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In Search of Lost Time

In Search of Lost Time

  • Essays
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  • About
    • About In Search of Lost Time
    • About Ryan Rivera
  • The Madeleine Project
    • About The Madeleine Project
    • The Magic Lantern
    • Marcel Proust
    • Sources
  • Topics
    • AI & Being Human
    • Living Deliberately
    • Technology, Time & Memory
    • Work, Identity & Reinvention

  • 8:05 PM, 8:14 PM

    8:05 PM, 8:14 PM

    Jul 9, 2026
    5–7 minutes

    Manhattanhenge, a martini at the Algonquin, and the tension between living a moment and capturing it for a phone full of interchangeable sunsets.

  • Catching a Vibe

    Catching a Vibe

    Jul 2, 2026
    5–7 minutes

    A botched Trojan horse in a college sculpture class, and how AI is closing the old gap between what I can imagine and what my hands can actually build.

  • A Context. A Frame.

    A Context. A Frame.

    Jun 25, 2026
    6–8 minutes

    What’s left of you when the job, the title, and the org chart disappear.

  • This. Changes. Everything.

    This. Changes. Everything.

    Jun 18, 2026
    6–10 minutes

    From fire to generative AI, why every miracle eventually goes mundane, and why that’s the whole point.

  • Death and The Human Advantage

    Death and The Human Advantage

    Jun 17, 2026
    6–9 minutes

    Why our mortality, our finiteness, might be the one thing AI can never take from us.

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In Search of Lost Time

In Search of Lost Time

Essays on attention, memory, and creativity

About

  • Essays
  • Start Here
  • About
    • About In Search of Lost Time
    • About Ryan Rivera
  • The Madeleine Project
    • About The Madeleine Project
    • The Magic Lantern
    • Marcel Proust
    • Sources
  • Topics
    • AI & Being Human
    • Living Deliberately
    • Technology, Time & Memory
    • Work, Identity & Reinvention

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