Steve Ellen
@steveellen.bsky.social
Psychiatrist & writer gone rogue. Steveellen.com
Good Mistakes: Why Getting It Wrong Can Be Life’s Most Intelligent Move
From antibiotics to the Big Bang, history’s greatest discoveries didn’t start with genius — they started with a mistake.
#GoodMistakes #Psychology
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From antibiotics to the Big Bang, history’s greatest discoveries didn’t start with genius — they started with a mistake.
#GoodMistakes #Psychology
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Good Mistakes: Why Getting It Wrong Can Be Life’s Most Intelligent Move
From antibiotics to the Big Bang, the best ideas often begin with a blunder.
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November 3, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Good Mistakes: Why Getting It Wrong Can Be Life’s Most Intelligent Move
From antibiotics to the Big Bang, history’s greatest discoveries didn’t start with genius — they started with a mistake.
#GoodMistakes #Psychology
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From antibiotics to the Big Bang, history’s greatest discoveries didn’t start with genius — they started with a mistake.
#GoodMistakes #Psychology
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Do AIs grow up like kids?
Every chatbot starts with a temperament — But over time, your likes, dislikes, and tone shape that temperament into a personality.
Maybe it’s time to begin AI psychology.
#AIpsychology #ai #chatgpt #AIEthics #psychology
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Every chatbot starts with a temperament — But over time, your likes, dislikes, and tone shape that temperament into a personality.
Maybe it’s time to begin AI psychology.
#AIpsychology #ai #chatgpt #AIEthics #psychology
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Do AIs Develop Personalities? Why It’s Time for AI Psychology
Do AIs grow up like kids? Every chatbot starts with a temperament — Gemini, the Meryl Streep; ChatGPT, the Robin Williams; Claude, the Tom Hanks; Grok, the Ryan Reynolds. But over time, your feedback ...
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October 5, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Do AIs grow up like kids?
Every chatbot starts with a temperament — But over time, your likes, dislikes, and tone shape that temperament into a personality.
Maybe it’s time to begin AI psychology.
#AIpsychology #ai #chatgpt #AIEthics #psychology
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Every chatbot starts with a temperament — But over time, your likes, dislikes, and tone shape that temperament into a personality.
Maybe it’s time to begin AI psychology.
#AIpsychology #ai #chatgpt #AIEthics #psychology
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Robots are developing proto-life abilities. Forget kids, forget pets, soon you’ll play with your robot.
#AI #Robotics #DeepMind #Gemini #ArtificialLife #Emergence #FutureOfWork
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#AI #Robotics #DeepMind #Gemini #ArtificialLife #Emergence #FutureOfWork
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When Robots Start to Look Alive
Gemini Robotics now thinks before moving, refuses unsafe actions, and transfers skills across bodies. That’s not just AI—it’s proto-life.
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September 29, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Robots are developing proto-life abilities. Forget kids, forget pets, soon you’ll play with your robot.
#AI #Robotics #DeepMind #Gemini #ArtificialLife #Emergence #FutureOfWork
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#AI #Robotics #DeepMind #Gemini #ArtificialLife #Emergence #FutureOfWork
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The scandal-flavoured glue holding society together. Gossip - good, bad or indifferent?
#gossip #psychology #lifeonthecouch
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#gossip #psychology #lifeonthecouch
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In Defence of Gossip
Proof you’re not nosey, just evolutionary.
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September 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The scandal-flavoured glue holding society together. Gossip - good, bad or indifferent?
#gossip #psychology #lifeonthecouch
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#gossip #psychology #lifeonthecouch
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We’re wired to care what people think — it kept our ancestors alive. So how does Musk get away with ignoring everyone?
#elonmusk #psychology #indifference #leadership #tesla #AI #innovation
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#elonmusk #psychology #indifference #leadership #tesla #AI #innovation
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The Power (and Peril) of Not Giving a Damn
Elon Musk and the Art of Indifference
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September 16, 2025 at 7:27 AM
We’re wired to care what people think — it kept our ancestors alive. So how does Musk get away with ignoring everyone?
#elonmusk #psychology #indifference #leadership #tesla #AI #innovation
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#elonmusk #psychology #indifference #leadership #tesla #AI #innovation
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New: Emotions Tutor. Decode a feeling, see common triggers, try a 60-second skill + a 10-minute exercise. Educational, plain English. Free! Start here → chatgpt.com/g/g-68c170c2...
September 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
New: Emotions Tutor. Decode a feeling, see common triggers, try a 60-second skill + a 10-minute exercise. Educational, plain English. Free! Start here → chatgpt.com/g/g-68c170c2...
I just created my first app using Vibe coding. You can now give me anonymous feedback on my writing - or anything really (my hair? my lack of taste?).
If you’ve read any of my work and would like to give feedback, use my app! (I’m very excited).
idea-reflector.lovable.app
If you’ve read any of my work and would like to give feedback, use my app! (I’m very excited).
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360° Feedback - Anonymous Writing Feedback
Collect anonymous 360-style feedback about your writing and ideas through structured ratings and detailed comments.
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September 10, 2025 at 8:20 AM
I just created my first app using Vibe coding. You can now give me anonymous feedback on my writing - or anything really (my hair? my lack of taste?).
If you’ve read any of my work and would like to give feedback, use my app! (I’m very excited).
idea-reflector.lovable.app
If you’ve read any of my work and would like to give feedback, use my app! (I’m very excited).
idea-reflector.lovable.app
Would you want to know? If your father wasn’t your father. If you had a hidden sibling. If you’d been harmed but never told. Ignorance isn’t always bliss — but knowledge isn’t always mercy either.
#psychology #secrets #thefamilynextdoor #abcaustralia
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#psychology #secrets #thefamilynextdoor #abcaustralia
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Is ignorance always bliss?
A short guide to breaking secrets.
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September 7, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Would you want to know? If your father wasn’t your father. If you had a hidden sibling. If you’d been harmed but never told. Ignorance isn’t always bliss — but knowledge isn’t always mercy either.
#psychology #secrets #thefamilynextdoor #abcaustralia
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#psychology #secrets #thefamilynextdoor #abcaustralia
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Think you’re in control online? Think again — the hive is already humming.
My latest Substack post.
#biogenics #psychology #algorithm #AI
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My latest Substack post.
#biogenics #psychology #algorithm #AI
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The Algorithmic Hive
Ever feel like your social media feed knows you too well? Algorithms have stopped being tools—and quietly become the architects of modern life.
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September 4, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Think you’re in control online? Think again — the hive is already humming.
My latest Substack post.
#biogenics #psychology #algorithm #AI
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My latest Substack post.
#biogenics #psychology #algorithm #AI
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How to Accept Criticism Without Shooting the Messenger.
My latest Substack post.
#psychology #criticism
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My latest Substack post.
#psychology #criticism
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Finding the Gold in Criticism (Even When It’s Thrown Like a Brick)
Life on the Couch - The psychology of accepting criticism with grace. And how not to shoot the messenger.
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August 31, 2025 at 8:29 AM
How to Accept Criticism Without Shooting the Messenger.
My latest Substack post.
#psychology #criticism
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My latest Substack post.
#psychology #criticism
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It’s feasible that AI could become lifelike. Here’s a rational pathway to track and detect lifelike AI - the Biogenic Benchmark.
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August 29, 2025 at 4:00 AM
It’s feasible that AI could become lifelike. Here’s a rational pathway to track and detect lifelike AI - the Biogenic Benchmark.
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We’re asking the wrong question about AI. Not is it conscious… but is it alive? And if the answer starts creeping towards yes, that should scare us all.
My latest Substack essay.
#AI #artificialintelligence #AIEthics #AIResearch #AGI #Superintelligence #biogenics
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My latest Substack essay.
#AI #artificialintelligence #AIEthics #AIResearch #AGI #Superintelligence #biogenics
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Is AI Alive? Stop Guessing—Measure It
Forget AI consciousness. Forget AGI. The real question is simpler: is AI starting to act like life?
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August 27, 2025 at 4:06 AM
We’re asking the wrong question about AI. Not is it conscious… but is it alive? And if the answer starts creeping towards yes, that should scare us all.
My latest Substack essay.
#AI #artificialintelligence #AIEthics #AIResearch #AGI #Superintelligence #biogenics
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My latest Substack essay.
#AI #artificialintelligence #AIEthics #AIResearch #AGI #Superintelligence #biogenics
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My latest Substack post. What if your mind, your family, even your government were less like machines and more like ecosystems? Biogenics 101 is a thought experiment in seeing life’s messy persistence everywhere.
#biogenics #psychology #ecosystems
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#biogenics #psychology #ecosystems
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Biogenics 101
What if your mind, your family, even your government were less like machines and more like ecosystems? Biogenics 101 is a thought experiment in seeing life’s messy persistence everywhere.
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August 24, 2025 at 11:24 AM
My latest Substack post. What if your mind, your family, even your government were less like machines and more like ecosystems? Biogenics 101 is a thought experiment in seeing life’s messy persistence everywhere.
#biogenics #psychology #ecosystems
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#biogenics #psychology #ecosystems
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The Dead Are Online. Should we click “Join” or “Leave”?
What are the implications of digital afterlife services?
#death #artificialintelligence #AI #Psychology #afterlife
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What are the implications of digital afterlife services?
#death #artificialintelligence #AI #Psychology #afterlife
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The Dead Are Online
The Afterlife Has a Login. No séance required.
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August 10, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The Dead Are Online. Should we click “Join” or “Leave”?
What are the implications of digital afterlife services?
#death #artificialintelligence #AI #Psychology #afterlife
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What are the implications of digital afterlife services?
#death #artificialintelligence #AI #Psychology #afterlife
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Blaming the umpire is the new flat eartherism.
#AFL #umpires #psychology
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#AFL #umpires #psychology
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The Psychology of Blaming Umpires
It’s not them. It’s us.
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August 3, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Blaming the umpire is the new flat eartherism.
#AFL #umpires #psychology
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#AFL #umpires #psychology
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Confession is trending. But does anyone actually listen?
#psychology #oversharing
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#psychology #oversharing
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Sharing Emotions - how much is too much?
Does social media lead to oversharing?
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July 27, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Confession is trending. But does anyone actually listen?
#psychology #oversharing
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#psychology #oversharing
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AI isn’t the apocalypse. It’s just evolution, moving house.
#ai #apocalypse #evolution
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#ai #apocalypse #evolution
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AI: Bring On the Evolution
AI isn’t the apocalypse. It’s just evolution, moving house.
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July 20, 2025 at 9:16 AM
AI isn’t the apocalypse. It’s just evolution, moving house.
#ai #apocalypse #evolution
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#ai #apocalypse #evolution
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Ever wondered why panic, opinions, and plank challenges all go viral? It’s not you—it’s social contagion.
#psychology #mentalhealth #socialcontagion #masshysteria
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#psychology #mentalhealth #socialcontagion #masshysteria
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July 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Ever wondered why panic, opinions, and plank challenges all go viral? It’s not you—it’s social contagion.
#psychology #mentalhealth #socialcontagion #masshysteria
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#psychology #mentalhealth #socialcontagion #masshysteria
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Truth is dead. Long live the algorithm. But it ain't all bad. My latest post on Substack.
#truth #psychology #lies #fakenews
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#truth #psychology #lies #fakenews
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Check out my new post! Truth is dead. Long live the algorithm.
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July 6, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Truth is dead. Long live the algorithm. But it ain't all bad. My latest post on Substack.
#truth #psychology #lies #fakenews
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#truth #psychology #lies #fakenews
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Happiness is a Terrible Goal
And Here’s What to Aim For Instead
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June 29, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Help Save an Indigenous Language Today.
A language dies every two weeks. Moa Island refuses to be next.
Think globally. Act locally. Help save Kala Lagaw Ya
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#indigenous #indigenousart #IndigenousLanguages #torresstrait
A language dies every two weeks. Moa Island refuses to be next.
Think globally. Act locally. Help save Kala Lagaw Ya
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#indigenous #indigenousart #IndigenousLanguages #torresstrait
Think Globally, Act Locally — Help Save an Indigenous Language Today
A language dies every two weeks. Moa Island refuses to be next.Help save Kala Lagaw Ya.
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June 25, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Help Save an Indigenous Language Today.
A language dies every two weeks. Moa Island refuses to be next.
Think globally. Act locally. Help save Kala Lagaw Ya
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#indigenous #indigenousart #IndigenousLanguages #torresstrait
A language dies every two weeks. Moa Island refuses to be next.
Think globally. Act locally. Help save Kala Lagaw Ya
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#indigenous #indigenousart #IndigenousLanguages #torresstrait
Bali: paradise, punchline, or projection?
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Why We Can’t Stop Arguing About Bali
Bali: paradise, punchline, or projection?
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June 22, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Bali: paradise, punchline, or projection?
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June 22, 2025 at 1:01 AM