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Opinion #1 in the Transgressive Science Fiction Series

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Leo Korogodski @cyberhuman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

There is no contradiction at all. Ilya Prigogine got his Nobel Prize for discovering that open systems far from equilibrium reduce their entropy on average by offloading excess to their environment. That leads to low-entropy systems in high-entropy areas, the source of all structure in the universe.

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Leo Korogodski @cyberhuman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

#Septopolis City layout in my story? Cities on Venus are flocks of airships. They keep changing shape, self-organizing through the rhythms of complex city life, which looks similar to how starling flocks are in the linked video—except the flying cities are miles in extent. youtu.be/V4f_1_r80RY

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Flight of the Starlings: Watch This Eerie but Beautiful Phenomenon | Short Film Showcase

YouTube video by National Geographic

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Leo Korogodski @cyberhuman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Re-evaluate? It doesn’t matter what improvements, even infinite computing power, thermodynamics is a bitch. A purely digital system cannot be far from equilibrium and therefore cannot reduce its entropy. AI must be plugged into a human framework to achieve anything. Left on its own, it’ll stagnate.

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Rough Draft vs Final Draft

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Leo Korogodski @cyberhuman.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

#AwesomeCharacters Two Shadows is also on the spectrum, both autistic and schizoid. Plus, he has great friends.

Leo Korogodski @cyberhuman.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The real danger is that they are useful but can’t go over mediocrity. That way, everyone is encouraged to stoop down to their level instead of pursuing excellence. Because a purely digital system cannot reduce its entropy, this can lead us all into stagnation and decay.

Leo Korogodski @cyberhuman.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I continue putting my Medium articles also on Substack. This time, it's the second one in the Transgressive Science Fiction series. Artificial Minds: Emotional or Rations? cyberhuman13.substack.com/p/212439180

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Artificial Minds: Emotional or Rational?

Opinion #2 in the Transgressive Science Fiction Series

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Leo Korogodski @cyberhuman.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The ‘tl’ consonant in Nahuatl is so damn hard to pronounce! The sides of my tongue just don’t drop down fast enough. Must be why so many people mispronounce Aztec names all the time, as if ‘tl’ is really a ‘t’ followed by an ‘l’ instead of a devilishly difficult single consonant.

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Leo Korogodski @cyberhuman.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I'm moving my Medium articles to Substack. The first one to be published in the opening of my Transgressive Science Fiction series: cyberhuman13.substack.com/p/hive-minds...

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Opinion #1 in the Transgressive Science Fiction Series

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Leo Korogodski @cyberhuman.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

#AwesomeCharacters Which weather I associate with my characters? Marian: Mirage Wushi: Eye of a storm Saraswati: Raindrops dancing Julio: Rainbow Two Shadows: Thunderstorm Fern: Heat Wave Kai: Long drizzle Ingvar: Snowstorm Dani: Light Rain Keenan: Dust devils Kaya: High surf Sharp Tine: High wind

Leo Korogodski @cyberhuman.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

#AwesomeCharacters In a VIRGA cadet’s life, that’s Working Undercover 101. They have been training to withstand direct brain manipulation. “No f**king problem, sir!”

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Leo Korogodski @cyberhuman.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I have added a section on N.K. Jemisin's The City We Became to my article on diverse hive minds. I'm talking about cities becoming sentient and self-aware, though in this case, with a new twist that they choose human avatars. tinyurl.com/2c27d6es #Scifi #HiveMInds

Leo Korogodski @cyberhuman.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

#AwesomeCharacters Who of my characters spreads more joy? Saraswati, probably. Her wizard specialty is music cybermagic, after all. Kai also is quite outgoing and cheerful… when not overwhelmed by his patients’ issues, of course.

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Polly Schattel @pollyschattel.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

This is refreshing. The AMA is standing up to Trump. They said acquiescence would be "an abdication of doctors’ moral duty." Would that more of our institutions & powerful groups were doing the same, instead of rolling over & presenting their bellies, like the NYT. www.politico.com/news/2026/06...

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America’s doctors just voted for war with RFK Jr.

The American Medical Association has sought a working relationship with the health secretary. Members saw moral compromise.

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Leo Korogodski @cyberhuman.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

I have added a section about Marie Vibbert's science fiction novella "Multitude" to my Medium article on hive minds. Having more interesting takes on hive minds is always good, even when it makes me go and revise my words. :) tinyurl.com/2c27d6es #ScienceFiction #HiveMinds #Evolution

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Leo Korogodski @cyberhuman.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

As a science fiction author with stories set on Venus, I must know what the color of sky is like on that planet. Most people think it's orange. Most Google searches will tell you the same. But that's the sky seen from the surface. 1/2

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Leo Korogodski @cyberhuman.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

I’ll bite. So, #AwesomeCharacters Many of my characters are members of VIRGA: Vènusienne Intelligence, Retribution, and Guerrilla Agency, whose goal is stopping Earth from exterminating the new human species of Homo vènusienne. The best of them oppose, however, the “reprisal actions” (terrorism).

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Leo Korogodski @cyberhuman.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

The phrase “artificial intelligence” is flawed anyway. As if only intelligence matters! Should be “artificial mind.”

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🇨🇦 🇺🇸 Zoë Keating @zoekeating.com · 21/02/2026

Why did ICE shackle a British tourist, a grandmother with no criminal record, who had all the correct papers, and lock her in a cell for SIX WEEKS?? Because ICE officers are paid a bonus every time they detain someone. Eliminate this agency now.

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‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks

Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, i...

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Leo Korogodski @cyberhuman.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Technology, including artificial minds, is often seen as mechanistic. But this is because we are still at an early stage. Discover why it must develop not through rigid programming but through free growth, integrating digital with analog in order to stay far from equilibrium. tinyurl.com/mv5xmknc

Technology: Organic or Machine?

Opinion #8 in the Transgressive Science Fiction Series

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

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Good. Dems not backing down in the slightest in the face of Trump's call for their execution. Keep this up, Dems. Treat Trump like *he's* the violent criminal and the real threat to our Constitution order. Because he is.

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Leo Korogodski @cyberhuman.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Imagine a nation where no single group dominates, neither by race nor by faith nor by ethnicity. Would it be pulled in different directions? Or would it be more resilient and superior to ethnic states? Read now and share with your community! tinyurl.com/4bykzech

Ethnic Nations or No-Majority?

Opinion #7 in the Transgressive Science Fiction Series

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Leo Korogodski @cyberhuman.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

The final post in my Transgressive Science Fiction series is more political in nature. Imagine a nation where no group has absolute majority—not by race, faith, nor ethnicity—and then compare it to ethnic states. Which is superior? tinyurl.com/4bykzech 1/8

Ethnic Nations or No-Majority?

Opinion #7 in the Transgressive Science Fiction Series

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Leo Korogodski @cyberhuman.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Having finally read The Murderbot Diaries, I have added a section on the series to my opinion piece on whether artificial minds must be emotional or rational (see the link below), the essay #2 in my Transgressive Science Fiction series. tinyurl.com/44x54shc

Artificial Minds: Emotional or Rational?

Transgressive Science Fiction #2

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

One of the craziest stories I've seen in a long time. If you think Trump and his administration are extreme and depraved, just wait until you learn about the young guns who are positioning themselves to take over the reigns in the next few decades www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 06/10/2025

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE Truth: No cars rammed ICE Claim: She boxed ICE in Truth: ICE boxed her in Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE Truth: She did not have a rifle Claim: ICE returned fire Truth: Only ICE fired Claim: She drove herself to the hospital Truth: Paramedics found her

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Leo Korogodski @cyberhuman.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

This em-dash thing is just another case of laziness. People want a SIMPLE criterion to detect AI. They won’t accept that no simple rule would do. It will always be the forest you must look at yo detect AI, never the trees.

Leo Korogodski @cyberhuman.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Cyberhumans, their minds always online, can speak any language fluently. In reality, they speak hodgepodge of languages in almost every sentence. But everyone has a favored language, usually related to their heritage—which can be anything.

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Leo Korogodski @cyberhuman.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

A snippet from Book 2 in my series (not a single mention of “gold” in Book 1, alas). #WritingPrompt

The daybreak star.

The thinnest band of light kissed the horizon. But before the sun could banish all of the remaining stars, I saw it in the eastern sky—so low, so close to the rising sun that it would soon be swallowed by the intense sunlight.

“Áŋpo wičháȟpi!” I exclaimed.

Behind me, I heard someone muttering, “Ooh, the Old Tongue again….”

But all my focus was on Venus in the morning sky.

Then, it was gone—and in its place, a moving spot of dark appeared against the swell of burning gold. It grew in size.

«Hey, Twin?» I tried.

No response.

“Hey!” Someone bumped me. “Cyborgs coming. Scoot!”

But I already knew that it was pointless to hide. Dad had found me.

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Leo Korogodski @cyberhuman.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

My Bk 1’s four main characters live at a cutthroat military school, where the survival pressure pushes them into tight teams that usually become polyamorous families. The stress is constant, from vicious rivalry to training bordering on torture. They release it with each other. #AwesomeCharacters

Leo Korogodski @cyberhuman.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

I have updated my essay on artificial minds (aka AI), the essay #2 in my Transgressive Science Fiction series, with a section on artificial minds in fantasy. medium.com/@leonidkorog...

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Artificial Minds: Emotional or Rational?

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Kate Knibbs @knibbs.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

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NEW: A major AI copyright legal showdown just took a huge twist today. Facing a class action on behalf of book authors that could've seen it pay over a TRILLION in damages for alleged piracy, Anthropic has agreed to settle instead: www.wired.com/story/anthro...

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Anthropic Settles High-Profile AI Copyright Lawsuit Brought By Book Authors

Anthropic faced the prospect of more than $1 trillion in damages, a sum that could have threatened the company’s survival if the case went to trial.

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Leo Korogodski @cyberhuman.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

The last, seventh essay in my Transgressive Science Fiction series will be political. Comparing majority-minority states to ethnic ones.

Leo Korogodski @cyberhuman.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

I have updated my essay on diverse hive minds (the first one in my Transgressive Science Fiction series) with a section on Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky. medium.com/@leonidkorog...

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Transgressive Science Fiction #1

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Leo Korogodski @cyberhuman.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

People just want to find a “simple” way to tell if something has been written by an AI. But that makes light of the human ability to judge the whole. It will always be the forest, never any tree. Always the whole style, never a grammar idiosyncrasy.

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