Emmy's Black Box

Jun 25

My little black box. My bioterrestrial reality.

In pre-911 2001 I was ten years old, living in the Greater Washington D.C. area. At that time, I composed my first original song, entitled “Chain Me To My Sorrows” It existed only in my bioterrestrial reality. It was never recorded and never published. Never marketed, sold, bought or stolen…

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My little black box. My bioterrestrial reality.

Jun 9

My linkedin post re: pride month

Content warning: gender dysphoria It wasn’t until I had a panic attack in a mens-only space that I felt the imperative to personally address my gender identity. I was in a room of men, considering myself a man, being inherently perceived by every man in that space as a man…

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May 11

what i posted on linkedin re: mental health awareness

Emmy Schwab on LinkedIn: awareness by killer_seo I believe you cannot talk about #mentalhealthawareness without talking about #mentalillness. Managing my…www.linkedin.com Wednesday, May 11, 2022 @ ~2:00pm ET: “I believe you cannot talk about #mentalhealthawareness without talking about #mentalillness. Managing my treatment-resistant, atypical depression is not something I can put as “experience” on my LinkedIn profile. But it is by far the most challenging job I’ve ever had.

Mental Health

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May 10

My Digital Twin

My Digital Twin There is a future where I insert contact lenses. The lenses are my phone and use my brain instead of hands. They paint my eyes with apps in total lock-step with my thoughts. What I see/taste/touch serves to educate my twin. My digital twin, someone I will never meet. Who feeds me algorithms built to augment my behavior. I do not want this future for myself. I do not want this future for myself.

Brain Computer Interface

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My Digital Twin

There is a future where I insert contact lenses.

The lenses are my phone and use my brain instead of hands.

They paint my eyes with apps in total lock-step with my thoughts.

What I see/taste/touch serves to educate my twin.

My digital twin, someone I will never meet.

Who feeds me algorithms built to augment my behavior.

I do not want this future for myself.

May 7

ding, ding, ding

cursed, accused, abused, calumniated(????) wait! here’s a good one: vociferated. mmm, vociferated… boy, do i love sanskrit! <sigh> ● </sigh> <sigh> ● </sigh> <sigh> ● </sigh> <sigh> ● </sigh> <sigh> ● </sigh> <sigh> ● </sigh> <sigh> ● </sigh> <sigh> ● </sigh> but yes. oh, yes. i’m certainly afflicted. and it’s…

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Apr 18

millenialism: ♓︎ ❒︎♏︎♋︎♎︎ ⧫︎♒︎♏︎ ■︎♏︎⬥︎⬧︎ ⧫︎□︎♎︎♋︎⍓︎📪︎ □︎♒︎ ♌︎□︎⍓︎

a personal timeline of my path to legal adulthood, illustrated by titles of wikipedia articles, which i’ve included to invoke memories of televised news segments, my contemporaneous consumption of which, upon reflection today, may have shaped my current outlook on humanity The year I turned 4: Assault of Nancy Kerrigan The year I turned 5: Oklahoma City bombing; Jerry Garcia The year I turned 6: 1996 United States presidential election

News

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millenialism: ♓︎ ❒︎♏︎♋︎♎︎ ⧫︎♒︎♏︎ ■︎♏︎⬥︎⬧︎ ⧫︎□︎♎︎♋︎⍓︎📪︎ □︎♒︎ ♌︎□︎⍓︎

Apr 4

Open All Night: Interrogation and Endangerment in The Metaverse (Part One)

“Lost souls calling long-distance salvation” I. In February 2020, amongst trepidatious whispers of a global pandemic, I happened to make my bones in product management recruiting as an external talent partner for Macy’s, Inc. At the time, Macy’s was at a cresting moment in their initiation of a digital transformation, part…

Metaverse

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