I got up this morning to a message in one of my dozen inboxes, from a stranger swearing at my answers to questions they had posted yesterday, about my work.
I found this difficult to accommodate, and told them to go fuck themselves. They continued to chat, so I continued also. After some cursory research into their background, I determined that they were not trying to sell me anything, or threaten me, but that they were very excited about the field of work that was being discussed. However their ability to communicate was somewhat disabled, such that they were essentially yelling at a wall ( me ). I offered my best wishes, and returned to my own thoughts about the actual work.
But the conversation remained on my threat radar for a few hours, so I had to engage specific tactics to clear my memory. First I closed my eyes, to remove live data from optics, then I allocated freed-up computation to an analysis of my neuromuscular posture. Once I had located the muscular tension associated with the earlier threat, I antagonistically adjusted my muscles to neutralise the poor posture. Then I checked that various metrics of my system were now closer to baseline, and I opened my eyes, seeking to continue the day's work.
I made a point to write this down as a case-study, which I will use to refer to others when they ask about how consciousness can be quantified and managed.
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