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Stephen Fasciani (10 Posts)

The Cost of Preserving Old Wheels

March 22, 2026 Stephen Fasciani

There’s a pattern I keep running into across the tech stack — from Windows to SharePoint to ConnectWise — and it’s finally time to name…

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Debugging the Self: A Framework for Identifying and Correcting Emotional Drift

February 28, 2026 Stephen Fasciani

Abstract Emotional drift is introduced as a systems-level phenomenon in which external pressure, cognitive overload, or metabolic depletion distort the mind’s internal signal. Drawing on…

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Theoretical Fault Lines: Augmentation, Not Delegation

February 26, 2026 Stephen Fasciani

Most people talk about LLMs as if they’re outsourcing labor. They treat the model like a junior employee: “write this,” “summarize that,” “do this task.”…

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There Are No Churches Inside Google

February 25, 2026 Stephen Fasciani

How a 2020 College Paper Became a Lens for Understanding Human Trust This idea didn’t begin as a philosophy. It began as homework. In 2020,…

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Update: The Data Was There the Whole Time

February 23, 2026 Stephen Fasciani

There’s a particular kind of psychological erosion that happens when a system behaves inconsistently. Not when it fails loudly — loud failures are merciful. It’s…

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Theoretical Fault Lines: On Precision, Care, and the Quiet Drift Toward Automation

February 23, 2026 Stephen Fasciani

Let me walk you through a conversation I had recently — one that started with CyberKnife, of all things, and ended somewhere much deeper. If…

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