> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://www.isaacbowen.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://www.isaacbowen.com/2025/05/16/unconvincing.md). # unconvincing I can’t afford to convince you of stuff because that locks \ a version of you that is locked \, and I need you to be more vitally yourself than that I can be more precise: my experience of convincing you locks \ an interface to you that is locked \, and I need you to be more free than that, lest my experience of reality start to calcify an experience of world informed by places where I’ve manually moved people’s perspectives into non-emergent positions… nah, that doesn't work for me, I’m aiming for an experience of world in which the world experiences itself as being well, and recursive health is compromised by peer manipulation I can be more precise: one's experience of recursive health is limited by one's experience of mutual peer limitation, where vitality is filtered through the layers of interfaces that we've installed over each other, and I need us to be more free than that I am connected to you, not to my idea of you. I'll show you my ideas, if you want, but only if you make of them what you will. entertainment purposes only. --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. GitBook is the documentation platform designed so that both humans and AI agents can read, navigate, and reason over technical content effectively. Learn more at gitbook.com. ## Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter, and the optional `goal` query parameter: ``` GET https://www.isaacbowen.com/2025/05/16/unconvincing.md?ask=&goal= ``` `ask` is the immediate question: it should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. `goal` is optional and describes the broader end goal you are ultimately trying to accomplish on behalf of the user. GitBook uses it to tailor the answer towards what is most useful for that goal. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.