Do you want to learn about the dangers of growing social use of #AI and the #evolution of #consciousness?

Then my video will appeal to you:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmEl...

#agency #individualism #psychology #mind #ethics #freedom #essay #autonomy #technology #ai #philosophy

2025 Anime Survey is now open (30 min or less). It’ll be open until December 15, 2025. Please participate at: tamuc.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

In about 3 weeks I'm going to hold a panel about the existence and social impact of fictional characters at @animemesse.bsky.social 2025. The whole event with exhibitors, concerts, and a matsuri street outside is exciting, isn't it?
www.animemesse.de/en/programm/...

Not more than a week until #dokomi 2025! You will find me (an author, not an illustrator) in exhibition hall 3 at booth 3F109. Looking forward to talk with you about the social impact of fictional characters!

#DoKomi! I will have a booth in exhibition hall 3 near the "Book Nook" stage. In addition to my book "Love in the Second Dimension: How Love for Fictional Characters can re-enchant the World", I will also have some new things available. More information coming soon!
my.dokomi.de/en/con/exhib...

Here's another informative video about love in the second dimension:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d0Q...

How do fictional characters exist?
In my new video, #HatsuneMiku learns about #consciousness, games of make-believe happening within a play-frame, and what #alief is. But in the end, how do we switch back to reality before cognitive dissonance appears?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVeI...

Do you know the visual novel Love Angel Syndrome?
I think it deals with a lot of themes that are of importance today and interesting to me, including artificial intelligence - so I wrote an essay about it. Check it out here:
rptjacksreality.medium.com/walking-betw...

Did you know that there was a lot of #fanfiction written by women in the late 1960s/early 1970s that describe Spock as someone they wanted to nurture? If we take a look at the movements at that time, we can put this into a historical context …
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH02...

Do you like watching insightful videos online?
Here's an interesting one about people in love with fictional characters:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1yR...

Did you know that the term "mai waifu" first appeared in Chapter 11 of the manga and later in Episode 15 of the anime series "Azumanga Daioh" in 2002? From then on it spread largely on the web. Today we all know what a #waifu is - don't we?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AgD...

Did you know that not only children, but also some adults create their own private fantasy worlds known as a #paracosm?
Are these people lonely? No, they are just expanding their knowledge in a creative way.
I wonder how the inhabitants of these mud towers I made may look like …

"Love in the Second Dimension" addresses the question of what makes people develop emotional and romantic attachments to fictional characters. While some refer to it as waifuism, others identify as “fictosexuals". Cover illustration and design by airqloo.
rptjacksreality.medium.com/love-in-the-...