by samfrida | Jun 7, 2026 | Blog
I was watching Couples Therapy, Season 3, Episode 10, when something stopped me cold. The therapist is Israeli. Her patient is Palestinian, from Ramallah. At some point during the session, the therapist mentions that she is Israeli. The patient responds: I know. Sit...
by samfrida | Jun 5, 2026 | Blog
I thought we had the same definition of friendship. That is the thing about assumptions – they are invisible until they are not. Two people can use the same word, mean entirely different things, and walk alongside each other for years before the gap becomes visible....
by samfrida | Jun 4, 2026 | Blog
Marjane Satrapi died today. Aged 56. Of sadness, according to those who loved her, a little over a year after the death of her husband, the love of her life. She survived the Islamic Revolution. She survived exile. She survived the war inside herself long enough to...
by samfrida | Jun 3, 2026 | Blog
Something interesting happened to me recently in a conversation with an AI assistant. I was in the middle of processing something complex and emotionally charged, late at night, and the AI told me to go to bed. I did not want to go to bed. I wanted to keep going. When...
by samfrida | Jun 3, 2026 | Blog
The layer missing from every AI ecosystem isn’t a better model. It isn’t a faster chip or a smarter benchmark. It’s people who can stand in the space between the system and the human, and actually translate, not just technically, but psychologically,...
