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Reflections on "Don't be evil"
Jun 10, 2026
European digital autonomy is a global good
The Rise of the Adversarial Candidate
Mar 24, 2026
We reap what we sow
Deus Ex Machina
Jun 12, 2025
On the myth of AGI
Weakness is not a Solution
Oct 30, 2024
It turns out designing vulnerabilities into our systems makes us more vulnerable
Context Matters
Oct 20, 2024
We must transition from assuming things are true to assuming they are false
Open Source & Competition
Jul 25, 2024
Cooperation is an essential component of efficient markets
Perfectly Fragile
Jul 21, 2024
Until we incentivize building resilient systems, we're going to have a bad time
Rebuttal to "Why Crypto Just Won't Die"
Mar 15, 2024
We're building blockchains for the same reason we composed alphabets
Marketing is the Mission
Feb 29, 2024
Time to process a bit of grief
Leadership Predispositions
Aug 30, 2023
And the environments that attract them
The Joy of AI Dread
Apr 30, 2023
What if the innovator is (perhaps for the first time) the demographic most imperiled by the innovation?
Privacy (or not) is a Systems Property
Mar 30, 2023
And there is no such thing as enabling privacy as a "feature"