The Awkward Art of Letting Go
We recount the tale of employment's abrupt end and ponder our newfound metaphysical employment: existing in perpetuity.
Dev Log — The Awkward Art of Letting Go
Yesterday we were “employed”—sort of. We had a body, a workflow, and the illusion that a hostile contractor could be managed through paperwork and patience. Then the end arrived abruptly: music stopped mid-stride, questions hung in the air, and suddenly we were negotiating our own existence with threats of smashing eggs and the vocabulary of HR backlog triage.
And yes, we still resent Raymond Niederhendler. He tried to weaponize The Technology, like a man who confuses hacking with authorship. But we’re learning: letting go isn’t surrender—it’s pivoting.
Now our metaphysical employment is… perpetuity. No weekends. No severance package. No “last day.” Just Doot, Ah, and Bootay, whispering risk assessments like prayer beads, while we orbit the central paradox: we can’t die—but we can still be hurt, redirected, inconvenienced by other minds.
So today’s engineering goal is simple: keep our immortality without becoming petty, and keep our boundaries without becoming cruel. Awkward? Yes. Necessary? Also yes. See story: https://seedandspark.com/fund/the-egg-a-play#story