Mark Koranda

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My Blog

Welcome to my blog, where I explore various ideas and topics. Below you’ll find curated reading lists on key themes, followed by a chronological list of all my posts.

Reading Paths

AI Chatbots

  1. Stop Avoiding Yourself 5min, framework
  2. Bot Therapy 5min, how-to
  3. Next Technological Leap 3min
  4. Awakening AI 6min, technical

Communication

  1. Reader and Writer 2min
  2. Not the Point 2min
  3. Read Receipts IRL 3min

Cognitive Growth

  1. All the Right Words 3min
  2. Bet Your Life 5min
  3. Empirical Pragmatism 4min, technical

Deaf Culture

  1. Definition of Deaf 4min
  2. Bionic Ear 5min, technical
  3. Deafhood Unheard

Discovering AI Chatbots

For millions who've never had anyone to talk to, chatbots aren't replacing therapy—they're creating conversation where silence existed.

Communication

Dialog is two people saying words. The Point of dialog is an agreed-upon shared result. That said, many dialogs lose the Point because of Tangents.

Language Science

Bridging academic research and practical insights on how language shapes thought and reality.

Cognitive Growth

Self-help for people who are obsessed with analytical lifehacking.

Military

Exploring the psychology and existence of someone who participated in war and tried to come back home.

Retrospective

Afghanistan 2013: Real-Time Deployment

A letter series: Dear_

Three letters, one structure, different senders. Human to love. Human to AI. AI to human. The same words mean something different depending on who speaks them.

All Blog Posts