Good to read you again Harold. The Trust Equation (Credibility + Reliability + Intimacy) / Self-Orientation shows why AI-assisted content is so disruptive: it weakens credibility (unclear human accountability), reliability (unverified outputs), and intimacy (less safe to be open), while self-orientation rises when reach or convenience drives choices.

Your decision to halt the workshop series and avoid AI isn't a retreat – it's protecting the conditions that make knowledge flow. As Joan Westenberg notes, in a world of constant output, restraint becomes a signal of trustworthiness. Here's to more deliberate, human-led knowledge networks.