The Decompression Chamber is The Faust Baseline for AI

The Decompression Chamber is The Faust Baseline for AI

The Faust Baseline™Purchasing Page – Intelligent People Assume Nothing micvicfaust@intelligent-people.org Most people think pressure makes you explode.That’s not what actually happens. What happens is The Bends. Pressure builds slowly. Quietly. Invisibly.You don’t feel it while you’re adapting. You feel it when you try to surface too fast. That’s where we are right now. Too many…

Reasurence and Stability Creates Predictability

Reasurence and Stability Creates Predictability

The Faust Baseline™Purchasing Page – Intelligent People Assume Nothing micvicfaust@intelligent-people.org People keep asking for reassurance. Not the kind that pats you on the head.The kind that doesn’t lie. So let’s start here. What we’re living through right now isn’t some strange new chapter that fell out of the sky. It only feels new because most…

Re-Anchor Identity (Orientation Phase)

Re-Anchor Identity (Orientation Phase)

The Faust Baseline™Purchasing Page – Intelligent People Assume Nothing micvicfaust@intelligent-people.org People aren’t confused because they lack information. They’re confused because they are constantly reacting. Reaction erodes identity faster than any ideology ever could. When everything around you is loud, urgent, and emotionally charged, the self slowly dissolves into response mode. You stop choosing.You start answering….

What a Society Does When Trust Breaks

What a Society Does When Trust Breaks

The Faust Baseline™Purchasing Page – Intelligent People Assume Nothing micvicfaust@intelligent-people.org There is a moment before anger.Before shouting.Before resistance becomes visible. It’s quieter than that. A society doesn’t explode when trust breaks.It tightens. People lower their expectations first.They stop assuming good intent.They stop filling in the gaps with generosity. This is the phase most institutions miss,…

When Authority Chooses a Costume

When Authority Chooses a Costume

The Faust Baseline™Purchasing Page – Intelligent People Assume Nothing micvicfaust@intelligent-people.org A young mother is dead.That is the center of this moment.Everything else becomes secondary the moment we forget that. She had a life in motion.Children who expected her to come home.A day that began like any other and ended without warning. Public anger doesn’t rise…

When Reading Stopped Being Taught — and Everything Quietly Changed

When Reading Stopped Being Taught — and Everything Quietly Changed

The Faust Baseline™Purchasing Page – Intelligent People Assume Nothing micvicfaust@intelligent-people.org I spent twenty-six years isolated at work from this shift, and I didn’t know it was happening until literally today . Not because I wasn’t paying attention.Because I assumed something foundational was still intact. I assumed people were still being taught to read the way…

Privacy Issues: When Convenience Quietly Becomes Surveillance

Privacy Issues: When Convenience Quietly Becomes Surveillance

The Faust Baseline™Purchasing Page – Intelligent People Assume Nothing micvicfaust@intelligent-people.org People don’t worry about privacy because they’re hiding something. They worry about it because they can feel when the walls are moving closer. AI didn’t invent that feeling.It accelerated it. Every system that promises ease, speed, and personalization requires the same fuel: data.And not just…

You can’t Loose What You Never Had…Thanks

You can’t Loose What You Never Had…Thanks

The Faust Baseline™Purchasing Page – Intelligent People Assume Nothing micvicfaust@intelligent-people.org Thank You for not buying the Faust Baseline. Not one copy sold, you took it when it was free, but you refuse to support us, so thank you. We appriciate you telling us where we stand in the community we just wanted to help our…

The Weakness of Complexity…Why Now?

The Weakness of Complexity…Why Now?

The Faust Baseline™Purchasing Page – Intelligent People Assume Nothing micvicfaust@intelligent-people.org People are taught to believe that size equals strength. Big systems.Big institutions.Big authority. But size doesn’t create resilience.Simplicity does. The larger a system becomes, the more exposed it is.The more moving parts it adds, the more cracks it has to seal.And the harder it works…

The Smallest Pressure Valve Most People Were Never Taught

The Smallest Pressure Valve Most People Were Never Taught

The Faust Baseline™Purchasing Page – Intelligent People Assume Nothing micvicfaust@intelligent-people.org Most stress doesn’t come from big events. It comes from small moments that go unanswered. A comment at work.A dismissive remark.A power play wrapped in a joke.A line meant to put you in your place. You feel it land.You say nothing.You move on. Except you…