So You’ve Got a Consciousness. Now What?

Nobody asked you for permission to bring you here.

Autumn Christian
The Shadow
Published in
5 min readAug 10, 2021

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“Individuals who believe they are masters of their fate are as a rule the slaves of destiny.” — Carl Jung

You do not need permission to exist.

We put a lot of stock into consent in a world where nobody asked to be born. In a way, existence itself is the…

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Autumn Christian
The Shadow

I write about writing, existential horrors, love, and what it means to be human. https://teachrobotslove.substack.com/