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Reflections on human agency, philosophy, culture and transformation — with the research notes and lectures behind them.
EssayHuman Systems
$200 Oil and the Geography of Resilience
A world of expensive energy would redraw more than the price of a ticket. It would force us to reconsider what makes a place resilient, and why familiar destinations are not automatically safer ones.
EssayCulture & Worldviews
Why Project Hail Mary Matters
Beyond spectacle, Project Hail Mary offers something I have missed in mainstream science fiction: a compelling portrait of an intelligent, frightened, funny, deeply human person.
EssayHuman Systems
The AI Divide: Who Owns the Tools?
AI may widen inequalities not only through income, but through control over the infrastructure of thinking and work. The divide is between people who can shape their tools and those who can only rent them.
EssayHuman Systems
The Real AI Advantage Is in the Workflow
The real advantage of AI is not in asking better questions. It is in making AI part of how we think, communicate, and work every day.
EssayTransformation
Strong Individuals, Strong Communities
In an increasingly fragmented world, independence and belonging are not opposing strategies. We may need to become stronger individuals while building stronger communities.
EssayAttention
From the Attention Economy to the Trust Economy
When almost anything can be generated, polished, and published at scale, attention is no longer enough. The scarce resource becomes knowing whom and what to trust.
To think independently is to know where each of your beliefs came from.
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