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Essay
When Civilization Escapes the Human
Most analyses of how AI will impact society focus on the economy. Why we should focus not only on the economic impact of artificial intelligence, but also on purpose and agency.
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Les Circuits Longs
Dissolution Without Construction
Every previous coordination technology that dissolved a form of selfhood also cultivated the next one. Current algorithmic systems only dissolve. The problem is the speed mismatch.
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Les Circuits Longs
The Death of the Inner Self
Individuality is a coordination technology. It emerged under specific historical conditions, and those conditions are weakening as computation, capital, and automated feedback loops absorb the functions it once performed.
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Essay
Crypto doctrine
Crypto found product-market fit where trust is weakest: inflationary or censored economies, and internet-native communities that need programmable coordination and markets.