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Life Unstuck: How to Unfork Your Life in Five (not-so-easy) Steps!
I learned everything the hard way. Let me teach you everything I know about getting your life in order.
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ASI is coming, work is leaving, but yes there will be ways to get "ahead"
The vibe has shifted since OpenAI released o3. Many are accepting that AGI is here (or imminent) while others move the goalposts. Now, some people are…
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The (Not So Hidden) Reason that OpenAI is Hemorrhaging Talent ($$$)
OpenAI has lost (and keeps losing) many star players while Google, Anthropic, and other AI shops are catching up—and overtaking—OpenAI's lead. A small…
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Epistemic Sovereignty: A Blockchain Manifesto
From the Printing Press to Broadcast to Internet—Information technology has always radically reshaped society, politics, and economics. Let's see if we…
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Deny, Defend, Depose: We are already living in a Cyberpunk Hell (and how we can fix it)
AI and Blockchain give us the opportunity to radically renegotiate all relationships with power - business, government, and money. We can rewrite the…
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The "I just realized how huge AI is!" Survival Kit
If you're reading this, you might have recently had a wakeup call and now you're scrambling to wrap your head around it. Let me assist.
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That which gets measured gets managed: an Economic Agency Index
Five metrics that measure what matters: people's actual power over their time, money, and democracy.
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Getting from Here to There: A Post-Labor Odyssey
Some thoughts about the transition period between now and a Fully Automated Luxury Space Communism future.
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Living that Post-Labor Lifestyle - Lessons and Insights
I've fully transitioned to the "meaning economy" so I figured I'd tell you what it's like. The good, the bad, and they ugly.
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What do I mean when I say "Post-Labor Economics" anyways?
When machines are better, faster, cheaper, and safer: This creates an "economic agency paradox"—a death spiral of deflation and collapsed consumer…
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What do Donald Trump, Taylor Swift, and Eliezer Yudkowsky have in common?
A lesson on epistemic tribes, conviction, and polar referents.
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A Post-Labor Economics Manifesto
Neoliberalism has quite a few policies and heuristics that have been in play for more than 40 years. We need a new manifesto, a new framework. Here's my…
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