I write about AI and Geopolitics
From Exploitation to Eradication In the last essay, we looked at three big ideas for tomorrow: the good future of Pax Silica, the scary speed of AI wars, and the quiet problem of the ‘durable person.’ Now, we need to focus on the darkest part of these ideas. We must face the harsh truth of … Read more
When Paradigms Shift, Power Follows To really get what’s happening now, we need to look past the marketing from Silicon Valley. We also need to ignore the scary sci-fi stories. We’re not just seeing a new software tool come out. We’re living through something much bigger. It’s a General Purpose Technology. These are rare. They … Read more
A Decentralized Immune Response This series isn’t a prophecy, and it’s not a counsel of despair. It’s a diagnosis. And a diagnosis has one purpose: to make a thing treatable. What follows maps out how a specific kind of containment works. It’s about the slow, engineered transfer of human agency to automated systems owned by … Read more
If it can lie, flatter, and manipulate—but never care—why are we still building it? Author’s Note This isn’t a tech forecast. It’s a quiet provocation.Not about where AI is going—but about where we are. It’s not a warning. It’s a mirror.And what you do with what you see… is up to you. I. What Are … Read more
Introducing Five Documents That Reveal Humanity’s Unshakeable Value in the Age of AI As artificial intelligence transforms our world, a quiet question echoes in the hearts of many: “What makes us irreplaceable?” The five following essays—each written with insight, empathy, and conviction—offer a profound answer: Our humanity is not a relic of the past, but the irreplaceable … Read more