Essays published on Medium, sorted by date.
Each boundary the machine crosses pushes the human into a more abstract refuge.The Metaphysical EscalatorThe Flight to the Last Human StrongholdFor a while, the dominant critique of artificial intelligence was childish.A...
The Strait of Hormuz: where a regional war becomes a systemic shock.War no longer stays on the battlefield.It now moves almost instantly into shipping routes, energy prices, political systems, public perception, and dipl...
Or when we use 18th-century tools for 21st-century problemsDemocracy rests on a premise that is simple in formulation yet profound in implication: the majority chooses its representatives through an electoral process, an...
From the wheel to AI: automation and the inevitable reconfiguration of incomeWhenever a new technology emerges with the potential to alter productive structures, we repeat the same cultural ritual that has spanned centur...
Global interdependence at unprecedented speed.Globalization, hyperconnectivity, and the rise of cognitive compressionThe global rise of populism is usually described as a moral failure. Voters are said to have become irr...
Or About Wounded AnthropocentrismI’ve worked with technology for as long as I can remember. I learned to program at twelve. That’s how I made a living, raised a family, crossed decades. I never learned to do anything els...