Thinking in Public
Essays exploring the uncertain, exponential moment we’re living through.
There’s something uncanny about the moment we’re living through.
Every week seems to bring another technological inflection point — AI systems crossing thresholds once thought decades away. Early signs of AI-induced white-collar labor displacement are already appearing. And now robotics stands at the doorstep, ready to take over “monotonous” physical work.
Meanwhile, the social fabric of democracy is fraying as our social-media-fueled information landscape splinters any shared sense of reality. Geopolitics are destabilizing, authoritarianism is rising, and the democratic institutions we once took for granted are under threat.
Never have we been more in need of a collective response.
Never have we been less capable of making one.
I find myself thinking about these things constantly — borderline obsessively. Perhaps this is what it feels like to live through the singularity? I have a feeling I’m not alone in that; nearly everyone I talk to — from founders to friends — feels a similar sense of unease.
So I decided to start writing publicly, as a way to make sense of it all — to process out loud, to not be alone with my thoughts, and hopefully, to turn my anxiety into clarity.
Through these essays, I’m exploring what’s happening through a mix of systems thinking, storytelling, and speculation. Each piece examines the intersection of technology, power, and society from a slightly different angle — sometimes tongue-in-cheek, sometimes dark, occasionally optimistic. They’re not predictions so much as thought experiments about where we might be headed — and how we might steer, if we’re paying attention.
More than anything, I hope these essays spark conversation. None of us can fully grasp the scale of the changes underway — our wetware-limited context window is just too small. But together, we might begin to build a shared understanding of what’s at stake, and what might be possible.
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