Essays

Writing

On AI, nonprofits, and an economy built for people instead of profit.

2026

  1. The OrganismWhat the Iran war reveals about the system we can no longer control
  2. The Roads, Not the EngineWhy AI policy that ignores the economic system is missing the point
  3. Artisanal EverythingA nonprofit economy for the age of AI

2025

  1. AI Isn’t Just Getting Smarter — It’s Getting CloserThe Physical Confluence in Artificial Intelligence
  2. When Profit Logic Ate Human AgencyHow private-sector logic captured government, and why we desperately need a third economic pillar
  3. The Multicellular Moment of AIWhat the evolution of complex life can teach us about the rise of agentic intelligence
  4. Mistrust Is a GoldmineThe economic logic destroying our public square
  5. Of Atoms and BitsThe Deeper Transformation We're Missing
  6. The Future Is Not For ProfitA Manifesto for the Age of AI
  7. The Second Mouse Gets the Cheese: Why AI's Early Failures Predict Bigger DisruptionHow enterprise AI disappointments are masking the real transformation happening at ground level
  8. Your Attention Is Worth 85 Cents a Day to MetaMeditation taught me attention is sacred, Silicon Valley thinks it's raw material for profit extraction
  9. Three Nonprofit Misconceptions Risk Our Economic FutureAs AI eliminates millions of jobs, 501(c)(3) may become the most important organizational technology in human history—if we can see past the charity illusion

2024

  1. Upstream of AIGoing to the source of human centricity
  2. Reptiles are to For-profits, as Mammals are to...A meteor called AI is headed toward us

2023

  1. Enoughness alreadyThe hardest part of using AI the right way
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