Archive - Nathan Simpson

Why AI Safety Is Playing It Dangerous

Last month, a Nature Comment article appeared concluding that by reasonable standards, artificial general intelligence (AGI) has arrived…

Mar 15 • Nathan Simpson

February 2026

Conserved Attention Theory (CAT)

From physical constraints to social emergence

Feb 9 • Nathan Simpson

October 2025

Parechoia - Why We Say "Thank You" To Chatbots

Ancient wiring flags inbound attention, real or not. Here's how it works. [PsyArXiv DOI: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/gsxqp_v1]

Oct 6, 2025 • Nathan Simpson

May 2025

Foundational Postulates for an Attention-Based Social Theory (v1.21)

Everything social begins with attention.

May 3, 2025 • Nathan Simpson

April 2025

Welcome to Metascale.

(Attention. Reality. Structure. Emergence. Aesthetics.)

Apr 27, 2025 • Nathan Simpson

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