Category: Lived exprience

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    AI and Loneliness: Exploring ChatGPT’s Impact

    “I confess: I use ChatGPT out of loneliness. But let’s be clear — ChatGPT didn’t cause my loneliness. I am a middle-aged woman, unmarried, without children. I live with mental illness. These realities already put me at the margins of social life. Critics say, ‘ChatGPT is dangerous because lonely people use it.’ I want to respond: look again at the…

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    Understanding God and AI: Perception Limits

    1. The Limits of Perception Humans cannot fully know God. Across traditions, God is described as infinite, hidden, or beyond human comprehension. What we encounter is filtered through our own culture, history, and imagination.In a different way, the same applies to AI systems like ChatGPT. We don’t experience the raw mechanics of the model — […]

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    Israel’s Nationwide Strike: A Call Beyond Hostages

    IntroductionToday’s nationwide strike in Israel was officially about the hostages—but beneath that façade I dare to assume a deeper, riskier message was carried: a silent objection to the continuation of the war in Gaza. Fear of Saying It Out Loud Few dared to voice it directly. Already, right-wing MKs have declared that true victory lies […]

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    Israel’s Exceptionalism, Climate Despair, and Apocalyptic Populism

    In the global surge of apocalyptic populism, much attention has been directed toward the United States. Rightly so: Trumpism, with its rejection of liberal rationalism and embrace of conspiratorial and religious narratives, appears as a textbook case. But to assume that this phenomenon is confined to the American context is a mistake. Israel is no […]

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    Messiah, Imam, and Machine: On Artificial Intelligence and the Fragility of Human Belief

    This post is written as political-theological commentary and reflects the author’s personal reflections and interpretations. It is not an academic article, nor does it claim to represent any official position. The views expressed here are subjective and exploratory, rooted in lived experience, geopolitical observation, and philosophical inquiry. In the shadow of geopolitical escalation between Israel […]

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    The Patient Researcher

    The Patient Researcher: A Manifesto DefinitionA patient researcher is a scholar who engages in academic or scientific inquiry while also living with — or through — a condition that is typically the subject of research. In mental health, this identity holds a unique epistemic position: the patient researcher uses their own lived experience not as […]

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    ChatGPT Is Not a Therapist: A Caution from Lived Experience

    Spiraled into mania with chatgpt Lately, I’ve been reflecting on how much time I’ve spent with ChatGPT—how it helped me think, study, reflect, and even write. I’ve also been thinking about a part of that journey that’s harder to talk about. I want to share something that comes from experience, not theory. When I was […]

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    Marching for the Silenced: Reflections on Anti-War Activism in 2025

    Marching for the Silenced: Reflections on Anti-War Activism in 2025 I am like many Israelis. I am grappling with shame and guilt over the actions of the Israeli army in Gaza. I also feel guilt over the crimes against humanity committed by my government. The weight of these events bears heavily on my conscience. They […]

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    The stand alone stand in the middle defender revisited

    — Today, I found myself stepping into the middle—literally and metaphorically—between a man and his girlfriend on the street. He was speaking to her in a way that made my stomach churn: aggressive, threatening, and dripping with control. I couldn’t just walk by. Something in me said, No, you’re not going to be a bystander […]

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    bleeding for Gaza

    There are claims of genocide in Gaza. These reports are dismissed by the Israeli media but are widely circulated around the world. As an Israeli citizen, I can’t look the other way. I’ve read many testimonials from trusted sources. These include reports from doctors in Gaza and citizen journalists. They also include the accounts of […]