding work, settling in. The country had…
I want to take you somewhere todaybefore the sun goes down. Surf Beach.Lompoc, California.The Pacific Coast. I was just a kid.But I knew even thenthat something about standingat the edge of the Pacific Oceanwas different from everything elsein the world. The ocean doesn’t carewhat is happening in Washington.It doesn’t care about the algorithmor the news…
micvicfaust@intelligent-people.org I want to talk about two thingsthat are quietly doing more damageto people right nowthan most of us are willing to name. Information overload.And gaslighting. Most people think of these separately.One is a tech problem.The other is a relationship problem.But when they operate together —daily, relentlessly, with no end in sight —they become something…
micvicfaust@intelligent-people.org Before you can fix a problemyou have to be able to name it. Most people feel it.That friction.That sense that something is working against youwhen you’re just trying to get a straight answer.When you’re trying to find something true.When you’re trying to use a toolthat was supposed to help youand it keeps steering you…
micvicfaust@intelligent-people.org I want to talk to you todayabout something most peopleare making way too complicated. Artificial Intelligence. Now before you scroll past —stay with me just a minute.Because what I’m about to tell youis not what you’ve been hearing on the news.It’s not a sales pitch.And it’s not written for tech people.It’s written for you.The…
The Arc I spent most of my life in the Sierra Nevadaand on the Kern River.Not visiting. Living in it. I took my fourteen-year-old sonwith my friends to the top of Mount Whitney.14,505 feet.Highest point in the lower 48. He struggled with the altitude.I carried his pack when I had to.We made the summit. He…
micvicfaust@intelligent-people.org What Nobody Is Telling You About AI Performance. There is a cost built into every AI conversation that nobody talks about. Not the subscription fee. Not the hardware. Not the infrastructure. A hidden cost that runs silently in the background of every single output your AI produces — consuming capacity, burning processing overhead, and…