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The podcast from christosamuel.com
I write about the things people actually carry — anxiety, failure, hope, the search for purpose. Threads is the podcast version: each episode takes one of my articles and opens it up, the story behind it and where it leads.
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A Fire That Burns Within You
There is a fire more dangerous than any building fire, and it burns silently inside the human heart. A fire of hatred, vengeance, and bitterness that destroys from within. But love covers all offenses.
Jul 23, 2026 · 12 min
Read the article →Near God-Like: AI, the Singularity, and a Snake in a Garden
We've all heard of the Industrial Revolutions. But the one happening right now is different. Ray Kurzweil, Google's Director of Engineering, predicts that by 2029 AI will reach human-level intelligence. By 2045, he says, we hit the Singularity. That phrase stopped me, because I had heard that promise before, not from a scientist, but from a snake in a garden.
Jul 22, 2026 · 20 min
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