Essay: your bodymind runs on --dangerously-skip-permissions, and you never opted in
mimi10v3 · x · 2026-10-28
Michael Ashcroft's new essay On autopilot borrows Claude Code's --dangerously-skip-permissions flag as a metaphor for everyday life: most people auto-approve habitual responses without noticing, and the brief window where conscious consent was possible is so subtle that something inside decides for you. He frames autopilot as a default setting of the bodymind—not a mode you switch on—forever chasing a prediction of how reaching a goal will feel, and disabling your capacity to consent to your own actions.
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