Jul 14
Pushing the Envelope
Apple's Star City probes the darker side of the space race
4 min read
Politics
Power, governance, elections and lies.
Jul 13
New Hills to Die On
Early thoughts on the politics of protocol communities. Part 1.
4 min read
Jul 08
Controlling the Clock
Almost 70 years later, The Trouble with Lichen is right on time.
4 min read
Jun 14
Temporarily Embarrassed Trillionaires
When the world is all ceiling, no floor
4 min read
May 07
The Ratchet
Part 5: Why risk-maxxing doesn't reverse.
2 min read
Apr 23
Trickle-Down Eschatology
Part 4: The urgency flows down, but the safety net doesn't.
6 min read
Dec 27
Risk-maxxing and the Death of the Middle Path
Part 3: Risk-maxxing as a generational trap.
10 min read
Jul 04
The Era of Risk-Maxxing
Part 1: Power chooses chaos over caution in unstable times
8 min read
Oct 06
Always Fighting the Last Insurrection
Why America keeps rehearsing its own collapse
4 min read
Apr 26
Apes on a Treadmill
Nuclear War scenarios and the automation of destruction
4 min read
Apr 14
Coming Attractions
What Civil War gets right about American fracture
4 min read
Jul 24
Archive: Citizenship in the Era of Nation-as-a-Service
The shock of Brexit may finally disrupt borders and belonging.
5 min read