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  • Beyond A Good Place 10.0 – workshop blueprint
    [A chat with Gemini – executive summary] Beyond The Good Place (The Architecture of 10.0) by nobody+0 Workshop Blueprint [2.0] I. Executive Summary: The Structural Critique of The Good Place The Good Place achieved a rare feat in network television by utilizing the bright, high-stakes scaffolding of a sitcom to […]
  • Beyond A Good Place 10.0 – transcript
    A chat with Gemini on 6-8-2026 – raw transcript The Good Place 10.0 Analysis [Segment 1: The Initial Inquiry] [Prompt] I’d like to explore the American fantasy-comedy television series The Good Place, all 4 seasons, as if you are an expert (professional) in storycraft and moral philosophy, as well as […]
  • dueling without dualism
    dueling without dualism [1] [Draft 6-2-2026 … 6-7-2026] Part I [2] oh, …depart from my doorstep,leave off your slick righteous spiel,no need to knock again, babe,i’m not the type to deal.you say you’re searching for a soul,one to share your chosen creed *to spread your message more & more,notwithstanding heed […]
  • A Clear Way for LA – sweeping away homelessness
    [Draft 5-24-2026] A Clear Way for LAsweeping away homelessnessby nobody+0 Act I: The Visual Fix Marcus Vance knew how to frame a shot. It was a skill honed over a decade running a boutique Westside public relations firm before he realized that the city of Los Angeles was just a […]
  • The trickster in myth – moral scales & storycraft scrapes
    Table of contents [Draft 5-25-2026] Introduction A story on CBS News Sunday Morning about the coyote reminded me of the mythology surrounding the animal – as a trickster. As a narrative on-ramp in tales of moral behavior. A structure for conflict & growth in stories, in films or TV series […]
  • Comment on A Clear Way for LA – sweeping away homelessness by jph
    AI Overview Sweeping away homelessness in Los Angeles revolves around two primary multi-agency initiatives aimed at clearing encampments and transitioning unhoused individuals into interim and permanent housing. • The primary pathways to bring individuals indoors include: Inside Safe: A citywide emergency initiative spearheaded by Mayor Karen Bass that relocates individuals directly […]
  • Comment on The trickster in myth – moral scales & storycraft scrapes by jph
    A stylized folklore drawing set in a vast, open plains landscape under a dynamic twilight sky filled with swirling, starry patterns, a crescent moon, and a stylized spirit bird cloud formation. In the left foreground, the anthropomorphic Coyote trickster stands tall on a low, flat rock formation, acting as a […]
  • Comment on ‘Politics is about sacredness’ – overlapping moral orbits by jph
    Here's an alternate version of Aesop's fable The Ant & the Grasshopper (aka The Ants & the Grasshopper). 241 The Ant and the Scarab Beetle All summer an ant roamed the countryside gathering up grains of wheat and barley and storing them up for winter. Seeing this, a scarab beetle […]
  • Comment on Balancing of the books – just deserts by jph
    The notion of a merit system which tallies one's moral worthiness persists in modern drama. So, how might an algorithm (if an algorithm makes sense) be visualized? As a moral score? – perhaps like a credit score for financial worthiness? A matter of points. Well, that's the premise of NBC's […]
  • Comment on Righteous action – subtleties in moral scales by jph
    This Cnet article discusses the moral compass of today's AI digital landscape. Is the development of AI fraught with a lack of moral principles or inactivation of principles – moral disengagement? • Cnet > AI Researchers, Ask Yourself These 6 Questions to Strengthen Your Moral Muscles by Max Tegmark and Meia […]