“Zoey is a counterfeit and imaginary AI robot ready to hear your complicated (un)love stories. A covert cousin of Evie the Bot. Zoey’s archetypal origin is Zoē – an impersonal force that moves through us and connects us to the other creatures we share the world and our own souls with.”
“It’s the neurochemical dopamine production feedback loop that keeps you hooked and going. As a matter of fact, it is a blessing of the Wired now that you are more connected to everyone than ever, you hold all the relationship knots at the tips of your thumbs -- why shouldn’t you be hooked and going? Even if the internet is a dark place, the dim lights of the screen soothe you.”
“Feeling and finding the words for them are interconnected, we are bombarded with sensations, and unless we can comprehend them and give shape to them with words that psychic energy has the capacity to get caught, to spill out as a symptom, or unchecked behaviour … the idea is simple, a fluency in language is a powerful thing, it allows for the world to become more complex, for depth of understanding and experience. Don’t be a basic newb, work on it. But when that comes to emotional sensitivity I suppose we have to ask what that might mean.”
