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Andy Schwab

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Focused on positive sum outcomes Working on provenance & reputation systems Building @at.fund Leaflet blog at https://blog.andyschwab.link More nerdy stuff at https://andyschwab.link

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