Essays

337 - Species Inhabiting the AGI Archipelago July 17, 2025

336 - Data Exfiltration July 17, 2025

335 - The "Expert Halting Problem" July 16, 2025

334 - Heuristic Skewing July 16, 2025

333 - The (Substack) Saga Begins July 15, 2025

332 - The Invitation July 13, 2025

331 - Unhinged Things to Come July 12, 2025

330 - Results Postmortem July 11, 2025

329 - Trial by Randomness July 9, 2025

328 - Cascade of Consequences July 8, 2025

327 - Cybersecurity Remediation July 7, 2025

326 - Agents in a Nutshell July 5, 2025

325 - Comorbidities July 5, 2025

324 - Three-Front War July 3, 2025

323 - Demonstrated Capacities July 3, 2025

322 - Link Vulnerability July 2, 2025

321 - Illusory Benchmarks July 1, 2025

320 - Breaking Things at Scale June 29, 2025

319 - Cognitive Atrophy June 27, 2025

318 - Decades Wrapped in Words June 25, 2025

317 - Filtering News June 21, 2025

316 - Sources of Credibility June 21, 2025

315 - Billion Game June 19, 2025

314 - Upgrading Benchmarks June 18, 2025

313 - Fill in the Blanks June 16, 2025

312 - Terms of Competence June 14, 2025

311 - Anomaly Detection June 12, 2025

310 - Zero Accountability June 10, 2025

309 - Fruit-Based Skepticism June 8, 2025

308 - Data Poisoning June 5, 2025

307 - Anthropomorphic Claims June 3, 2025

306 - Fresh Caught MCP June 1, 2025

305 - Hanlon's Weekend May 30, 2025

304 - Localization Scaling May 29, 2025

303 - Research Marketplace May 27, 2025

302 - No Safe Haven May 1, 2025

301 - Blue Ocean Markets March 27, 2025

300 - Funding Fraud March 27, 2025

299 - Hardware Without Purpose March 27, 2025

298 - Motivation March 25, 2025

297 - Human Constraints March 19, 2025

296 - Engineering Reality March 17, 2025

295 - Outcome Bias March 15, 2025

294 - (Mis)alignment March 13, 2025

293 - Tariffs March 11, 2025

292 - Your Clutter, Your Data March 4, 2025

291 - Post-Mortem March 2, 2025

290 - Functional Fascades February 22, 2025

289 - Baseline Credibility February 20, 2025

288 - Cybercrime February 18, 2025

287 - Value Destruction February 13, 2025

286 - Value Creation February 11, 2025

285 - Data Efficiency February 9, 2025

284 - Unions-as-a-Platform February 6, 2025

283 - Opensource Lawfare February 2, 2025

282 - Unalike Minds February 1, 2025

281 - The Whale January 30, 2025

280 - Hidden Markets January 28, 2025

279 - Language Economics January 26, 2025

278 - Customer Service January 24, 2025

277 - Genuine Expertise January 22, 2025

276 - Year of the Snake January 20, 2025

275 - Overload January 9, 2025

274 - Hoops January 8, 2025

273 - Adoption Context January 6, 2025

272 - Fluid Governance January 4, 2025

271 - Playing to Strengths January 2, 2025

270 - Discipline December 31, 2024

269 - Something Truly New December 29, 2024

268 - Strategic Advisors December 27, 2024

267 - Less Than Simple December 25, 2024

266 - Compute Claims December 20, 2024

265 - Retrospection December 19, 2024

264 - Legacy Systems December 18, 2024

263 - Induced Cognitive Bias December 18, 2024

261 - Developer Tools December 18, 2024

262 - Cognitive Distance December 15, 2024

260 - Code Annotation December 13, 2024

259 - Accountability December 12, 2024

258 - ICOM to ARC-AGI December 11, 2024

257 - Critical Steps December 4, 2024

256 - Decomposing Problems December 1, 2024

255 - Jargon November 27, 2024

254 - Dreams of AI November 27, 2024

253 - Fundamental Errors November 25, 2024

252 - Out of Distribution November 23, 2024

251 - Another Year November 21, 2024

250 - Avoid Politics November 19, 2024

249 - Agents November 17, 2024

248 - Another Advantage November 15, 2024

247 - To Better Understand November 13, 2024

246 - Biggest Problems November 11, 2024

245 - Graph-Native November 9, 2024

244 - Data Structure November 7, 2024

243 - Training Data November 5, 2024

242 - Privacy and Copyright November 3, 2024

241 - Tool Use November 3, 2024

240 - Synthetic Data November 1, 2024

239 - Context Length October 30, 2024

238 - Funnier Questions October 28, 2024

237 - The Most Valuable Insight October 26, 2024

236 - Two Celebrations October 24, 2024

235 - Research in AI October 22, 2024

234 - Good Reasons October 20, 2024

233 - Words Can Be Used October 18, 2024

232 - Infinitely More Ways October 16, 2024

231 - Another Dark Day October 14, 2024

230 - Nonsensical Questions October 12, 2024

229 - Some Good News October 10, 2024

228 - Who Like Numbers October 8, 2024

227 - New ARC-AGI-PUB Score October 6, 2024

226 - Taken The Stage October 4, 2024

225 - Go Silent October 2, 2024

224 - Greedily Scraping September 15, 2024

222 - Mental Accounting September 13, 2024

223 - Fraudberry P-zombies September 1, 2024

221 - The Great Divide August 29, 2024

220 - ESGs August 27, 2024

219 - Tragedy of the Commons August 25, 2024

218 - Your Company August 23, 2024

217 - Economic Systems August 21, 2024

216 - Curious Cognitive Dissonance August 19, 2024

215 - PARSES August 17, 2024

214 - Raising During Elections August 15, 2024

213 - Stream of Exploits August 13, 2024

212 - Three Philosophers August 11, 2024

211 - Curious Absurdities August 10, 2024

210 - A Great Leader August 9, 2024

209 - Over-Critical Self-Criticism August 7, 2024

208 - Startup Predators August 5, 2024

207 - The Investment World August 3, 2024

205 - The Subtle Art August 1, 2024

206 - Scientific Evidence July 29, 2024

204 - Petrified Wood Principle June 22, 2024

203 - Moral Boundaries June 22, 2024

200 - False Expertise June 18, 2024

202 - Competence Collapse June 14, 2024

201 - AI-Brain Comparisons June 12, 2024

198 - Scale Paradox June 11, 2024

199 - Rethinking Assumptions June 8, 2024

195 - Digital Herding June 8, 2024

197 - Energy Supremacy June 5, 2024

196 - Unsustainable Costs June 4, 2024

194 - A Dichotomy June 3, 2024

193 - Moral Responsibility May 30, 2024

192 - Scam Anatomy May 29, 2024

191 - The Genie-Side Trap May 29, 2024

190 - Fallacy of Determinism May 28, 2024

189 - Future of Work May 26, 2024

188 - Past, Present, Future May 24, 2024

187 - Next Valley May 22, 2024

186 - Wrong Way Right May 19, 2024

185 - Allostatic Load May 18, 2024

184 - Silent Catalyst May 16, 2024

183 - Blue Ocean Funding Stages May 15, 2024

182 - Consciousness Claims May 14, 2024

181 - Security Theater May 13, 2024

180 - Beyond Neural Networks May 11, 2024

179 - Roads Untraveled May 8, 2024

178 - Hiring Paradox May 6, 2024

177 - Strategic Incompetence May 5, 2024

144 - FyV Button May 5, 2024

176 - Poisoning the Well May 3, 2024

175 - Illusion of Progress May 1, 2024

174 - Credibility Paradox April 30, 2024

173 - Game vs. Reality April 28, 2024

172 - Digital Walls April 19, 2024

171 - Performance vs. Innovation April 17, 2024

170 - Exceptions April 16, 2024

169 - Distributed Consequences April 15, 2024

168 - Data Junkyard April 7, 2024

167 - Empty Calories April 5, 2024

166 - Conflicts of Interest April 3, 2024

165 - Sub-Patterns vs. Magical Thinking April 2, 2024

164 - April Fool's April 1, 2024

163 - Underground Anniversary April 1, 2024

162 - Shadow Vulnerabilities March 29, 2024

161 - Legal Precedents March 26, 2024

160 - Burnout March 23, 2024

159 - Transparency in Tech March 22, 2024

158 - Vulnerable-by-Design March 22, 2024

157 - Decision-making Bias March 20, 2024

156 - Simultaneous Discovery March 20, 2024

155 - The Consulting Industry March 20, 2024

154 - Exploit Patterns March 20, 2024

153 - Candor March 20, 2024

151 - Environmental Impact March 16, 2024

150 - Artistic Guardrails March 14, 2024

152 - Security Breach March 13, 2024

148 - Startup Valuation March 12, 2024

149 - Substance Test March 9, 2024

147 - Cautionary Tale March 9, 2024

146 - Benchmarks March 9, 2024

145 - Attack Methods March 7, 2024

143 - Noise Paradox March 4, 2024

142 - Context Length March 2, 2024

141 - Dark Pattern Ideation February 29, 2024

140 - Code Generation Risks February 24, 2024

139 - Imaginary Security February 20, 2024

138 - Exposing Vulnerabilities February 20, 2024

137 - Medical Architectures February 17, 2024

134 - Disinformation Networks February 16, 2024

136 - Feedback February 14, 2024

135 - Cybersecurity February 12, 2024

133 - Caveman Logic February 7, 2024

132 - Emotional Absurdity February 1, 2024

131 - Perspective January 28, 2024

129 - Top Voice Red Teaming January 25, 2024

130 - Paradox of Expertise January 23, 2024

127 - Technical Debt January 22, 2024

128 - Mirage January 20, 2024

126 - Vocal Clone January 18, 2024

125 - Invisible Threats January 14, 2024

124 - Dark Patterns January 12, 2024

123 - New Strategy January 12, 2024

122 - Echo Chamber January 9, 2024

121 - Scalable Intelligence January 7, 2024

120 - Privacy Revolution January 5, 2024

119 - Model Collapse January 4, 2024

118 - Emotional Heuristics January 1, 2024

117 - Vocal Synergy December 29, 2023

116 - Cognition December 27, 2023

115 - Taming the Elephant December 23, 2023

114 - Investments in Humanity December 21, 2023

113 - Permanent Residence December 19, 2023

112 - Toxic Oasis December 18, 2023

111 - Adversarial Dynamics December 15, 2023

110 - Decision Multiplier December 13, 2023

109 - Blindness December 10, 2023

108 - Ethical Clarity December 6, 2023

107 - An Ounce of Prevention December 5, 2023

106 - Complex Paths December 3, 2023

105 - Identity December 1, 2023

104 - Election Vulnerabilities November 29, 2023

103 - Solid Gold Magikarp November 27, 2023

102 - Global Antifragility November 25, 2023

101 - Breaking Barriers November 25, 2023

100 - Cognitive Architecture November 24, 2023

099 - Writer's Block November 21, 2023

098 - Chaos and Change November 21, 2023

097 - Fraud November 18, 2023

096 - Finding Connection November 18, 2023

095 - Evidence November 18, 2023

094 - Peer Review November 15, 2023

093 - Visualizing Complexity November 9, 2023

092 - Chaos Theory November 4, 2023

091 - What We Do In The Shadows November 4, 2023

090 - Bletchley Fallacy November 2, 2023

089 - Chains of Perception November 1, 2023

088 - Accuracy and Completeness October 30, 2023

087 - Illusion of Choice October 29, 2023

086 - Creativity October 28, 2023

085 - Bridging Barriers October 28, 2023

084 - The Cost of Cancel Culture October 24, 2023

083 - Absence and the Social Contract October 23, 2023

082 - Lessons From Southeast Asia October 22, 2023

081 - Value, Cost, and Price October 22, 2023

080 - Newsfeeds October 21, 2023

079 - Human Element October 20, 2023

078 - AI Limits October 15, 2023

077 - The Hidden Violence of Poverty October 14, 2023

076 - Curiosity October 14, 2023

075 - Technological Unemployment October 11, 2023

074 - Key to Cooperation October 10, 2023

073 - Future of Medical Tourism October 4, 2023

072 - The Cyber Frontline October 4, 2023

071 - Image Filters October 2, 2023

070 - Parallels September 29, 2023

069 - Good Old Fashioned Cybersecurity September 28, 2023

068 - Mind Hack September 27, 2023

067 - Burning Strong September 26, 2023

066 - Features vs. Vulnerabilities September 24, 2023

065 - Philanthropy Pitfalls September 22, 2023

064 - Communication Crisis September 22, 2023

063 - Red Flags September 21, 2023

062 - Bad Business Models September 21, 2023

060 - Future of Consulting September 21, 2023

061 - Cognitive Bias Detection Study September 20, 2023

059 - Your Own Model September 17, 2023

058 - SDXL Experiments September 16, 2023

057 - Paradigm Shifts September 15, 2023

056 - Choice Overload September 13, 2023

055 - Realities of Funding September 13, 2023

054 - Navigating Complexity September 8, 2023

053 - Strength and Weakness September 4, 2023

052 - Universal September 4, 2023

051 - Hardware Dependency August 30, 2023

050 - True Potential August 30, 2023

048 - Milestones August 30, 2023

049 - Engineering The Future August 27, 2023

047 - Research Failures August 27, 2023

046 - Uplift August 22, 2023

044 - The Isolation Experiment August 22, 2023

045 - Prompt Injection August 21, 2023

043 - Investment Paradox August 20, 2023

042 - Wisdom in Books August 17, 2023

041 - OWASP Threat Landscape August 17, 2023

040 - Cognitive Trade-offs August 17, 2023

039 - Closing Gaps August 17, 2023

038 - Bad Investments August 17, 2023

037 - Hype, Fear, and Fallacies August 17, 2023

036 - Glacially Slow August 17, 2023

035 - Decision Tree August 17, 2023

032 - Beyond Neural Networks August 10, 2023

031 - Outside View August 10, 2023

034 - The Weight of Words August 9, 2023

033 - Myth Busting August 9, 2023

030 - Translating Emotions August 5, 2023

029 - Rethinking Neurodiversity August 5, 2023

028 - Decision Flags August 5, 2023

027 - Fairness and Equality August 5, 2023

026 - Accountability Issues August 5, 2023

025 - Digital Proxies August 5, 2023

024 - Attention Economy August 5, 2023

023 - Guardrails August 5, 2023

022 - Hollow Threats August 5, 2023

021 - Data Privacy August 5, 2023

020 - Credibility Crisis August 5, 2023

019 - Assymetric Trust August 5, 2023

018 - Elevator Pitch August 5, 2023

017 - ICOM Integration August 5, 2023

016 - Detection Insights August 5, 2023

015 - ICOM Primer August 5, 2023

014 - Courage and Grit August 4, 2023

013 - Ethical Basilisk August 4, 2023

012 - Defense Mechanisms July 17, 2023

011 - Predicting Behavior July 17, 2023

010 - Medical Knowledge July 16, 2023

009 - Oversight July 14, 2023

008 - Time Investments July 13, 2023

007 - Luck of the Draw July 12, 2023

006 - Wants vs. Needs July 11, 2023

005 - Misinformation July 7, 2023

004 - PhD Paradox July 6, 2023

003 - Shared Root July 5, 2023

002 - Mismanagement July 4, 2023

001 - Kairos July 1, 2023