Musical Machine Medicine from the 21st Century

• Spring 2024 Edition: Hair, Water, and Tree

Introduction

Dear reader,

We are a team. I am the creator as much as you are the creator, I give you a snapshot of my (second) brain and toolkit of my time in the form of code that I hope you run. Inside is a world of possibilities, but I give you a start with some words, phrases, rhymes, and inspiration.

The rest is in your hands. The melody is up to you, perhaps the words are not spoken at all. Maybe your song is a dance or a rhythm. Or a painting, or a walk.

I share with you my favorite therapy, karaoke for the mind.

I begin this song of ours with the following questions:

• What if healing looked like creation versus consumption?
• What if the art we consume, remix, and create is just as important in determining who we are as genetic code?
• What are joyful ways we can counteract the use of algorithms to encode discrimination? What do alternatives to personalization look like that don’t rely on stereotypes?

I can’t wait to hear our song.

Sincerely,

Your ancestor and writing partner