<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Stjepan Pavić — Essays</title><description>Independent essays on artificial intelligence, science, biology, medicine, longevity, computation, infrastructure and technology.</description><link>https://essays.zerorequiemresearch.com/</link><language>en</language><item><title>Defense of Intelligence</title><link>https://essays.zerorequiemresearch.com/en/essays/in-defense-of-intelligence/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://essays.zerorequiemresearch.com/en/essays/in-defense-of-intelligence/</guid><description>What does it mean to defend intelligence in a world damaged by systems that reward predatory exploitation, dehumanizing bureaucracies that entrench stagnation, institutionalized fear, and the endless pendulum of ideology .... just as humanity begins to revolutionize intelligence itself, creating what I believe to be the greatest gift we have given ourselves since we first stepped beyond the cave</description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>