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A. Jacobs

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Born

The United States

Website

https://therealitydrift.substack.com/

Genre

Nonfiction, Psychology, Philosophy

Influences

Gregory Bateson, Marshall McLuhan, Terrence Deacon, Joseph Campbell, B ...more

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December 2021

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Author and systems-oriented writer exploring how modern life distorts perception, meaning, and attention.
My work focuses on reality drift, cognitive overload, and the unintended consequences of optimization across culture, technology, and institutions.
I write at the intersection of cognition, language, AI, and everyday experience.

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