Mac Carlton
Essays on systems, AI, and human behavior
Recent Articles
2025-07-27
Attention as Power: The Signal That Shapes Us
What we pay attention to becomes what we believe, who we are, and how the world changes. Attention is not just a resource - it's a force.
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2025-07-26
When the Context Flips: Rethinking AGI and the Future of Human-AI Collaboration
Artificial General Intelligence might not arrive with a bang, but with a flip - when AI stops waiting for input and starts offering context.
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2025-07-15
Using AI Intentionally: A Systems Thinking Approach
How to think about AI through the lens of inflows, stocks, and outflows - and why that matters.
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2025-07-06
Performing for the Crowd: When Everyone Is Watching
When we live online, we perform. Platforms collapse all our audiences into one - and algorithms amplify what performs best.
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