{"id":18,"date":"2021-04-28T20:55:55","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T20:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box2302.temp.domains\/~alexende\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2021-05-03T11:32:32","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T11:32:32","slug":"the-human-function","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alexenders.net\/?page_id=18","title":{"rendered":"The Human Function"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alexenders.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/The-Human-Function-Kindle-Small.jpg?resize=159%2C255&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55\" width=\"159\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alexenders.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/The-Human-Function-Kindle-Small.jpg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alexenders.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/The-Human-Function-Kindle-Small.jpg?resize=187%2C300&amp;ssl=1 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 159px) 100vw, 159px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The second book published, but the first one I actually wrote. I have great memories of long nights with a bottle of wine writing this while living aboard a boat in Southwest DC. (Hello, <em>Reckless Abandon<\/em>.) This was where I channeled my inner Ernest Hemingway to follow in his footsteps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was written in 2003, well before Siri and Alexa and Hey Google and the proliferation of the semi-smart voice recognition personalities that we know and love (and hate) today. But what if one person &#8211; one singular individual &#8211; invented a personality that was <em>really good<\/em>? One that had personality and character? One that seemed like a friend?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How would society respond? How would corporations respond? How would YOU respond?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B01MR6SYNC\/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0\">Buy Now on AMazon<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignright\"><blockquote><p>Write drunk, edit sober.<\/p><cite>Ernest Hemingway<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The second book published, but the first one I actually wrote. I have great memories of long nights with a bottle of wine writing this while living aboard a boat in Southwest DC. (Hello, Reckless Abandon.) This was where I channeled my inner Ernest Hemingway to follow in his footsteps. It was written in 2003, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/alexenders.net\/?page_id=18\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Human Function<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexenders.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexenders.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexenders.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexenders.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexenders.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/alexenders.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57,"href":"https:\/\/alexenders.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions\/57"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexenders.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}