The Ten Thousand Things
by Robert Saltzmanin 📖 Philosophy
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The Ten Thousand Things
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An inquiry into how the sense of self arises and maintains coherence.
The mechanics of agency, choice, responsibility, and self-stabilizing loops.
No teachings, no methods. Observation and description.
About Robert Saltzman
Dr. Robert Saltzman is a psychologist, photographer, and the author of four books: The Ten Thousand Things (2017), Depending On No-Thing (2019), Understanding Claude (2025), and The 21st Century Self (2025)
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