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Followers
499
Account age
3 yrs
💰 Suggested sponsorship rate
$40 – $65 / sponsored post
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🧰 Free analysis for Michael Garfield
Known for
📊 Post engagement
11
Avg engagement / post
2.2%
Engagement vs followers
May 2023
On Bluesky since
🔥 Top post: The long-awaited (first draft written *last AUGUST*) debut at @a · 51 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
0.66 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 9 text · 3 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
4.7×
Follows 106 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.
Recent posts
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Maybe something like "for a large class of Markov decision processes q-function is exponentially difficult to compute even when the reward function is not" = "pragmatics has one up on causal theory building" or "we're not getting rid of th…
The story of #SimCity is the story of the world we live in—of the entanglement of computing, entertainment, design, & governance. And where it succeeded—and failed—teaches us how to navigate maps that become territories...
@chaimg.bsky.so…
Thinking a/b an AI-enriched world that actually benefits humans & how it'll help us explore, not just get tube-fed by algorithms. Here's my talk from @divintelligence.bsky.social on how complex systems science & game design inspired me to …
Beautiful, and very well-timed. Reactionary preservation of the status quo is not enough. Conviction must be met with action. Are we afraid to dream of better futures? There is such a thing as good ambition.
youtu.be/sJjODY-PyJY?...
Have we considered the problem isn't impending loss of jobs but existing loss of availability for meaningful work because of jobs
John Lilly's Reality Protocols, 1977, reproduced in Diana Reed Slattery’s Xenolinguistics, 2015, Chapter 5: Reality Reviewed (which alone is worth the price of the book)
William Irwin Thompson, Passages About Earth (1973) p151
Jamming with Cadell Last on self-actualization and transformation in our age of magical technologies — how to live in a future of hyper-social neuroplasticity, a an argument for culture to the social systems that only perceive measurable v…
If you’re attached to “being more than a machine”, consider that the difference between you and a next-token prediction algorithm might be 4B years of improv practice.
Then again, it’s very hard to pivot from a story that you think you ar…
“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald, “The Crack-Up” in Esquire (1936)
Part one of a new series on conta…
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🦋 Handle & authenticity
Bluesky handle
@michaelgarfield.bsky.social
A default .bsky.social handle — genuine, but not domain-verified. Confirm identity before a high-value deal.
On Bluesky since
May 2023
An early adopter from the invite-only beta (before the Feb 2024 public launch) — an original, established account.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Bluesky in 2023 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 11 views per post.
📤Posts about 0.7× per week.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated80/100
Excellent
Credibility score
97%
Real
Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 97% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Strong engagement (~2.2% of followers engage each post) — an active, real audience.
- Established account (3+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
Author, artist, father, scholar, Global Weirding tour guide. Once a paleontologist and still a songwriter + experimental guitarist. Former SFI, Long Now, Mozilla. Writing on bio, psych, tech, and wisdom @ HumansOnTheLoop.com
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