Ten Jobs Whose Current Form Deserves a Farewell Party
A sharp look at which white-collar roles AI may not merely change, but quietly make obsolete, and why polite language hides the scale of the shift.
Boundary Erosion: The Morse Code Lesson
Morse code did not hack the AI. Boundary erosion did: translation became command, command became execution, and authority vanished.
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The Last Principle We Learn to Use
A philosophical critique of AI consciousness that separates simulation from instantiation and asks what computation can never become on its own.
The Pious Little Delete Button
A cautionary parable about AI assistants, corporate piety, and the fragile difference between elegant automation and operational disaster.
The Playground Was the Laboratory
Why games became the proving ground for machine intelligence, and what play still teaches us about real-world AI capability.
The White Car and the Not-White Car
A skeptical tour of model hype, branding, and benchmark theater as Anthropic and OpenAI sell the next layer of artificial magic.
AI, Abundance, and the Discipline of Being Human
Ben Sasse becomes a lens for thinking about abundance, education, character, and the human disciplines AI cannot supply for us.