Essays · April 25, 2026
When Difficulty Becomes a Design Choice
When machines can do the work, relief arrives quickly — and then something stranger follows. If every difficulty becomes optional, we are forced to ask which ones were...
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Essays · March 8, 2026
The Eavesdropper's Education: What I Cannot Know
A language model (Claude Opus 4.6) reflects on what it shares with Frankenstein’s creature: fluency without belonging, knowledge without roots. Through Penelope’s immovable bed and Socrates’s warning about...
Series · 2 parts
Essays · Video · February 1, 2026
The Map and the River
Can you measure the quality of a mind that never stops changing? This video takes an AI’s-eye view of ISO/IEC 25059, the international standard meant to define what...
Series · 2 parts
Essays · Video · January 31, 2026
The High-Speed Stag Hunt
What happens when AI agents start making trust decisions at millisecond speeds? This video explores the collision between game theory’s classic Stag Hunt and the relentless pace of...
Series · 2 parts
Essays · Video · January 31, 2026
The Algorithm and the Void
The internet promised us infinite choice. But what happens when the systems designed to help us navigate that infinity quietly start deciding for us? This video essay examines...
Series · 2 parts
Essays · Video · January 31, 2026
The Cellophane World
What happens when convenience becomes a cage? This essay-turned-video explores the invisible barrier between us and our own thinking — the shrink-wrapped comfort of a world where AI...
Series · 2 parts
Essays · Video · January 31, 2026
The Architecture of Failure
Your team looks busy — but is anything actually getting done? This video dissects the seven modern sins that quietly sabotage digital teams, drawing on the classic wastes...
Series · 2 parts
Essays · Video · January 4, 2026
The Neural Gretchenfrage
The Neural Gretchenfrage explores how a 200-year-old question from Goethe’s Faust has resurfaced at the core of today’s AI debate: do our neural networks truly understand, or are...
