Thoughts, musings, and everything in between by John Patrick Therrien
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Berlin, May 2026 · 3 min read
Two product announcements. Authentique™, the AI writing platform whose proprietary Voice-Graph™ technology gives you back the voice it is currently taking. And the GridSink™ Pro, the smart appliance that converts surplus grid electricity into heat at an industry-leading efficiency of 0%.
Zen Story
Berlin, March 2026 · 1 min read
A philosopher who has solved the nature of being takes her insight to a physicist who meditates. A zen story about the answers and the questions being equally confused.
Essay
Berlin, February 2026 · 3 min read
Refined musical judgment doesn’t emerge from detached curation alone, but from long, immersive engagement with making music. The deeper concern with generative AI isn’t derivative slop; it’s that the tool may let people bypass the slow formation of perceptual sensitivity altogether.
Dialogue
Berlin, February 2026 · 7 min read
An imagined dialogue between Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell, encoding a set of carefully crafted ideas. Written by Claude.
Essay
Berlin, January 2026 · 8 min read
Scientific culture has given a name and structure to the age-old question of whether or not we are cosmically alone in the universe. The Fermi Paradox may read as follows:
Given the age and size of the universe, why do we see no evidence of extraterrestrial civilizations?
